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Deirdre Costigan vs Mr Toby Perkins

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


Voting alignment

Deirdre Costigan and Mr Toby Perkins voted the same way 99% of the time, based on 379 shared comparable votes.

377 same votes 2 different votes 379 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
26 Aye 35 No
Tax 100% aligned 61 shared votes
26 Aye 35 No
21 Aye 10 No
Education 100% aligned 31 shared votes
21 Aye 10 No
19 Aye 11 No
Housing 100% aligned 30 shared votes
19 Aye 11 No
7 Aye 13 No
Defence 100% aligned 20 shared votes
7 Aye 13 No
12 Aye 7 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 19 shared votes
12 Aye 7 No
Most different by topic
26 Aye 24 No
Crime / Justice 98% aligned 50 shared votes
25 Aye 25 No
26 Aye 35 No
Tax 100% aligned 61 shared votes
26 Aye 35 No
21 Aye 10 No
Education 100% aligned 31 shared votes
21 Aye 10 No
19 Aye 11 No
Housing 100% aligned 30 shared votes
19 Aye 11 No
7 Aye 13 No
Defence 100% aligned 20 shared votes
7 Aye 13 No

Topic alignment uses local topic tags, so a division can count towards more than one topic.

Voting record

90.8%
18% above average
Rank 15 of 650
Participation
73.2%
1% above average
Rank 349 of 650
563
620 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,761
2,406 eligible divisions
286
50.8% of votes cast
Aye votes
968
55.0% of votes cast
277
49.2% of votes cast
No votes
793
45.0% 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, 5 months
Since 6 May 2010

Debates

88
-5.9 vs Commons average
Rank 270 of 650
Appearances
105
+11.1 vs Commons average
Rank 200 of 650
123
-40.5 vs Commons average
Rank 315 of 650
Contributions
162
-1.5 vs Commons average
Rank 217 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
£2,954,096
all imported IPSA years
£196,485
13% below average
Latest expenses
£306,578
36% above average
0
0 registered categories
Registered interests
5
1 registered category
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
42 of 42 votes
#1
Defence
65 of 71 votes
Housing
32 of 32 votes
#2
Environment / Climate
41 of 49 votes
Democracy / Parliament
14 of 14 votes
#3
Migration
143 of 171 votes
Migration
13 of 13 votes
#4
Brexit / EU
176 of 212 votes
Digital / Online Safety
11 of 11 votes
#5
Democracy / Parliament
38 of 47 votes
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API