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Gareth Bacon vs Deirdre Costigan

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


Voting alignment

Gareth Bacon and Deirdre Costigan voted the same way 2% of the time, based on 387 shared comparable votes.

7 same votes 380 different votes 387 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 3 No
Migration 13% aligned 8 shared votes
2 Aye 6 No
5 Aye 6 No
Democracy / Parliament 9% aligned 11 shared votes
5 Aye 6 No
26 Aye 25 No
Crime / Justice 4% aligned 51 shared votes
23 Aye 28 No
36 Aye 48 No
Tax 0% aligned 84 shared votes
48 Aye 36 No
Most different by topic
36 Aye 48 No
Tax 0% aligned 84 shared votes
48 Aye 36 No
13 Aye 23 No
Education 0% aligned 36 shared votes
23 Aye 13 No
7 Aye 26 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 33 shared votes
26 Aye 7 No
6 Aye 19 No
Housing 0% aligned 25 shared votes
19 Aye 6 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

87.6%
15% above average
Rank 48 of 650
Participation
90.8%
18% above average
Rank 15 of 650
1,478
1,688 eligible divisions
Total votes
563
620 eligible divisions
727
49.2% of votes cast
Aye votes
286
50.8% of votes cast
751
50.8% of votes cast
No votes
277
49.2% of votes cast
5
0.3% of votes cast
Against party
1
0.2% of votes cast
6 years, 10 months
Since 12 Dec 2019
Commons service
2 years, 3 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

64
-28.5 vs Commons average
Rank 399 of 650
Appearances
83
-9.5 vs Commons average
Rank 289 of 650
99
-61.9 vs Commons average
Rank 378 of 650
Contributions
114
-46.9 vs Commons average
Rank 341 of 650

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

Financials and interests

£1,123,891
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£196,485
all imported IPSA years
£268,955
19% above 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
64 of 64 votes
#1
Work / Employment
42 of 42 votes
Trade
55 of 56 votes
#2
Housing
32 of 32 votes
Work / Employment
67 of 70 votes
#3
Democracy / Parliament
14 of 14 votes
Environment / Climate
43 of 45 votes
#4
Migration
13 of 13 votes
Foreign Affairs
60 of 63 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