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Deirdre Costigan vs Neil O'Brien

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


Voting alignment

Deirdre Costigan and Neil O'Brien voted the same way 2% of the time, based on 332 shared comparable votes.

6 same votes 326 different votes 332 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
4 Aye 6 No
Democracy / Parliament 10% aligned 10 shared votes
5 Aye 5 No
17 Aye 26 No
Crime / Justice 5% aligned 43 shared votes
24 Aye 19 No
39 Aye 30 No
Tax 0% aligned 69 shared votes
30 Aye 39 No
21 Aye 13 No
Education 0% aligned 34 shared votes
13 Aye 21 No
Most different by topic
39 Aye 30 No
Tax 0% aligned 69 shared votes
30 Aye 39 No
21 Aye 13 No
Education 0% aligned 34 shared votes
13 Aye 21 No
18 Aye 7 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 25 shared votes
7 Aye 18 No
10 Aye 10 No
Housing 0% aligned 20 shared votes
10 Aye 10 No
8 Aye 10 No
Defence 0% aligned 18 shared votes
10 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
84.7%
12% above average
Rank 102 of 649
538
590 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,797
2,121 eligible divisions
277
51.5% of votes cast
Aye votes
888
49.4% of votes cast
261
48.5% of votes cast
No votes
909
50.6% of votes cast
1
0.2% of votes cast
Against party
6
0.3% of votes cast
2 years, 2 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
9 years, 3 months
Since 8 Jun 2017

Debates

17
-65.1 vs Commons average
Rank 603 of 649
Appearances
19
-63.1 vs Commons average
Rank 598 of 649
20
-122.9 vs Commons average
Rank 605 of 649
Contributions
24
-118.9 vs Commons average
Rank 592 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
£1,900,002
all imported IPSA years
£196,485
13% below average
Latest expenses
£311,946
38% above 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
Foreign Affairs
67 of 69 votes
Housing
32 of 32 votes
#2
Environment / Climate
44 of 46 votes
Democracy / Parliament
14 of 14 votes
#3
Brexit / EU
178 of 188 votes
Migration
13 of 13 votes
#4
Defence
66 of 71 votes
Digital / Online Safety
11 of 11 votes
#5
Trade
80 of 87 votes
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API