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Deirdre Costigan vs Bobby Dean

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


Voting alignment

Deirdre Costigan and Bobby Dean voted the same way 22% of the time, based on 314 shared comparable votes.

69 same votes 245 different votes 314 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
5 Aye 4 No
Democracy / Parliament 78% aligned 9 shared votes
7 Aye 2 No
2 Aye 3 No
Digital / Online Safety 60% aligned 5 shared votes
4 Aye 1 No
7 Aye 4 No
Energy 55% aligned 11 shared votes
10 Aye 1 No
2 Aye 1 No
Foreign Affairs 33% aligned 3 shared votes
2 Aye 1 No
15 Aye 8 No
Housing 30% aligned 23 shared votes
9 Aye 14 No
Most different by topic
14 Aye 3 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 17 shared votes
3 Aye 14 No
2 Aye 8 No
NHS / Health 0% aligned 10 shared votes
8 Aye 2 No
23 Aye 13 No
Education 3% aligned 36 shared votes
14 Aye 22 No
36 Aye 25 No
Tax 5% aligned 61 shared votes
28 Aye 33 No
14 Aye 5 No
Work / Employment 11% aligned 19 shared votes
5 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
69.2%
3% below average
Rank 447 of 649
538
590 eligible divisions
Total votes
408
590 eligible divisions
277
51.5% of votes cast
Aye votes
215
52.7% of votes cast
261
48.5% of votes cast
No votes
193
47.3% of votes cast
1
0.2% of votes cast
Against party
2
0.5% of votes cast
2 years, 3 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
2 years, 3 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

33
-51.3 vs Commons average
Rank 545 of 650
Appearances
98
+13.7 vs Commons average
Rank 187 of 650
37
-109.9 vs Commons average
Rank 559 of 650
Contributions
114
-32.9 vs Commons average
Rank 302 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
£178,307
all imported IPSA years
£196,485
13% below average
Latest expenses
£178,307
21% below average
0
0 registered categories
Registered interests
6
3 registered categories
1
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
1
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
NHS / Health
10 of 11 votes
Democracy / Parliament
14 of 14 votes
#3
Environment / Climate
8 of 9 votes
Migration
13 of 13 votes
#4
Education
41 of 50 votes
Digital / Online Safety
11 of 11 votes
#5
Benefits
24 of 30 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