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Darren Paffey vs Deirdre Costigan

A side-by-side comparison of voting participation, party rebellion, topic focus, and recent voting overlap.


Voting alignment

Darren Paffey and Deirdre Costigan voted the same way 97% of the time, based on 414 shared comparable votes.

401 same votes 13 different votes 414 shared votes

Alignment only includes divisions where both MPs recorded an Aye or No vote. Tellers, absences, abstentions, and missing votes are excluded.

Topic alignment

Closest by topic
52 Aye 40 No
Tax 100% aligned 92 shared votes
52 Aye 40 No
22 Aye 27 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 49 shared votes
22 Aye 27 No
15 Aye 14 No
Education 100% aligned 29 shared votes
15 Aye 14 No
12 Aye 11 No
Housing 100% aligned 23 shared votes
12 Aye 11 No
7 Aye 14 No
Benefits 100% aligned 21 shared votes
7 Aye 14 No
Most different by topic
52 Aye 40 No
Tax 100% aligned 92 shared votes
52 Aye 40 No
22 Aye 27 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 49 shared votes
22 Aye 27 No
15 Aye 14 No
Education 100% aligned 29 shared votes
15 Aye 14 No
12 Aye 11 No
Housing 100% aligned 23 shared votes
12 Aye 11 No
7 Aye 14 No
Benefits 100% aligned 21 shared votes
7 Aye 14 No

Topic alignment uses local topic tags, so a division can count towards more than one topic.

Voting record

76.6%
4% above average
Rank 271 of 650
Participation
90.9%
19% above average
Rank 13 of 650
487
636 eligible divisions
Total votes
578
636 eligible divisions
225
46.2% of votes cast
Aye votes
296
51.2% of votes cast
262
53.8% of votes cast
No votes
282
48.8% of votes cast
13
2.7% of votes cast
Against party
1
0.2% of votes cast
2 years, 4 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
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2 years, 4 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

82
-15.0 vs Commons average
Rank 308 of 650
Appearances
102
+5.0 vs Commons average
Rank 227 of 650
96
-73.2 vs Commons average
Rank 407 of 650
Contributions
141
-28.2 vs Commons average
Rank 283 of 650

Debate figures cover imported Hansard debate appearances from the last 12 months.

Financials and interests

£200,934
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£196,485
all imported IPSA years
£200,934
11% below average
Latest expenses
£196,485
13% below average
1
1 registered category
Registered interests
0
0 registered categories
0
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
1
matched sponsored bills

Expenses use IPSA totals for financial year 2024-25. Sponsored bill counts depend on currently imported bill sponsor metadata.

Most active voting topics

Democracy / Parliament
14 of 14 votes
#1
Work / Employment
42 of 42 votes
NHS / Health
11 of 11 votes
#2
Housing
33 of 33 votes
Migration
12 of 13 votes
#3
Democracy / Parliament
14 of 14 votes
Digital / Online Safety
10 of 11 votes
#4
Migration
13 of 13 votes
Benefits
29 of 32 votes
#5
Digital / Online Safety
11 of 11 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Where they voted the same
No
No
No
No
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API