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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 369 shared comparable votes.

8 same votes 361 different votes 369 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
24 Aye 26 No
Crime / Justice 4% aligned 50 shared votes
24 Aye 26 No
Most different by topic
49 Aye 35 No
Tax 0% aligned 84 shared votes
35 Aye 49 No
24 Aye 13 No
Education 0% aligned 37 shared votes
13 Aye 24 No
23 Aye 7 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 30 shared votes
7 Aye 23 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

91.2%
19% above average
Rank 13 of 649
Participation
87.7%
15% above average
Rank 50 of 649
538
590 eligible divisions
Total votes
2,084
2,376 eligible divisions
277
51.5% of votes cast
Aye votes
979
47.0% of votes cast
261
48.5% of votes cast
No votes
1,105
53.0% of votes cast
1
0.2% of votes cast
Against party
54
2.6% of votes cast
2 years, 2 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
16 years, 4 months
Since 6 May 2010

Debates

16
-65.7 vs Commons average
Rank 603 of 649
Appearances
149
+67.3 vs Commons average
Rank 67 of 649
19
-123.3 vs Commons average
Rank 606 of 649
Contributions
175
+32.7 vs Commons average
Rank 161 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
£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
10
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
39 of 39 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
211 of 211 votes
Housing
32 of 32 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
69 of 69 votes
Democracy / Parliament
14 of 14 votes
#3
Trade
87 of 91 votes
Migration
13 of 13 votes
#4
Defence
66 of 71 votes
Digital / Online Safety
11 of 11 votes
#5
Digital / Online Safety
55 of 60 votes

Recent voting overlap

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