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Deirdre Costigan vs Liz Kendall

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


Voting alignment

Deirdre Costigan and Liz Kendall voted the same way 100% of the time, based on 251 shared comparable votes.

251 same votes 0 different votes 251 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
22 Aye 26 No
Tax 100% aligned 48 shared votes
22 Aye 26 No
15 Aye 8 No
Education 100% aligned 23 shared votes
15 Aye 8 No
6 Aye 13 No
Benefits 100% aligned 19 shared votes
6 Aye 13 No
5 Aye 14 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 19 shared votes
5 Aye 14 No
13 Aye 3 No
Devolution / Local Government 100% aligned 16 shared votes
13 Aye 3 No
Most different by topic
22 Aye 26 No
Tax 100% aligned 48 shared votes
22 Aye 26 No
15 Aye 8 No
Education 100% aligned 23 shared votes
15 Aye 8 No
6 Aye 13 No
Benefits 100% aligned 19 shared votes
6 Aye 13 No
5 Aye 14 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 19 shared votes
5 Aye 14 No
13 Aye 3 No
Devolution / Local Government 100% aligned 16 shared votes
13 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
64.4%
8% below average
Rank 526 of 649
538
590 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,530
2,376 eligible divisions
277
51.5% of votes cast
Aye votes
875
57.2% of votes cast
261
48.5% of votes cast
No votes
655
42.8% of votes cast
1
0.2% of votes cast
Against party
2
0.1% of votes cast
2 years, 3 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
16 years, 5 months
Since 6 May 2010

Debates

33
-51.8 vs Commons average
Rank 545 of 650
Appearances
37
-47.8 vs Commons average
Rank 524 of 650
37
-110.7 vs Commons average
Rank 559 of 650
Contributions
526
+378.3 vs Commons average
Rank 21 of 650

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

Financials and interests

£196,485
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,620,750
all imported IPSA years
£196,485
13% below average
Latest expenses
£249,722
10% above average
0
0 registered categories
Registered interests
0
0 registered categories
1
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
4
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
Foreign Affairs
64 of 69 votes
Housing
32 of 32 votes
#2
Brexit / EU
184 of 211 votes
Democracy / Parliament
14 of 14 votes
#3
NHS / Health
44 of 56 votes
Migration
13 of 13 votes
#4
Benefits
62 of 81 votes
Digital / Online Safety
11 of 11 votes
#5
Migration
126 of 171 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