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Deirdre Costigan vs Sir Bernard Jenkin

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


Voting alignment

Deirdre Costigan and Sir Bernard Jenkin voted the same way 2% of the time, based on 330 shared comparable votes.

8 same votes 322 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
3 Aye 6 No
Benefits 22% aligned 9 shared votes
4 Aye 5 No
3 Aye 7 No
Democracy / Parliament 20% aligned 10 shared votes
5 Aye 5 No
4 Aye 6 No
Migration 10% aligned 10 shared votes
5 Aye 5 No
16 Aye 26 No
Crime / Justice 5% aligned 42 shared votes
24 Aye 18 No
41 Aye 29 No
Tax 0% aligned 70 shared votes
29 Aye 41 No
Most different by topic
41 Aye 29 No
Tax 0% aligned 70 shared votes
29 Aye 41 No
19 Aye 12 No
Education 0% aligned 31 shared votes
12 Aye 19 No
18 Aye 8 No
Housing 0% aligned 26 shared votes
8 Aye 18 No
11 Aye 7 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 18 shared votes
7 Aye 11 No
8 Aye 9 No
Defence 0% aligned 17 shared votes
9 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
79.7%
7% above average
Rank 204 of 649
538
590 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,893
2,376 eligible divisions
277
51.5% of votes cast
Aye votes
897
47.4% of votes cast
261
48.5% of votes cast
No votes
996
52.6% of votes cast
1
0.2% of votes cast
Against party
21
1.1% of votes cast
2 years, 2 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
34 years, 5 months
Since 9 Apr 1992

Debates

17
-64.7 vs Commons average
Rank 603 of 649
Appearances
126
+44.3 vs Commons average
Rank 98 of 649
20
-122.2 vs Commons average
Rank 604 of 649
Contributions
193
+50.8 vs Commons average
Rank 138 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
£2,529,411
all imported IPSA years
£196,485
13% below average
Latest expenses
£260,047
15% above average
0
0 registered categories
Registered interests
9
5 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
205 of 211 votes
Housing
32 of 32 votes
#2
Migration
158 of 171 votes
Democracy / Parliament
14 of 14 votes
#3
Defence
65 of 71 votes
Migration
13 of 13 votes
#4
Digital / Online Safety
11 of 11 votes
#5
Trade
81 of 91 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