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Deirdre Costigan vs Paulette Hamilton

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


Voting alignment

Deirdre Costigan and Paulette Hamilton voted the same way 98% of the time, based on 428 shared comparable votes.

421 same votes 7 different votes 428 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
55 Aye 39 No
Tax 100% aligned 94 shared votes
55 Aye 39 No
27 Aye 24 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 51 shared votes
27 Aye 24 No
28 Aye 17 No
Education 100% aligned 45 shared votes
28 Aye 17 No
23 Aye 8 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 31 shared votes
23 Aye 8 No
19 Aye 4 No
Housing 100% aligned 23 shared votes
19 Aye 4 No
Most different by topic
55 Aye 39 No
Tax 100% aligned 94 shared votes
55 Aye 39 No
27 Aye 24 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 51 shared votes
27 Aye 24 No
28 Aye 17 No
Education 100% aligned 45 shared votes
28 Aye 17 No
23 Aye 8 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 31 shared votes
23 Aye 8 No
19 Aye 4 No
Housing 100% aligned 23 shared votes
19 Aye 4 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 14 of 650
Participation
73.9%
2% above average
Rank 331 of 650
575
633 eligible divisions
Total votes
897
1,213 eligible divisions
295
51.3% of votes cast
Aye votes
446
49.7% of votes cast
280
48.7% of votes cast
No votes
451
50.3% of votes cast
1
0.2% of votes cast
Against party
7
0.8% of votes cast
2 years, 4 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
4 years, 8 months
Since 3 Mar 2022

Debates

91
-3.5 vs Commons average
Rank 257 of 650
Appearances
59
-35.5 vs Commons average
Rank 439 of 650
128
-36.6 vs Commons average
Rank 302 of 650
Contributions
70
-94.6 vs Commons average
Rank 479 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
£789,073
all imported IPSA years
£196,485
13% below average
Latest expenses
£285,345
26% above average
0
0 registered categories
Registered interests
4
2 registered categories
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
42 of 42 votes
#1
Education
55 of 61 votes
Housing
32 of 32 votes
#2
Migration
113 of 126 votes
Democracy / Parliament
14 of 14 votes
#3
Benefits
34 of 39 votes
Migration
13 of 13 votes
#4
Work / Employment
57 of 66 votes
Digital / Online Safety
11 of 11 votes
#5
Digital / Online Safety
38 of 44 votes
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API