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Deirdre Costigan vs Sir Iain Duncan Smith
A side-by-side comparison of voting participation, party rebellion, topic focus, and recent voting overlap.
Voting alignment
Deirdre Costigan and Sir Iain Duncan Smith voted the same way 2% of the time, based on 320 shared comparable votes.
6 same votes
314 different votes
320 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
91.0 %
18 % above average
Participation
81.6 %
9 % above average
508
558 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,913
2,344 eligible divisions
264
52.0 % of votes cast
Aye votes
876
45.8 % of votes cast
244
48.0 % of votes cast
No votes
1,037
54.2 % of votes cast
1
0.2 % of votes cast
Against party
41
2.1 % of votes cast
1 years, 11 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
34 years, 2 months
Since 9 Apr 1992
Debates
17
-52.7 vs Commons average
Appearances
85
+15.3 vs Commons average
27
-96.8 vs Commons average
Contributions
161
+37.2 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
£2,530,064
all imported IPSA years
£196,485
13 % below average
Latest expenses
£265,254
17 % above average
0
0 registered categories
Registered interests
11
3 registered categories
1
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
6
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
Where they voted the same
Member source
UK Parliament Members API
Voting source
Commons Votes API