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Deirdre Costigan vs Mike Martin

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


Voting alignment

Deirdre Costigan and Mike Martin voted the same way 23% of the time, based on 283 shared comparable votes.

64 same votes 219 different votes 283 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 5 No
Democracy / Parliament 70% aligned 10 shared votes
8 Aye 2 No
7 Aye 3 No
Energy 60% aligned 10 shared votes
9 Aye 1 No
6 Aye 4 No
Digital / Online Safety 40% aligned 10 shared votes
6 Aye 4 No
1 Aye 4 No
Migration 40% aligned 5 shared votes
2 Aye 3 No
18 Aye 8 No
Housing 23% aligned 26 shared votes
12 Aye 14 No
Most different by topic
2 Aye 4 No
Transport 0% aligned 6 shared votes
4 Aye 2 No
2 Aye 3 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 5 shared votes
3 Aye 2 No
35 Aye 24 No
Tax 5% aligned 59 shared votes
27 Aye 32 No
24 Aye 15 No
Education 5% aligned 39 shared votes
17 Aye 22 No
5 Aye 7 No
Defence 17% aligned 12 shared votes
7 Aye 5 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
58.0%
15% below average
Rank 586 of 649
538
590 eligible divisions
Total votes
342
590 eligible divisions
277
51.5% of votes cast
Aye votes
191
55.8% of votes cast
261
48.5% of votes cast
No votes
151
44.2% 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

33
-51.8 vs Commons average
Rank 545 of 650
Appearances
114
+29.2 vs Commons average
Rank 135 of 650
37
-110.7 vs Commons average
Rank 559 of 650
Contributions
150
+2.3 vs Commons average
Rank 211 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
£164,314
all imported IPSA years
£196,485
13% below average
Latest expenses
£164,314
27% below average
0
0 registered categories
Registered interests
41
5 registered categories
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
Digital / Online Safety
10 of 11 votes
Housing
32 of 32 votes
#2
Education
42 of 50 votes
Democracy / Parliament
14 of 14 votes
#3
NHS / Health
9 of 11 votes
Migration
13 of 13 votes
#4
Housing
26 of 32 votes
Digital / Online Safety
11 of 11 votes
#5
Democracy / Parliament
11 of 14 votes

Recent voting overlap

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