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Deirdre Costigan vs Bob Blackman

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


Voting alignment

Deirdre Costigan and Bob Blackman voted the same way 2% of the time, based on 386 shared comparable votes.

8 same votes 378 different votes 386 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
2 Aye 6 No
NHS / Health 25% aligned 8 shared votes
8 Aye 0 No
5 Aye 6 No
Benefits 18% aligned 11 shared votes
4 Aye 7 No
3 Aye 4 No
Migration 14% aligned 7 shared votes
3 Aye 4 No
3 Aye 7 No
Democracy / Parliament 10% aligned 10 shared votes
6 Aye 4 No
25 Aye 28 No
Crime / Justice 4% aligned 53 shared votes
26 Aye 27 No
Most different by topic
49 Aye 36 No
Tax 0% aligned 85 shared votes
36 Aye 49 No
24 Aye 13 No
Education 0% aligned 37 shared votes
13 Aye 24 No
26 Aye 7 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 33 shared votes
7 Aye 26 No
8 Aye 10 No
Defence 0% aligned 18 shared votes
10 Aye 8 No
14 Aye 3 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 17 shared votes
3 Aye 14 No

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

Voting record

90.8%
18% above average
Rank 15 of 650
Participation
87.4%
15% above average
Rank 49 of 650
563
620 eligible divisions
Total votes
2,104
2,406 eligible divisions
286
50.8% of votes cast
Aye votes
988
47.0% of votes cast
277
49.2% of votes cast
No votes
1,116
53.0% of votes cast
1
0.2% of votes cast
Against party
54
2.6% of votes cast
2 years, 3 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
16 years, 5 months
Since 6 May 2010

Debates

83
-9.5 vs Commons average
Rank 289 of 650
Appearances
160
+67.5 vs Commons average
Rank 73 of 650
114
-46.9 vs Commons average
Rank 341 of 650
Contributions
191
+30.1 vs Commons average
Rank 171 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
£3,032,116
all imported IPSA years
£196,485
13% below average
Latest expenses
£312,612
38% above average
0
0 registered categories
Registered interests
9
6 registered categories
1
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
8
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
Brexit / EU
212 of 212 votes
Housing
32 of 32 votes
#2
Trade
90 of 94 votes
Democracy / Parliament
14 of 14 votes
#3
Defence
66 of 71 votes
Migration
13 of 13 votes
#4
Foreign Affairs
76 of 82 votes
Digital / Online Safety
11 of 11 votes
#5
Environment / Climate
45 of 49 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Where they voted the same
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API