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Greg Smith vs Deirdre Costigan

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


Voting alignment

Greg Smith and Deirdre Costigan voted the same way 2% of the time, based on 383 shared comparable votes.

8 same votes 375 different votes 383 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
24 Aye 26 No
Crime / Justice 4% aligned 50 shared votes
24 Aye 26 No
33 Aye 47 No
Tax 1% aligned 80 shared votes
46 Aye 34 No
Most different by topic
12 Aye 22 No
Education 0% aligned 34 shared votes
22 Aye 12 No
6 Aye 22 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 28 shared votes
22 Aye 6 No
9 Aye 12 No
Housing 0% aligned 21 shared votes
12 Aye 9 No
9 Aye 8 No
Defence 0% aligned 17 shared votes
8 Aye 9 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

88.7%
16% above average
Rank 31 of 649
Participation
91.2%
19% above average
Rank 13 of 649
1,471
1,658 eligible divisions
Total votes
538
590 eligible divisions
717
48.7% of votes cast
Aye votes
277
51.5% of votes cast
754
51.3% of votes cast
No votes
261
48.5% of votes cast
21
1.4% 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

207
+125.3 vs Commons average
Rank 15 of 649
Appearances
16
-65.7 vs Commons average
Rank 603 of 649
247
+104.7 vs Commons average
Rank 88 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

£1,059,267
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£196,485
all imported IPSA years
£286,530
27% above average
Latest expenses
£196,485
13% below average
10
3 registered categories
Registered interests
0
0 registered categories
3
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
Foreign Affairs
50 of 50 votes
#2
Housing
32 of 32 votes
Trade
52 of 53 votes
#3
Democracy / Parliament
14 of 14 votes
Migration
149 of 154 votes
#4
Migration
13 of 13 votes
Environment / Climate
42 of 44 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
No
Sit in private 25 Apr 2025
Tax
No
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API