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Deirdre Costigan vs Helen Whately

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


Voting alignment

Deirdre Costigan and Helen Whately voted the same way 2% of the time, based on 351 shared comparable votes.

7 same votes 344 different votes 351 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
5 Aye 8 No
Benefits 15% aligned 13 shared votes
6 Aye 7 No
3 Aye 6 No
Migration 11% aligned 9 shared votes
5 Aye 4 No
5 Aye 6 No
Democracy / Parliament 9% aligned 11 shared votes
5 Aye 6 No
18 Aye 19 No
Crime / Justice 5% aligned 37 shared votes
17 Aye 20 No
47 Aye 33 No
Tax 0% aligned 80 shared votes
33 Aye 47 No
Most different by topic
47 Aye 33 No
Tax 0% aligned 80 shared votes
33 Aye 47 No
22 Aye 11 No
Education 0% aligned 33 shared votes
11 Aye 22 No
19 Aye 6 No
Housing 0% aligned 25 shared votes
6 Aye 19 No
17 Aye 7 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 24 shared votes
7 Aye 17 No
8 Aye 9 No
Defence 0% aligned 17 shared votes
9 Aye 8 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
83.7%
11% above average
Rank 119 of 649
538
590 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,989
2,376 eligible divisions
277
51.5% of votes cast
Aye votes
950
47.8% of votes cast
261
48.5% of votes cast
No votes
1,039
52.2% of votes cast
1
0.2% of votes cast
Against party
4
0.2% of votes cast
2 years, 2 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
11 years, 4 months
Since 7 May 2015

Debates

16
-65.7 vs Commons average
Rank 603 of 649
Appearances
43
-38.7 vs Commons average
Rank 491 of 649
19
-123.3 vs Commons average
Rank 606 of 649
Contributions
65
-77.3 vs Commons average
Rank 455 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
£1,969,279
all imported IPSA years
£196,485
13% below average
Latest expenses
£269,510
19% above average
0
0 registered categories
Registered interests
9
2 registered categories
1
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
3
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
Trade
86 of 91 votes
Housing
32 of 32 votes
#2
Brexit / EU
199 of 211 votes
Democracy / Parliament
14 of 14 votes
#3
Foreign Affairs
65 of 69 votes
Migration
13 of 13 votes
#4
Migration
157 of 171 votes
Digital / Online Safety
11 of 11 votes
#5

Recent voting overlap

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