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Deirdre Costigan vs Sam Carling

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


Voting alignment

Deirdre Costigan and Sam Carling voted the same way 100% of the time, based on 446 shared comparable votes.

446 same votes 0 different votes 446 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
50 Aye 41 No
Tax 100% aligned 91 shared votes
50 Aye 41 No
28 Aye 25 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 53 shared votes
28 Aye 25 No
28 Aye 14 No
Education 100% aligned 42 shared votes
28 Aye 14 No
20 Aye 11 No
Housing 100% aligned 31 shared votes
20 Aye 11 No
21 Aye 8 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 29 shared votes
21 Aye 8 No
Most different by topic
50 Aye 41 No
Tax 100% aligned 91 shared votes
50 Aye 41 No
28 Aye 25 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 53 shared votes
28 Aye 25 No
28 Aye 14 No
Education 100% aligned 42 shared votes
28 Aye 14 No
20 Aye 11 No
Housing 100% aligned 31 shared votes
20 Aye 11 No
21 Aye 8 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 29 shared votes
21 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
89.2%
17% above average
Rank 26 of 649
538
590 eligible divisions
Total votes
526
590 eligible divisions
277
51.5% of votes cast
Aye votes
275
52.3% of votes cast
261
48.5% of votes cast
No votes
251
47.7% of votes cast
1
0.2% of votes cast
Against party
0
0.0% of votes cast
2 years, 3 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
2 years, 3 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

29
-54.7 vs Commons average
Rank 563 of 649
Appearances
59
-24.7 vs Commons average
Rank 388 of 649
33
-112.9 vs Commons average
Rank 568 of 649
Contributions
80
-65.9 vs Commons average
Rank 408 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
£150,223
all imported IPSA years
£196,485
13% below average
Latest expenses
£150,223
34% below average
0
0 registered categories
Registered interests
9
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
39 of 39 votes
#1
Benefits
30 of 30 votes
Housing
32 of 32 votes
#2
NHS / Health
11 of 11 votes
Democracy / Parliament
14 of 14 votes
#3
Foreign Affairs
4 of 4 votes
Migration
13 of 13 votes
#4
Housing
31 of 32 votes
Digital / Online Safety
11 of 11 votes
#5
Energy
19 of 20 votes

Recent voting overlap

These MPs agreed on every division where both voted in the current comparison sample.

Where they voted the same
Aye
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
Aye
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API