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Deirdre Costigan vs Carla Lockhart

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


Voting alignment

Deirdre Costigan and Carla Lockhart voted the same way 9% of the time, based on 243 shared comparable votes.

23 same votes 220 different votes 243 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 6 No
Housing 33% aligned 9 shared votes
7 Aye 2 No
3 Aye 0 No
Digital / Online Safety 33% aligned 3 shared votes
1 Aye 2 No
4 Aye 8 No
Benefits 25% aligned 12 shared votes
5 Aye 7 No
0 Aye 6 No
Democracy / Parliament 17% aligned 6 shared votes
5 Aye 1 No
4 Aye 3 No
Work / Employment 14% aligned 7 shared votes
4 Aye 3 No
Most different by topic
37 Aye 20 No
Tax 0% aligned 57 shared votes
20 Aye 37 No
2 Aye 4 No
Transport 0% aligned 6 shared votes
4 Aye 2 No
3 Aye 1 No
Foreign Affairs 0% aligned 4 shared votes
1 Aye 3 No
13 Aye 3 No
Devolution / Local Government 6% aligned 16 shared votes
4 Aye 12 No
9 Aye 4 No
Energy 8% aligned 13 shared votes
5 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
45.5%
27% below average
Rank 628 of 649
538
590 eligible divisions
Total votes
755
1,658 eligible divisions
277
51.5% of votes cast
Aye votes
389
51.5% of votes cast
261
48.5% of votes cast
No votes
366
48.5% of votes cast
1
0.2% of votes cast
Against party
1
0.1% of votes cast
2 years, 2 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
6 years, 9 months
Since 12 Dec 2019

Debates

17
-65.1 vs Commons average
Rank 603 of 649
Appearances
175
+92.9 vs Commons average
Rank 36 of 649
20
-122.9 vs Commons average
Rank 605 of 649
Contributions
197
+54.1 vs Commons average
Rank 134 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
£1,275,108
all imported IPSA years
£196,485
13% below average
Latest expenses
£258,626
14% above average
0
0 registered categories
Registered interests
3
3 registered categories
1
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
0
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
Foreign Affairs
41 of 50 votes
Housing
32 of 32 votes
#2
Brexit / EU
46 of 63 votes
Democracy / Parliament
14 of 14 votes
#3
Migration
13 of 13 votes
#4
Crime / Justice
100 of 174 votes
Digital / Online Safety
11 of 11 votes
#5
Environment / Climate
24 of 44 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