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Deirdre Costigan vs Esther McVey
A side-by-side comparison of voting participation, party rebellion, topic focus, and recent voting overlap.
Voting alignment
Deirdre Costigan and Esther McVey voted the same way 2% of the time, based on 218 shared comparable votes.
5 same votes
213 different votes
218 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
Most different by topic
Topic alignment uses local topic tags, so a division can count towards more than one topic.
Voting record
91.2%
19% above average
Participation
64.7%
8% below average
538
590 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,373
2,121 eligible divisions
277
51.5% of votes cast
Aye votes
630
45.9% of votes cast
261
48.5% of votes cast
No votes
743
54.1% of votes cast
1
0.2% of votes cast
Against party
54
3.9% of votes cast
2 years, 2 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
9 years, 3 months
Since 8 Jun 2017
Debates
23
-59.3 vs Commons average
Appearances
108
+25.7 vs Commons average
26
-117.5 vs Commons average
Contributions
159
+15.5 vs Commons average
Debate figures cover imported Hansard debate appearances from the last 12 months.
Financials and interests
£196,485
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,413,915
all imported IPSA years
£196,485
13% below average
Latest expenses
£295,931
31% above average
0
0 registered categories
Registered interests
7
3 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
Recent voting overlap
Where they voted differently
Aye
No
Aye
No
Aye
Draft Code of Practice on Electronic and Workplace Ballots for Statutory Trade Union Ballots
15 Jul 2026
No
Where they voted the same
Member source
UK Parliament Members API
Voting source
Commons Votes API