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Deirdre Costigan vs Rebecca Paul

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


Voting alignment

Deirdre Costigan and Rebecca Paul voted the same way 2% of the time, based on 330 shared comparable votes.

6 same votes 324 different votes 330 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 4 No
Benefits 22% aligned 9 shared votes
2 Aye 7 No
2 Aye 7 No
Democracy / Parliament 11% aligned 9 shared votes
6 Aye 3 No
3 Aye 6 No
Migration 11% aligned 9 shared votes
5 Aye 4 No
18 Aye 18 No
Crime / Justice 3% aligned 36 shared votes
17 Aye 19 No
35 Aye 30 No
Tax 0% aligned 65 shared votes
30 Aye 35 No
Most different by topic
35 Aye 30 No
Tax 0% aligned 65 shared votes
30 Aye 35 No
20 Aye 13 No
Education 0% aligned 33 shared votes
13 Aye 20 No
19 Aye 7 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 26 shared votes
7 Aye 19 No
15 Aye 9 No
Housing 0% aligned 24 shared votes
9 Aye 15 No
14 Aye 3 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 17 shared votes
3 Aye 14 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
78.8%
6% above average
Rank 226 of 649
538
590 eligible divisions
Total votes
465
590 eligible divisions
277
51.5% of votes cast
Aye votes
209
44.9% of votes cast
261
48.5% of votes cast
No votes
256
55.1% of votes cast
1
0.2% of votes cast
Against party
1
0.2% of votes cast
2 years, 2 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
2 years, 2 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

17
-64.7 vs Commons average
Rank 603 of 649
Appearances
101
+19.3 vs Commons average
Rank 161 of 649
20
-122.2 vs Commons average
Rank 604 of 649
Contributions
146
+3.8 vs Commons average
Rank 202 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
£124,847
all imported IPSA years
£196,485
13% below average
Latest expenses
£124,847
45% below average
0
0 registered categories
Registered interests
6
4 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
39 of 39 votes
#1
Foreign Affairs
4 of 4 votes
Housing
32 of 32 votes
#2
Democracy / Parliament
13 of 14 votes
Democracy / Parliament
14 of 14 votes
#3
Work / Employment
36 of 39 votes
Migration
13 of 13 votes
#4
Defence
30 of 34 votes
Digital / Online Safety
11 of 11 votes
#5
Housing
28 of 32 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Where they voted the same
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API