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Dr Al Pinkerton vs Deirdre Costigan

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


Voting alignment

Dr Al Pinkerton and Deirdre Costigan voted the same way 15% of the time, based on 325 shared comparable votes.

50 same votes 275 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
8 Aye 2 No
Democracy / Parliament 70% aligned 10 shared votes
5 Aye 5 No
10 Aye 1 No
Energy 55% aligned 11 shared votes
7 Aye 4 No
1 Aye 2 No
Digital / Online Safety 33% aligned 3 shared votes
3 Aye 0 No
2 Aye 1 No
Foreign Affairs 33% aligned 3 shared votes
2 Aye 1 No
12 Aye 15 No
Housing 26% aligned 27 shared votes
18 Aye 9 No
Most different by topic
4 Aye 14 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 18 shared votes
14 Aye 4 No
32 Aye 38 No
Tax 4% aligned 70 shared votes
41 Aye 29 No
17 Aye 23 No
Education 5% aligned 40 shared votes
25 Aye 15 No
9 Aye 0 No
NHS / Health 11% aligned 9 shared votes
1 Aye 8 No
7 Aye 14 No
Work / Employment 14% aligned 21 shared votes
15 Aye 6 No

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

Voting record

68.6%
4% below average
Rank 457 of 649
Participation
91.0%
18% above average
Rank 14 of 649
398
580 eligible divisions
Total votes
528
580 eligible divisions
206
51.8% of votes cast
Aye votes
274
51.9% of votes cast
192
48.2% of votes cast
No votes
254
48.1% of votes cast
11
2.8% of votes cast
Against party
1
0.2% of votes cast
2 years, 2 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
2 years, 2 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

164
+85.3 vs Commons average
Rank 35 of 649
Appearances
4
-74.7 vs Commons average
Rank 628 of 649
193
+55.9 vs Commons average
Rank 130 of 649
Contributions
4
-133.1 vs Commons average
Rank 626 of 649

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

Financials and interests

£189,783
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£196,485
all imported IPSA years
£189,783
16% below average
Latest expenses
£196,485
13% below average
3
1 registered category
Registered interests
0
0 registered categories
2
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
1
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

#1
Work / Employment
39 of 39 votes
Housing
27 of 31 votes
#2
Housing
31 of 31 votes
Education
43 of 50 votes
#3
Democracy / Parliament
14 of 14 votes
Defence
28 of 34 votes
#4
Migration
13 of 13 votes
NHS / Health
9 of 11 votes
#5
Digital / Online Safety
11 of 11 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Where they voted the same
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API