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Deirdre Costigan vs Patricia Ferguson

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


Voting alignment

Deirdre Costigan and Patricia Ferguson voted the same way 97% of the time, based on 422 shared comparable votes.

410 same votes 12 different votes 422 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
53 Aye 28 No
Tax 100% aligned 81 shared votes
53 Aye 28 No
21 Aye 16 No
Education 100% aligned 37 shared votes
21 Aye 16 No
21 Aye 12 No
Housing 100% aligned 33 shared votes
21 Aye 12 No
18 Aye 1 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 19 shared votes
18 Aye 1 No
8 Aye 9 No
Defence 100% aligned 17 shared votes
8 Aye 9 No
Most different by topic
6 Aye 14 No
Benefits 95% aligned 20 shared votes
7 Aye 13 No
25 Aye 28 No
Crime / Justice 96% aligned 53 shared votes
25 Aye 28 No
53 Aye 28 No
Tax 100% aligned 81 shared votes
53 Aye 28 No
21 Aye 16 No
Education 100% aligned 37 shared votes
21 Aye 16 No
21 Aye 12 No
Housing 100% aligned 33 shared votes
21 Aye 12 No

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

Voting record

90.9%
19% above average
Rank 13 of 650
Participation
79.4%
7% above average
Rank 211 of 650
578
636 eligible divisions
Total votes
505
636 eligible divisions
296
51.2% of votes cast
Aye votes
257
50.9% of votes cast
282
48.8% of votes cast
No votes
248
49.1% of votes cast
1
0.2% of votes cast
Against party
18
3.6% of votes cast
2 years, 4 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
2 years, 4 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

102
+5.5 vs Commons average
Rank 231 of 650
Appearances
116
+19.5 vs Commons average
Rank 182 of 650
141
-27.2 vs Commons average
Rank 285 of 650
Contributions
160
-8.2 vs Commons average
Rank 239 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
£151,093
all imported IPSA years
£196,485
13% below average
Latest expenses
£151,093
33% below average
0
0 registered categories
Registered interests
2
1 registered category
1
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
1
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
Housing
33 of 33 votes
Housing
33 of 33 votes
#2
Digital / Online Safety
11 of 11 votes
Democracy / Parliament
14 of 14 votes
#3
Foreign Affairs
16 of 17 votes
Migration
13 of 13 votes
#4
Energy
18 of 20 votes
Digital / Online Safety
11 of 11 votes
#5
Defence
30 of 34 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
No rebel
Where they voted the same
No
No
No
No
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API