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Deirdre Costigan vs Sir John Hayes

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


Voting alignment

Deirdre Costigan and Sir John Hayes voted the same way 2% of the time, based on 351 shared comparable votes.

8 same votes 343 different votes 351 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 3 No
Benefits 14% aligned 7 shared votes
2 Aye 5 No
2 Aye 6 No
Migration 13% aligned 8 shared votes
5 Aye 3 No
23 Aye 25 No
Crime / Justice 2% aligned 48 shared votes
24 Aye 24 No
47 Aye 31 No
Tax 1% aligned 78 shared votes
30 Aye 48 No
Most different by topic
24 Aye 13 No
Education 0% aligned 37 shared votes
13 Aye 24 No
19 Aye 8 No
Housing 0% aligned 27 shared votes
8 Aye 19 No
18 Aye 7 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 25 shared votes
7 Aye 18 No
7 Aye 10 No
Defence 0% aligned 17 shared votes
10 Aye 7 No
7 Aye 10 No
Transport 0% aligned 17 shared votes
10 Aye 7 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
81.9%
9% above average
Rank 160 of 649
538
590 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,945
2,376 eligible divisions
277
51.5% of votes cast
Aye votes
919
47.2% of votes cast
261
48.5% of votes cast
No votes
1,026
52.8% of votes cast
1
0.2% of votes cast
Against party
25
1.3% of votes cast
2 years, 2 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
29 years, 4 months
Since 1 May 1997

Debates

16
-65.7 vs Commons average
Rank 603 of 649
Appearances
110
+28.3 vs Commons average
Rank 133 of 649
19
-123.3 vs Commons average
Rank 606 of 649
Contributions
224
+81.7 vs Commons average
Rank 102 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
£2,932,645
all imported IPSA years
£196,485
13% below average
Latest expenses
£280,368
24% above average
0
0 registered categories
Registered interests
4
3 registered categories
1
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
2
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
202 of 211 votes
Housing
32 of 32 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
64 of 69 votes
Democracy / Parliament
14 of 14 votes
#3
Environment / Climate
44 of 48 votes
Migration
13 of 13 votes
#4
Housing
60 of 67 votes
Digital / Online Safety
11 of 11 votes
#5
Trade
78 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