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Deirdre Costigan vs Peter Dowd

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


Voting alignment

Deirdre Costigan and Peter Dowd voted the same way 99% of the time, based on 364 shared comparable votes.

361 same votes 3 different votes 364 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
51 Aye 39 No
Tax 100% aligned 90 shared votes
51 Aye 39 No
18 Aye 17 No
Education 100% aligned 35 shared votes
18 Aye 17 No
6 Aye 28 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 34 shared votes
6 Aye 28 No
25 Aye 7 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 32 shared votes
25 Aye 7 No
13 Aye 10 No
Housing 100% aligned 23 shared votes
13 Aye 10 No
Most different by topic
2 Aye 7 No
Benefits 67% aligned 9 shared votes
1 Aye 8 No
51 Aye 39 No
Tax 100% aligned 90 shared votes
51 Aye 39 No
18 Aye 17 No
Education 100% aligned 35 shared votes
18 Aye 17 No
6 Aye 28 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 34 shared votes
6 Aye 28 No
25 Aye 7 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 32 shared votes
25 Aye 7 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
69.3%
3% below average
Rank 436 of 650
573
631 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,675
2,417 eligible divisions
293
51.1% of votes cast
Aye votes
936
55.9% of votes cast
280
48.9% of votes cast
No votes
739
44.1% of votes cast
1
0.2% of votes cast
Against party
5
0.3% of votes cast
2 years, 4 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
11 years, 5 months
Since 7 May 2015

Debates

91
-3.5 vs Commons average
Rank 257 of 650
Appearances
51
-43.5 vs Commons average
Rank 483 of 650
128
-36.5 vs Commons average
Rank 302 of 650
Contributions
41
-123.5 vs Commons average
Rank 566 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
£2,122,879
all imported IPSA years
£196,485
13% below average
Latest expenses
£243,077
7% above average
0
0 registered categories
Registered interests
1
1 registered category
1
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
2
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
Defence
63 of 71 votes
Housing
32 of 32 votes
#2
Work / Employment
67 of 80 votes
Democracy / Parliament
14 of 14 votes
#3
Foreign Affairs
67 of 82 votes
Migration
13 of 13 votes
#4
Environment / Climate
40 of 49 votes
Digital / Online Safety
11 of 11 votes
#5
Brexit / EU
172 of 212 votes
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API