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Deirdre Costigan vs Catherine McKinnell

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


Voting alignment

Deirdre Costigan and Catherine McKinnell voted the same way 97% of the time, based on 380 shared comparable votes.

367 same votes 13 different votes 380 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
44 Aye 41 No
Tax 100% aligned 85 shared votes
44 Aye 41 No
24 Aye 8 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 32 shared votes
24 Aye 8 No
20 Aye 10 No
Housing 100% aligned 30 shared votes
20 Aye 10 No
12 Aye 17 No
Education 100% aligned 29 shared votes
12 Aye 17 No
12 Aye 16 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 28 shared votes
12 Aye 16 No
Most different by topic
44 Aye 41 No
Tax 100% aligned 85 shared votes
44 Aye 41 No
24 Aye 8 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 32 shared votes
24 Aye 8 No
20 Aye 10 No
Housing 100% aligned 30 shared votes
20 Aye 10 No
12 Aye 17 No
Education 100% aligned 29 shared votes
12 Aye 17 No
12 Aye 16 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 28 shared votes
12 Aye 16 No

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

Voting record

90.9%
19% above average
Rank 13 of 650
Participation
68.7%
4% below average
Rank 444 of 650
578
636 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,664
2,422 eligible divisions
296
51.2% of votes cast
Aye votes
911
54.7% of votes cast
282
48.8% of votes cast
No votes
753
45.3% of votes cast
1
0.2% of votes cast
Against party
17
1.0% of votes cast
2 years, 4 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
16 years, 6 months
Since 6 May 2010

Debates

102
+5.0 vs Commons average
Rank 227 of 650
Appearances
49
-48.0 vs Commons average
Rank 502 of 650
141
-28.2 vs Commons average
Rank 283 of 650
Contributions
198
+28.8 vs Commons average
Rank 180 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
£2,918,801
all imported IPSA years
£196,485
13% below average
Latest expenses
£312,180
38% above average
0
0 registered categories
Registered interests
8
4 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
42 of 42 votes
#1
Foreign Affairs
68 of 82 votes
Housing
33 of 33 votes
#2
Work / Employment
66 of 80 votes
Democracy / Parliament
14 of 14 votes
#3
Brexit / EU
174 of 212 votes
Migration
13 of 13 votes
#4
Housing
54 of 68 votes
Digital / Online Safety
11 of 11 votes
#5
Trade
73 of 94 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Where they voted the same
No
No
No
No
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API