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Deirdre Costigan vs Patrick Spencer

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


Voting alignment

Deirdre Costigan and Patrick Spencer voted the same way 2% of the time, based on 296 shared comparable votes.

5 same votes 291 different votes 296 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
23 Aye 23 No
Crime / Justice 4% aligned 46 shared votes
21 Aye 25 No
29 Aye 35 No
Tax 0% aligned 64 shared votes
35 Aye 29 No
19 Aye 8 No
Housing 0% aligned 27 shared votes
8 Aye 19 No
18 Aye 4 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 22 shared votes
4 Aye 18 No
Most different by topic
29 Aye 35 No
Tax 0% aligned 64 shared votes
35 Aye 29 No
19 Aye 8 No
Housing 0% aligned 27 shared votes
8 Aye 19 No
18 Aye 4 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 22 shared votes
4 Aye 18 No
12 Aye 6 No
Education 0% aligned 18 shared votes
6 Aye 12 No
13 Aye 2 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 15 shared votes
2 Aye 13 No

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

Voting record

94.5 %
21 % above average
Rank 4 of 648
Participation
68.4 %
5 % below average
Rank 468 of 648
497
526 eligible divisions
Total votes
360
526 eligible divisions
259
52.1 % of votes cast
Aye votes
161
44.7 % of votes cast
238
47.9 % of votes cast
No votes
199
55.3 % of votes cast
1
0.2 % of votes cast
Against party
n/a
rebellion not calculated
1 years, 11 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
1 years, 11 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

28
-31.9 vs Commons average
Rank 515 of 648
Appearances
0
-59.9 vs Commons average
Rank 639 of 648
41
-66.9 vs Commons average
Rank 497 of 648
Contributions
0
-107.9 vs Commons average
Rank 636 of 648

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

Financials and interests

£196,485
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£159,842
all imported IPSA years
£196,485
13 % below average
Latest expenses
£159,842
29 % below average
0
0 registered categories
Registered interests
7
4 registered categories
0
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
37 of 37 votes
#1
Foreign Affairs
4 of 4 votes
Housing
31 of 31 votes
#2
Housing
27 of 31 votes
Transport
21 of 21 votes
#3
Defence
19 of 22 votes
Digital / Online Safety
11 of 11 votes
#4
Crime / Justice
51 of 61 votes
Migration
11 of 11 votes
#5
Transport
17 of 21 votes
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API