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Edward Argar vs Deirdre Costigan

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


Voting alignment

Edward Argar and Deirdre Costigan voted the same way 2% of the time, based on 347 shared comparable votes.

6 same votes 341 different votes 347 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 7 No
Benefits 15% aligned 13 shared votes
5 Aye 8 No
4 Aye 4 No
Migration 13% aligned 8 shared votes
3 Aye 5 No
23 Aye 18 No
Crime / Justice 5% aligned 41 shared votes
16 Aye 25 No
32 Aye 45 No
Tax 1% aligned 77 shared votes
44 Aye 33 No
10 Aye 19 No
Education 0% aligned 29 shared votes
19 Aye 10 No
Most different by topic
10 Aye 19 No
Education 0% aligned 29 shared votes
19 Aye 10 No
7 Aye 21 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 28 shared votes
21 Aye 7 No
8 Aye 19 No
Housing 0% aligned 27 shared votes
19 Aye 8 No
3 Aye 14 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 17 shared votes
14 Aye 3 No
10 Aye 6 No
Defence 0% aligned 16 shared votes
6 Aye 10 No

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

Voting record

90.3 %
18 % above average
Rank 21 of 650
Participation
91.0 %
18 % above average
Rank 14 of 650
2,116
2,344 eligible divisions
Total votes
508
558 eligible divisions
1,008
47.6 % of votes cast
Aye votes
264
52.0 % of votes cast
1,108
52.4 % of votes cast
No votes
244
48.0 % of votes cast
2
0.1 % of votes cast
Against party
1
0.2 % of votes cast
11 years, 1 months
Since 7 May 2015
Commons service
1 years, 11 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

69
-0.7 vs Commons average
Rank 239 of 650
Appearances
19
-50.7 vs Commons average
Rank 582 of 650
105
-18.8 vs Commons average
Rank 253 of 650
Contributions
30
-93.8 vs Commons average
Rank 555 of 650

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

Financials and interests

£1,201,891
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£196,485
all imported IPSA years
£201,413
11 % below average
Latest expenses
£196,485
13 % below average
1
1 registered category
Registered interests
0
0 registered categories
1
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

Brexit / EU
209 of 211 votes
#1
Work / Employment
37 of 37 votes
Migration
163 of 169 votes
#2
Housing
31 of 31 votes
Environment / Climate
46 of 48 votes
#3
Digital / Online Safety
11 of 11 votes
Democracy / Parliament
41 of 43 votes
#4
Migration
11 of 11 votes
Digital / Online Safety
57 of 60 votes
#5
NHS / Health
11 of 11 votes
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API