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Deirdre Costigan vs Sir Edward Leigh

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


Voting alignment

Deirdre Costigan and Sir Edward Leigh voted the same way 2% of the time, based on 325 shared comparable votes.

7 same votes 318 different votes 325 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
5 Aye 7 No
Democracy / Parliament 17% aligned 12 shared votes
5 Aye 7 No
4 Aye 7 No
Benefits 9% aligned 11 shared votes
6 Aye 5 No
21 Aye 24 No
Crime / Justice 4% aligned 45 shared votes
22 Aye 23 No
50 Aye 30 No
Tax 1% aligned 80 shared votes
29 Aye 51 No
19 Aye 9 No
Education 0% aligned 28 shared votes
9 Aye 19 No
Most different by topic
19 Aye 9 No
Education 0% aligned 28 shared votes
9 Aye 19 No
20 Aye 7 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 27 shared votes
7 Aye 20 No
7 Aye 10 No
Transport 0% aligned 17 shared votes
10 Aye 7 No
6 Aye 10 No
Foreign Affairs 0% aligned 16 shared votes
10 Aye 6 No
7 Aye 6 No
Energy 0% aligned 13 shared votes
6 Aye 7 No

Topic alignment uses local topic tags, so a division can count towards more than one topic.

Voting record

90.8%
18% above average
Rank 14 of 650
Participation
75.0%
3% above average
Rank 311 of 650
573
631 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,812
2,417 eligible divisions
293
51.1% of votes cast
Aye votes
854
47.1% of votes cast
280
48.9% of votes cast
No votes
958
52.9% of votes cast
1
0.2% of votes cast
Against party
22
1.2% of votes cast
2 years, 4 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
43 years, 4 months
Since 9 Jun 1983

Debates

91
-3.5 vs Commons average
Rank 257 of 650
Appearances
192
+97.5 vs Commons average
Rank 43 of 650
128
-36.5 vs Commons average
Rank 302 of 650
Contributions
216
+51.5 vs Commons average
Rank 147 of 650

Debate figures cover imported Hansard debate appearances from the last 12 months.

Financials and interests

£196,485
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,223,219
all imported IPSA years
£196,485
13% below average
Latest expenses
£216,835
4% below average
0
0 registered categories
Registered interests
3
3 registered categories
1
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
3
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
42 of 42 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
188 of 212 votes
Housing
32 of 32 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
71 of 82 votes
Democracy / Parliament
14 of 14 votes
#3
Energy
56 of 70 votes
Migration
13 of 13 votes
#4
Tax
263 of 331 votes
Digital / Online Safety
11 of 11 votes
#5
Migration
135 of 171 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Where they voted the same
No
No
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API