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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 366 shared comparable votes.

7 same votes 359 different votes 366 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
24 Aye 24 No
Crime / Justice 4% aligned 48 shared votes
22 Aye 26 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 23 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 30 shared votes
23 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

87.7%
15% above average
Rank 51 of 649
Participation
91.2%
19% above average
Rank 13 of 649
1,454
1,658 eligible divisions
Total votes
538
590 eligible divisions
714
49.1% of votes cast
Aye votes
277
51.5% of votes cast
740
50.9% of votes cast
No votes
261
48.5% of votes cast
5
0.3% 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

58
-23.7 vs Commons average
Rank 383 of 649
Appearances
16
-65.7 vs Commons average
Rank 603 of 649
77
-65.3 vs Commons average
Rank 406 of 649
Contributions
19
-123.3 vs Commons average
Rank 606 of 649

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
2
2 registered categories
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
63 of 63 votes
#1
Work / Employment
39 of 39 votes
Trade
52 of 53 votes
#2
Housing
32 of 32 votes
Work / Employment
64 of 67 votes
#3
Democracy / Parliament
14 of 14 votes
Environment / Climate
42 of 44 votes
#4
Migration
13 of 13 votes
Democracy / Parliament
39 of 41 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