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Dr Ben Spencer vs Deirdre Costigan

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


Voting alignment

Dr Ben Spencer and Deirdre Costigan voted the same way 3% of the time, based on 341 shared comparable votes.

11 same votes 330 different votes 341 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
6 Aye 0 No
NHS / Health 33% aligned 6 shared votes
2 Aye 4 No
3 Aye 5 No
Democracy / Parliament 13% aligned 8 shared votes
4 Aye 4 No
5 Aye 4 No
Migration 11% aligned 9 shared votes
3 Aye 6 No
16 Aye 17 No
Crime / Justice 6% aligned 33 shared votes
15 Aye 18 No
33 Aye 46 No
Tax 0% aligned 79 shared votes
46 Aye 33 No
Most different by topic
33 Aye 46 No
Tax 0% aligned 79 shared votes
46 Aye 33 No
13 Aye 24 No
Education 0% aligned 37 shared votes
24 Aye 13 No
9 Aye 19 No
Housing 0% aligned 28 shared votes
19 Aye 9 No
1 Aye 18 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 19 shared votes
18 Aye 1 No
10 Aye 8 No
Defence 0% aligned 18 shared votes
8 Aye 10 No

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

Voting record

82.1%
10% above average
Rank 155 of 649
Participation
91.2%
19% above average
Rank 13 of 649
1,362
1,658 eligible divisions
Total votes
538
590 eligible divisions
655
48.1% of votes cast
Aye votes
277
51.5% of votes cast
707
51.9% of votes cast
No votes
261
48.5% of votes cast
13
1.0% of votes cast
Against party
1
0.2% of votes cast
6 years, 9 months
Since 12 Dec 2019
Commons service
2 years, 2 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

107
+24.7 vs Commons average
Rank 143 of 649
Appearances
23
-59.3 vs Commons average
Rank 582 of 649
220
+76.5 vs Commons average
Rank 112 of 649
Contributions
26
-117.5 vs Commons average
Rank 589 of 649

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

Financials and interests

£1,246,190
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£196,485
all imported IPSA years
£263,058
16% above average
Latest expenses
£196,485
13% below average
5
3 registered categories
Registered interests
0
0 registered categories
3
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

Foreign Affairs
48 of 50 votes
#1
Work / Employment
39 of 39 votes
Trade
50 of 53 votes
#2
Housing
32 of 32 votes
Brexit / EU
59 of 63 votes
#3
Democracy / Parliament
14 of 14 votes
Migration
141 of 154 votes
#4
Migration
13 of 13 votes
Environment / Climate
40 of 44 votes
#5
Digital / Online Safety
11 of 11 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
Aye
Where they voted the same
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API