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Dr Rupa Huq vs Deirdre Costigan

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


Voting alignment

Dr Rupa Huq and Deirdre Costigan voted the same way 98% of the time, based on 382 shared comparable votes.

373 same votes 9 different votes 382 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
25 Aye 41 No
Tax 100% aligned 66 shared votes
25 Aye 41 No
20 Aye 24 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 44 shared votes
20 Aye 24 No
17 Aye 16 No
Education 100% aligned 33 shared votes
17 Aye 16 No
21 Aye 8 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 29 shared votes
21 Aye 8 No
6 Aye 12 No
Benefits 100% aligned 18 shared votes
6 Aye 12 No
Most different by topic
25 Aye 41 No
Tax 100% aligned 66 shared votes
25 Aye 41 No
20 Aye 24 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 44 shared votes
20 Aye 24 No
17 Aye 16 No
Education 100% aligned 33 shared votes
17 Aye 16 No
21 Aye 8 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 29 shared votes
21 Aye 8 No
6 Aye 12 No
Benefits 100% aligned 18 shared votes
6 Aye 12 No

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

Voting record

73.5%
1% above average
Rank 339 of 650
Participation
90.9%
19% above average
Rank 13 of 650
1,780
2,422 eligible divisions
Total votes
578
636 eligible divisions
972
54.6% of votes cast
Aye votes
296
51.2% of votes cast
808
45.4% of votes cast
No votes
282
48.8% of votes cast
15
0.8% of votes cast
Against party
1
0.2% of votes cast
11 years, 6 months
Since 7 May 2015
Commons service
2 years, 4 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

75
-21.1 vs Commons average
Rank 345 of 650
Appearances
97
+0.9 vs Commons average
Rank 240 of 650
76
-91.2 vs Commons average
Rank 461 of 650
Contributions
135
-32.2 vs Commons average
Rank 294 of 650

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

Financials and interests

£1,593,926
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£196,485
all imported IPSA years
£234,745
4% above average
Latest expenses
£196,485
13% below average
4
3 registered categories
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

Defence
63 of 71 votes
#1
Work / Employment
42 of 42 votes
Brexit / EU
187 of 212 votes
#2
Housing
33 of 33 votes
Foreign Affairs
71 of 82 votes
#3
Democracy / Parliament
14 of 14 votes
Work / Employment
69 of 80 votes
#4
Migration
13 of 13 votes
Trade
78 of 94 votes
#5
Digital / Online Safety
11 of 11 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No rebel
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
Aye
No rebel
Closure motion 16 May 2025
Aye
Where they voted the same
No
No
No
No
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API