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Deirdre Costigan vs Alison Bennett

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


Voting alignment

Deirdre Costigan and Alison Bennett voted the same way 21% of the time, based on 349 shared comparable votes.

72 same votes 277 different votes 349 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
4 Aye 2 No
Democracy / Parliament 83% aligned 6 shared votes
5 Aye 1 No
8 Aye 4 No
Energy 58% aligned 12 shared votes
11 Aye 1 No
1 Aye 4 No
Migration 40% aligned 5 shared votes
2 Aye 3 No
2 Aye 4 No
Digital / Online Safety 33% aligned 6 shared votes
4 Aye 2 No
2 Aye 1 No
Environment / Climate 33% aligned 3 shared votes
2 Aye 1 No
Most different by topic
14 Aye 4 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 18 shared votes
4 Aye 14 No
41 Aye 28 No
Tax 4% aligned 69 shared votes
31 Aye 38 No
21 Aye 15 No
Education 6% aligned 36 shared votes
17 Aye 19 No
15 Aye 6 No
Work / Employment 14% aligned 21 shared votes
7 Aye 14 No
4 Aye 10 No
Benefits 14% aligned 14 shared votes
8 Aye 6 No

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

Voting record

91.3%
19% above average
Rank 14 of 650
Participation
71.8%
1% below average
Rank 388 of 650
543
595 eligible divisions
Total votes
427
595 eligible divisions
279
51.4% of votes cast
Aye votes
229
53.6% of votes cast
264
48.6% of votes cast
No votes
198
46.4% of votes cast
1
0.2% of votes cast
Against party
0
0.0% of votes cast
2 years, 3 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
2 years, 3 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

39
-46.2 vs Commons average
Rank 517 of 650
Appearances
143
+57.8 vs Commons average
Rank 85 of 650
43
-105.6 vs Commons average
Rank 542 of 650
Contributions
165
+16.4 vs Commons average
Rank 182 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
£141,775
all imported IPSA years
£196,485
13% below average
Latest expenses
£141,775
37% below average
0
0 registered categories
Registered interests
5
3 registered categories
1
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
2
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
39 of 39 votes
#1
Housing
32 of 32 votes
#2
Environment / Climate
9 of 9 votes
Democracy / Parliament
14 of 14 votes
#3
Housing
27 of 32 votes
Migration
13 of 13 votes
#4
Defence
28 of 34 votes
Digital / Online Safety
11 of 11 votes
#5
Education
40 of 50 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Where they voted the same
Aye
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
Aye
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API