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Deirdre Costigan vs Sir Oliver Dowden

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


Voting alignment

Deirdre Costigan and Sir Oliver Dowden voted the same way 4% of the time, based on 314 shared comparable votes.

13 same votes 301 different votes 314 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 8 No
Benefits 18% aligned 11 shared votes
6 Aye 5 No
14 Aye 17 No
Crime / Justice 3% aligned 31 shared votes
16 Aye 15 No
37 Aye 32 No
Tax 0% aligned 69 shared votes
32 Aye 37 No
19 Aye 13 No
Education 0% aligned 32 shared votes
13 Aye 19 No
19 Aye 8 No
Housing 0% aligned 27 shared votes
8 Aye 19 No
Most different by topic
37 Aye 32 No
Tax 0% aligned 69 shared votes
32 Aye 37 No
19 Aye 13 No
Education 0% aligned 32 shared votes
13 Aye 19 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
14 Aye 3 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 17 shared votes
3 Aye 14 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
70.5%
2% below average
Rank 418 of 649
538
590 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,676
2,376 eligible divisions
277
51.5% of votes cast
Aye votes
781
46.6% of votes cast
261
48.5% of votes cast
No votes
895
53.4% of votes cast
1
0.2% of votes cast
Against party
12
0.7% of votes cast
2 years, 3 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
11 years, 5 months
Since 7 May 2015

Debates

29
-54.6 vs Commons average
Rank 563 of 650
Appearances
60
-23.6 vs Commons average
Rank 381 of 650
33
-112.7 vs Commons average
Rank 568 of 650
Contributions
66
-79.7 vs Commons average
Rank 460 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
£1,614,938
all imported IPSA years
£196,485
13% below average
Latest expenses
£226,269
same as average
0
0 registered categories
Registered interests
17
4 registered categories
1
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
0
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
197 of 211 votes
Housing
32 of 32 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
63 of 69 votes
Democracy / Parliament
14 of 14 votes
#3
Environment / Climate
43 of 48 votes
Migration
13 of 13 votes
#4
Transport
77 of 95 votes
Digital / Online Safety
11 of 11 votes
#5
Defence
54 of 71 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Where they voted the same
Aye
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
Aye
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API