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Deirdre Costigan vs Ruth Jones

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


Voting alignment

Deirdre Costigan and Ruth Jones voted the same way 100% of the time, based on 416 shared comparable votes.

414 same votes 2 different votes 416 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
42 Aye 31 No
Tax 100% aligned 73 shared votes
42 Aye 31 No
27 Aye 26 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 53 shared votes
27 Aye 26 No
27 Aye 17 No
Education 100% aligned 44 shared votes
27 Aye 17 No
20 Aye 12 No
Housing 100% aligned 32 shared votes
20 Aye 12 No
22 Aye 8 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 30 shared votes
22 Aye 8 No
Most different by topic
42 Aye 31 No
Tax 100% aligned 73 shared votes
42 Aye 31 No
27 Aye 26 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 53 shared votes
27 Aye 26 No
27 Aye 17 No
Education 100% aligned 44 shared votes
27 Aye 17 No
20 Aye 12 No
Housing 100% aligned 32 shared votes
20 Aye 12 No
22 Aye 8 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 30 shared votes
22 Aye 8 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
78.1%
5% above average
Rank 241 of 649
538
590 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,337
1,712 eligible divisions
277
51.5% of votes cast
Aye votes
694
51.9% of votes cast
261
48.5% of votes cast
No votes
643
48.1% of votes cast
1
0.2% of votes cast
Against party
16
1.2% of votes cast
2 years, 2 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
7 years, 5 months
Since 4 Apr 2019

Debates

23
-59.3 vs Commons average
Rank 582 of 649
Appearances
53
-29.3 vs Commons average
Rank 428 of 649
26
-117.5 vs Commons average
Rank 589 of 649
Contributions
78
-65.5 vs Commons average
Rank 406 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
£1,494,987
all imported IPSA years
£196,485
13% below average
Latest expenses
£296,369
31% above average
0
0 registered categories
Registered interests
4
3 registered categories
1
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
5
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
Housing
32 of 32 votes
#2
Education
61 of 69 votes
Democracy / Parliament
14 of 14 votes
#3
Migration
136 of 154 votes
Migration
13 of 13 votes
#4
Work / Employment
60 of 68 votes
Digital / Online Safety
11 of 11 votes
#5
Housing
47 of 54 votes
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API