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Deirdre Costigan vs Graham Leadbitter

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


Voting alignment

Deirdre Costigan and Graham Leadbitter voted the same way 37% of the time, based on 126 shared comparable votes.

46 same votes 80 different votes 126 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
3 Aye 0 No
Transport 100% aligned 3 shared votes
3 Aye 0 No
9 Aye 5 No
Work / Employment 79% aligned 14 shared votes
10 Aye 4 No
4 Aye 7 No
Democracy / Parliament 73% aligned 11 shared votes
7 Aye 4 No
1 Aye 5 No
Migration 67% aligned 6 shared votes
3 Aye 3 No
1 Aye 2 No
Defence 33% aligned 3 shared votes
3 Aye 0 No
Most different by topic
5 Aye 2 No
Energy 14% aligned 7 shared votes
3 Aye 4 No
33 Aye 20 No
Tax 15% aligned 53 shared votes
24 Aye 29 No
5 Aye 8 No
Benefits 31% aligned 13 shared votes
6 Aye 7 No
1 Aye 2 No
Defence 33% aligned 3 shared votes
3 Aye 0 No
1 Aye 5 No
Migration 67% aligned 6 shared votes
3 Aye 3 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
27.8%
45% below average
Rank 639 of 649
538
590 eligible divisions
Total votes
164
590 eligible divisions
277
51.5% of votes cast
Aye votes
98
59.8% of votes cast
261
48.5% of votes cast
No votes
66
40.2% of votes cast
1
0.2% of votes cast
Against party
0
0.0% of votes cast
2 years, 3 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
2 years, 3 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

29
-54.7 vs Commons average
Rank 563 of 649
Appearances
76
-7.7 vs Commons average
Rank 290 of 649
33
-112.9 vs Commons average
Rank 568 of 649
Contributions
89
-56.9 vs Commons average
Rank 373 of 649

Debate figures cover imported Hansard debate appearances from the last 12 months.

Financials and interests

£196,485
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£253,574
all imported IPSA years
£196,485
13% below average
Latest expenses
£253,574
12% above average
0
0 registered categories
Registered interests
2
1 registered category
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
39 of 39 votes
#1
Democracy / Parliament
12 of 14 votes
Housing
32 of 32 votes
#2
Benefits
24 of 30 votes
Democracy / Parliament
14 of 14 votes
#3
Migration
8 of 13 votes
Migration
13 of 13 votes
#4
Work / Employment
20 of 39 votes
Digital / Online Safety
11 of 11 votes
#5
Tax
56 of 112 votes

Recent voting overlap

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