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Deirdre Costigan vs Jim Dickson

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


Voting alignment

Deirdre Costigan and Jim Dickson voted the same way 100% of the time, based on 433 shared comparable votes.

433 same votes 0 different votes 433 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
49 Aye 38 No
Tax 100% aligned 87 shared votes
49 Aye 38 No
24 Aye 27 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 51 shared votes
24 Aye 27 No
25 Aye 17 No
Education 100% aligned 42 shared votes
25 Aye 17 No
20 Aye 12 No
Housing 100% aligned 32 shared votes
20 Aye 12 No
20 Aye 8 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 28 shared votes
20 Aye 8 No
Most different by topic
49 Aye 38 No
Tax 100% aligned 87 shared votes
49 Aye 38 No
24 Aye 27 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 51 shared votes
24 Aye 27 No
25 Aye 17 No
Education 100% aligned 42 shared votes
25 Aye 17 No
20 Aye 12 No
Housing 100% aligned 32 shared votes
20 Aye 12 No
20 Aye 8 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 28 shared votes
20 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
88.6%
16% above average
Rank 35 of 649
538
590 eligible divisions
Total votes
523
590 eligible divisions
277
51.5% of votes cast
Aye votes
251
48.0% of votes cast
261
48.5% of votes cast
No votes
272
52.0% of votes cast
1
0.2% of votes cast
Against party
0
0.0% of votes cast
2 years, 2 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
2 years, 2 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

23
-59.3 vs Commons average
Rank 582 of 649
Appearances
139
+56.7 vs Commons average
Rank 82 of 649
26
-117.5 vs Commons average
Rank 589 of 649
Contributions
155
+11.5 vs Commons average
Rank 191 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
£172,033
all imported IPSA years
£196,485
13% below average
Latest expenses
£172,033
24% below average
0
0 registered categories
Registered interests
1
1 registered category
1
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
0
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
Housing
32 of 32 votes
Housing
32 of 32 votes
#2
NHS / Health
11 of 11 votes
Democracy / Parliament
14 of 14 votes
#3
Defence
33 of 34 votes
Migration
13 of 13 votes
#4
Benefits
29 of 30 votes
Digital / Online Safety
11 of 11 votes
#5
Education
47 of 50 votes

Recent voting overlap

These MPs agreed on every division where both voted in the current comparison sample.

Where they voted the same
Aye
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
Aye
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API