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Deirdre Costigan vs Helen Grant

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


Voting alignment

Deirdre Costigan and Helen Grant voted the same way 3% of the time, based on 245 shared comparable votes.

7 same votes 238 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
2 Aye 3 No
NHS / Health 40% aligned 5 shared votes
5 Aye 0 No
4 Aye 6 No
Benefits 20% aligned 10 shared votes
4 Aye 6 No
2 Aye 5 No
Migration 14% aligned 7 shared votes
4 Aye 3 No
2 Aye 6 No
Democracy / Parliament 13% aligned 8 shared votes
5 Aye 3 No
18 Aye 8 No
Crime / Justice 4% aligned 26 shared votes
7 Aye 19 No
Most different by topic
30 Aye 25 No
Tax 0% aligned 55 shared votes
25 Aye 30 No
17 Aye 13 No
Education 0% aligned 30 shared votes
13 Aye 17 No
7 Aye 10 No
Defence 0% aligned 17 shared votes
10 Aye 7 No
10 Aye 3 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 13 shared votes
3 Aye 10 No
3 Aye 8 No
Housing 0% aligned 11 shared votes
8 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
73.7%
1% above average
Rank 340 of 649
538
590 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,751
2,376 eligible divisions
277
51.5% of votes cast
Aye votes
826
47.2% of votes cast
261
48.5% of votes cast
No votes
925
52.8% of votes cast
1
0.2% of votes cast
Against party
7
0.4% of votes cast
2 years, 3 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
16 years, 4 months
Since 6 May 2010

Debates

29
-54.7 vs Commons average
Rank 563 of 649
Appearances
17
-66.7 vs Commons average
Rank 607 of 649
33
-112.9 vs Commons average
Rank 568 of 649
Contributions
29
-116.9 vs Commons average
Rank 581 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
£2,650,269
all imported IPSA years
£196,485
13% below average
Latest expenses
£276,159
22% above average
0
0 registered categories
Registered interests
9
6 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
204 of 211 votes
Housing
32 of 32 votes
#2
Trade
82 of 91 votes
Democracy / Parliament
14 of 14 votes
#3
Digital / Online Safety
54 of 60 votes
Migration
13 of 13 votes
#4
Digital / Online Safety
11 of 11 votes
#5
Defence
59 of 71 votes
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API