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Deirdre Costigan vs Alex Baker

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


Voting alignment

Deirdre Costigan and Alex Baker voted the same way 97% of the time, based on 401 shared comparable votes.

388 same votes 13 different votes 401 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
48 Aye 34 No
Tax 100% aligned 82 shared votes
48 Aye 34 No
27 Aye 21 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 48 shared votes
27 Aye 21 No
26 Aye 13 No
Education 100% aligned 39 shared votes
26 Aye 13 No
21 Aye 11 No
Housing 100% aligned 32 shared votes
21 Aye 11 No
18 Aye 8 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 26 shared votes
18 Aye 8 No
Most different by topic
48 Aye 34 No
Tax 100% aligned 82 shared votes
48 Aye 34 No
27 Aye 21 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 48 shared votes
27 Aye 21 No
26 Aye 13 No
Education 100% aligned 39 shared votes
26 Aye 13 No
21 Aye 11 No
Housing 100% aligned 32 shared votes
21 Aye 11 No
18 Aye 8 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 26 shared votes
18 Aye 8 No

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

Voting record

90.9%
19% above average
Rank 13 of 650
Participation
75.0%
3% above average
Rank 309 of 650
578
636 eligible divisions
Total votes
477
636 eligible divisions
296
51.2% of votes cast
Aye votes
253
53.0% of votes cast
282
48.8% of votes cast
No votes
224
47.0% of votes cast
1
0.2% of votes cast
Against party
13
2.7% of votes cast
2 years, 4 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
2 years, 4 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

102
+5.0 vs Commons average
Rank 227 of 650
Appearances
80
-17.0 vs Commons average
Rank 326 of 650
141
-28.2 vs Commons average
Rank 283 of 650
Contributions
108
-61.2 vs Commons average
Rank 371 of 650

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

Financials and interests

£196,485
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£175,028
all imported IPSA years
£196,485
13% below average
Latest expenses
£175,028
23% below average
0
0 registered categories
Registered interests
2
2 registered categories
1
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
0
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

Work / Employment
42 of 42 votes
#1
Housing
32 of 33 votes
Housing
33 of 33 votes
#2
Education
44 of 50 votes
Democracy / Parliament
14 of 14 votes
#3
Energy
17 of 20 votes
Migration
13 of 13 votes
#4
Digital / Online Safety
11 of 11 votes
#5
Environment / Climate
8 of 10 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
No rebel
Where they voted the same
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API