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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 389 shared comparable votes.

7 same votes 382 different votes 389 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
5 Aye 4 No
Migration 11% aligned 9 shared votes
3 Aye 6 No
5 Aye 6 No
Democracy / Parliament 9% aligned 11 shared votes
5 Aye 6 No
25 Aye 19 No
Crime / Justice 5% aligned 44 shared votes
17 Aye 27 No
35 Aye 45 No
Tax 1% aligned 80 shared votes
44 Aye 36 No
Most different by topic
7 Aye 26 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 33 shared votes
26 Aye 7 No
10 Aye 20 No
Education 0% aligned 30 shared votes
20 Aye 10 No
8 Aye 19 No
Housing 0% aligned 27 shared votes
19 Aye 8 No
10 Aye 7 No
Defence 0% aligned 17 shared votes
7 Aye 10 No
3 Aye 14 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 17 shared votes
14 Aye 3 No

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

Voting record

89.9%
17% above average
Rank 21 of 650
Participation
90.8%
18% above average
Rank 15 of 650
2,162
2,406 eligible divisions
Total votes
563
620 eligible divisions
1,030
47.6% of votes cast
Aye votes
286
50.8% of votes cast
1,132
52.4% of votes cast
No votes
277
49.2% of votes cast
2
0.1% of votes cast
Against party
1
0.2% of votes cast
11 years, 5 months
Since 7 May 2015
Commons service
2 years, 3 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

86
-6.9 vs Commons average
Rank 274 of 650
Appearances
83
-9.9 vs Commons average
Rank 293 of 650
139
-22.6 vs Commons average
Rank 267 of 650
Contributions
114
-47.6 vs Commons average
Rank 342 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
210 of 212 votes
#1
Work / Employment
42 of 42 votes
Environment / Climate
47 of 49 votes
#2
Housing
32 of 32 votes
Migration
164 of 171 votes
#3
Democracy / Parliament
14 of 14 votes
Democracy / Parliament
45 of 47 votes
#4
Migration
13 of 13 votes
Foreign Affairs
78 of 82 votes
#5
Digital / Online Safety
11 of 11 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Where they voted the same
No
No
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API