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Deirdre Costigan vs Dame Meg Hillier

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


Voting alignment

Deirdre Costigan and Dame Meg Hillier voted the same way 97% of the time, based on 416 shared comparable votes.

402 same votes 14 different votes 416 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
46 Aye 31 No
Tax 100% aligned 77 shared votes
46 Aye 31 No
27 Aye 12 No
Education 100% aligned 39 shared votes
27 Aye 12 No
17 Aye 12 No
Housing 100% aligned 29 shared votes
17 Aye 12 No
21 Aye 8 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 29 shared votes
21 Aye 8 No
17 Aye 11 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 28 shared votes
17 Aye 11 No
Most different by topic
46 Aye 31 No
Tax 100% aligned 77 shared votes
46 Aye 31 No
27 Aye 12 No
Education 100% aligned 39 shared votes
27 Aye 12 No
17 Aye 12 No
Housing 100% aligned 29 shared votes
17 Aye 12 No
21 Aye 8 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 29 shared votes
21 Aye 8 No
17 Aye 11 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 28 shared votes
17 Aye 11 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
73.5%
1% above average
Rank 340 of 650
578
636 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,779
2,422 eligible divisions
296
51.2% of votes cast
Aye votes
997
56.0% of votes cast
282
48.8% of votes cast
No votes
782
44.0% of votes cast
1
0.2% of votes cast
Against party
21
1.2% of votes cast
2 years, 4 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
21 years, 6 months
Since 5 May 2005

Debates

102
+5.0 vs Commons average
Rank 227 of 650
Appearances
154
+57.0 vs Commons average
Rank 94 of 650
141
-28.2 vs Commons average
Rank 283 of 650
Contributions
278
+108.8 vs Commons average
Rank 101 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
£2,571,517
all imported IPSA years
£196,485
13% below average
Latest expenses
£274,096
21% above average
0
0 registered categories
Registered interests
9
2 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
42 of 42 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
190 of 212 votes
Housing
33 of 33 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
73 of 82 votes
Democracy / Parliament
14 of 14 votes
#3
Education
82 of 96 votes
Migration
13 of 13 votes
#4
NHS / Health
47 of 56 votes
Digital / Online Safety
11 of 11 votes
#5
Work / Employment
65 of 80 votes

Recent voting overlap

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