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Deirdre Costigan vs Sir Christopher Chope
A side-by-side comparison of voting participation, party rebellion, topic focus, and recent voting overlap.
Voting alignment
Deirdre Costigan and Sir Christopher Chope voted the same way 2% of the time, based on 225 shared comparable votes.
5 same votes
220 different votes
225 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
Most different by topic
Topic alignment uses local topic tags, so a division can count towards more than one topic.
Voting record
91.2%
19% above average
Participation
59.3%
13% below average
538
590 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,409
2,376 eligible divisions
277
51.5% of votes cast
Aye votes
600
42.6% of votes cast
261
48.5% of votes cast
No votes
809
57.4% of votes cast
1
0.2% of votes cast
Against party
73
5.2% of votes cast
2 years, 2 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
29 years, 4 months
Since 1 May 1997
Debates
23
-59.3 vs Commons average
Appearances
49
-33.3 vs Commons average
26
-117.5 vs Commons average
Contributions
42
-101.5 vs Commons average
Debate figures cover imported Hansard debate appearances from the last 12 months.
Financials and interests
£196,485
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,114,098
all imported IPSA years
£196,485
13% below average
Latest expenses
£249,241
10% above average
0
0 registered categories
Registered interests
5
3 registered categories
1
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
304
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
Recent voting overlap
Where they voted differently
Aye
No
Aye
No
Aye
Draft Code of Practice on Electronic and Workplace Ballots for Statutory Trade Union Ballots
15 Jul 2026
No
Where they voted the same
Member source
UK Parliament Members API
Voting source
Commons Votes API