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Deirdre Costigan vs Douglas McAllister

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


Voting alignment

Deirdre Costigan and Douglas McAllister voted the same way 97% of the time, based on 469 shared comparable votes.

453 same votes 16 different votes 469 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
53 Aye 32 No
Tax 100% aligned 85 shared votes
53 Aye 32 No
26 Aye 16 No
Education 100% aligned 42 shared votes
26 Aye 16 No
21 Aye 12 No
Housing 100% aligned 33 shared votes
21 Aye 12 No
21 Aye 8 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 29 shared votes
21 Aye 8 No
6 Aye 14 No
Benefits 100% aligned 20 shared votes
6 Aye 14 No
Most different by topic
30 Aye 28 No
Crime / Justice 97% aligned 58 shared votes
30 Aye 28 No
53 Aye 32 No
Tax 100% aligned 85 shared votes
53 Aye 32 No
26 Aye 16 No
Education 100% aligned 42 shared votes
26 Aye 16 No
21 Aye 12 No
Housing 100% aligned 33 shared votes
21 Aye 12 No
21 Aye 8 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 29 shared votes
21 Aye 8 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
88.8%
17% above average
Rank 32 of 650
578
636 eligible divisions
Total votes
565
636 eligible divisions
296
51.2% of votes cast
Aye votes
280
49.6% of votes cast
282
48.8% of votes cast
No votes
285
50.4% of votes cast
1
0.2% of votes cast
Against party
17
3.0% of votes cast
2 years, 4 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
2 years, 4 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

101
+4.1 vs Commons average
Rank 232 of 650
Appearances
127
+30.1 vs Commons average
Rank 143 of 650
140
-28.9 vs Commons average
Rank 287 of 650
Contributions
154
-14.9 vs Commons average
Rank 251 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
£142,257
all imported IPSA years
£196,485
13% below average
Latest expenses
£142,257
37% below average
0
0 registered categories
Registered interests
5
1 registered category
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
42 of 42 votes
#1
Housing
33 of 33 votes
Housing
33 of 33 votes
#2
Democracy / Parliament
14 of 14 votes
Democracy / Parliament
14 of 14 votes
#3
Defence
33 of 34 votes
Migration
13 of 13 votes
#4
Benefits
31 of 32 votes
Digital / Online Safety
11 of 11 votes
#5
Crime / Justice
63 of 66 votes

Recent voting overlap

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