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Deirdre Costigan vs Emily Thornberry

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


Voting alignment

Deirdre Costigan and Emily Thornberry voted the same way 100% of the time, based on 245 shared comparable votes.

245 same votes 0 different votes 245 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
31 Aye 28 No
Tax 100% aligned 59 shared votes
31 Aye 28 No
13 Aye 15 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 28 shared votes
13 Aye 15 No
13 Aye 10 No
Education 100% aligned 23 shared votes
13 Aye 10 No
16 Aye 4 No
Housing 100% aligned 20 shared votes
16 Aye 4 No
18 Aye 0 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 18 shared votes
18 Aye 0 No
Most different by topic
31 Aye 28 No
Tax 100% aligned 59 shared votes
31 Aye 28 No
13 Aye 15 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 28 shared votes
13 Aye 15 No
13 Aye 10 No
Education 100% aligned 23 shared votes
13 Aye 10 No
16 Aye 4 No
Housing 100% aligned 20 shared votes
16 Aye 4 No
18 Aye 0 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 18 shared votes
18 Aye 0 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
61.8%
11% below average
Rank 559 of 649
538
590 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,469
2,376 eligible divisions
277
51.5% of votes cast
Aye votes
815
55.5% of votes cast
261
48.5% of votes cast
No votes
654
44.5% of votes cast
1
0.2% of votes cast
Against party
1
0.1% of votes cast
2 years, 3 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
21 years, 5 months
Since 5 May 2005

Debates

33
-51.8 vs Commons average
Rank 545 of 650
Appearances
81
-3.8 vs Commons average
Rank 275 of 650
37
-110.7 vs Commons average
Rank 559 of 650
Contributions
132
-15.7 vs Commons average
Rank 239 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
£2,941,443
all imported IPSA years
£196,485
13% below average
Latest expenses
£294,489
30% above average
0
0 registered categories
Registered interests
2
2 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
39 of 39 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
167 of 211 votes
Housing
32 of 32 votes
#2
Migration
124 of 171 votes
Democracy / Parliament
14 of 14 votes
#3
Housing
48 of 67 votes
Migration
13 of 13 votes
#4
Foreign Affairs
49 of 69 votes
Digital / Online Safety
11 of 11 votes
#5
Work / Employment
53 of 77 votes
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API