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Deirdre Costigan vs Sammy Wilson

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


Voting alignment

Deirdre Costigan and Sammy Wilson voted the same way 7% of the time, based on 272 shared comparable votes.

20 same votes 252 different votes 272 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
10 Aye 6 No
Housing 50% aligned 16 shared votes
12 Aye 4 No
1 Aye 3 No
Democracy / Parliament 25% aligned 4 shared votes
2 Aye 2 No
2 Aye 5 No
Benefits 14% aligned 7 shared votes
4 Aye 3 No
7 Aye 12 No
Defence 11% aligned 19 shared votes
12 Aye 7 No
18 Aye 14 No
Crime / Justice 9% aligned 32 shared votes
13 Aye 19 No
Most different by topic
37 Aye 26 No
Tax 0% aligned 63 shared votes
26 Aye 37 No
13 Aye 6 No
Education 0% aligned 19 shared votes
6 Aye 13 No
16 Aye 3 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 19 shared votes
3 Aye 16 No
4 Aye 5 No
Transport 0% aligned 9 shared votes
5 Aye 4 No
5 Aye 3 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 8 shared votes
3 Aye 5 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
62.0%
11% below average
Rank 558 of 649
538
590 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,472
2,376 eligible divisions
277
51.5% of votes cast
Aye votes
732
49.7% of votes cast
261
48.5% of votes cast
No votes
740
50.3% of votes cast
1
0.2% of votes cast
Against party
11
0.7% of votes cast
2 years, 2 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
21 years, 4 months
Since 5 May 2005

Debates

23
-59.3 vs Commons average
Rank 582 of 649
Appearances
110
+27.7 vs Commons average
Rank 136 of 649
26
-117.5 vs Commons average
Rank 589 of 649
Contributions
157
+13.5 vs Commons average
Rank 187 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
£2,714,557
all imported IPSA years
£196,485
13% below average
Latest expenses
£250,082
11% above average
0
0 registered categories
Registered interests
2
2 registered categories
1
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
1
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
Brexit / EU
195 of 211 votes
Housing
32 of 32 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
63 of 69 votes
Democracy / Parliament
14 of 14 votes
#3
Trade
70 of 91 votes
Migration
13 of 13 votes
#4
Defence
50 of 71 votes
Digital / Online Safety
11 of 11 votes
#5
Energy
47 of 70 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
No
Where they voted the same
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API