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Deirdre Costigan vs Paul Holmes

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


Voting alignment

Deirdre Costigan and Paul Holmes voted the same way 3% of the time, based on 320 shared comparable votes.

10 same votes 310 different votes 320 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
2 Aye 7 No
Benefits 22% aligned 9 shared votes
5 Aye 4 No
3 Aye 5 No
Migration 13% aligned 8 shared votes
4 Aye 4 No
5 Aye 5 No
Democracy / Parliament 10% aligned 10 shared votes
4 Aye 6 No
23 Aye 25 No
Crime / Justice 4% aligned 48 shared votes
23 Aye 25 No
33 Aye 33 No
Tax 3% aligned 66 shared votes
31 Aye 35 No
Most different by topic
14 Aye 10 No
Education 0% aligned 24 shared votes
10 Aye 14 No
18 Aye 2 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 20 shared votes
2 Aye 18 No
8 Aye 8 No
Defence 0% aligned 16 shared votes
8 Aye 8 No
13 Aye 2 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 15 shared votes
2 Aye 13 No
6 Aye 9 No
Housing 0% aligned 15 shared votes
9 Aye 6 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
85.0%
12% above average
Rank 93 of 649
538
590 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,410
1,658 eligible divisions
277
51.5% of votes cast
Aye votes
702
49.8% of votes cast
261
48.5% of votes cast
No votes
708
50.2% of votes cast
1
0.2% of votes cast
Against party
5
0.4% of votes cast
2 years, 2 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
6 years, 9 months
Since 12 Dec 2019

Debates

23
-59.3 vs Commons average
Rank 582 of 649
Appearances
112
+29.7 vs Commons average
Rank 129 of 649
26
-117.5 vs Commons average
Rank 589 of 649
Contributions
385
+241.5 vs Commons average
Rank 39 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
£1,091,272
all imported IPSA years
£196,485
13% below average
Latest expenses
£234,722
4% above average
0
0 registered categories
Registered interests
4
3 registered categories
1
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
3
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
Brexit / EU
63 of 63 votes
Housing
32 of 32 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
50 of 50 votes
Democracy / Parliament
14 of 14 votes
#3
Environment / Climate
42 of 44 votes
Migration
13 of 13 votes
#4
Trade
50 of 53 votes
Digital / Online Safety
11 of 11 votes
#5
Digital / Online Safety
41 of 44 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Where they voted the same
Aye
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
Aye
No
No
No
Sit in private 25 Apr 2025
Tax
No
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API