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Deirdre Costigan vs Ben Lake

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


Voting alignment

Deirdre Costigan and Ben Lake voted the same way 39% of the time, based on 282 shared comparable votes.

110 same votes 172 different votes 282 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
3 Aye 0 No
Trade 100% aligned 3 shared votes
3 Aye 0 No
20 Aye 6 No
Work / Employment 92% aligned 26 shared votes
22 Aye 4 No
4 Aye 8 No
Democracy / Parliament 75% aligned 12 shared votes
7 Aye 5 No
2 Aye 6 No
Migration 75% aligned 8 shared votes
2 Aye 6 No
6 Aye 5 No
Energy 55% aligned 11 shared votes
9 Aye 2 No
Most different by topic
3 Aye 3 No
Housing 17% aligned 6 shared votes
4 Aye 2 No
33 Aye 29 No
Tax 21% aligned 62 shared votes
36 Aye 26 No
3 Aye 12 No
Defence 27% aligned 15 shared votes
10 Aye 5 No
24 Aye 24 No
Crime / Justice 31% aligned 48 shared votes
25 Aye 23 No
5 Aye 11 No
Benefits 31% aligned 16 shared votes
8 Aye 8 No

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

Voting record

91.2%
19% above average
Rank 13 of 649
Participation
75.8%
3% above average
Rank 292 of 649
538
590 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,607
2,121 eligible divisions
277
51.5% of votes cast
Aye votes
897
55.8% of votes cast
261
48.5% of votes cast
No votes
710
44.2% of votes cast
1
0.2% of votes cast
Against party
1
0.1% of votes cast
2 years, 3 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
9 years, 3 months
Since 8 Jun 2017

Debates

29
-54.7 vs Commons average
Rank 563 of 649
Appearances
67
-16.7 vs Commons average
Rank 334 of 649
33
-112.9 vs Commons average
Rank 568 of 649
Contributions
69
-76.9 vs Commons average
Rank 448 of 649

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

Financials and interests

£196,485
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£1,460,196
all imported IPSA years
£196,485
13% below average
Latest expenses
£250,650
11% above average
0
0 registered categories
Registered interests
0
0 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
Brexit / EU
182 of 188 votes
Housing
32 of 32 votes
#2
Migration
157 of 163 votes
Democracy / Parliament
14 of 14 votes
#3
Trade
81 of 87 votes
Migration
13 of 13 votes
#4
Foreign Affairs
63 of 69 votes
Digital / Online Safety
11 of 11 votes
#5
Cost of Living
9 of 10 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