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Jim McMahon vs Deirdre Costigan

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


Voting alignment

Jim McMahon and Deirdre Costigan voted the same way 97% of the time, based on 430 shared comparable votes.

419 same votes 11 different votes 430 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
45 Aye 37 No
Tax 100% aligned 82 shared votes
45 Aye 37 No
27 Aye 25 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 52 shared votes
27 Aye 25 No
27 Aye 17 No
Education 100% aligned 44 shared votes
27 Aye 17 No
21 Aye 9 No
Housing 100% aligned 30 shared votes
21 Aye 9 No
22 Aye 5 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 27 shared votes
22 Aye 5 No
Most different by topic
45 Aye 37 No
Tax 100% aligned 82 shared votes
45 Aye 37 No
27 Aye 25 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 52 shared votes
27 Aye 25 No
27 Aye 17 No
Education 100% aligned 44 shared votes
27 Aye 17 No
21 Aye 9 No
Housing 100% aligned 30 shared votes
21 Aye 9 No
22 Aye 5 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 27 shared votes
22 Aye 5 No

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

Voting record

71.6%
1% below average
Rank 391 of 650
Participation
90.9%
19% above average
Rank 13 of 650
1,735
2,422 eligible divisions
Total votes
578
636 eligible divisions
970
55.9% of votes cast
Aye votes
296
51.2% of votes cast
765
44.1% of votes cast
No votes
282
48.8% of votes cast
11
0.6% of votes cast
Against party
1
0.2% of votes cast
10 years, 11 months
Since 3 Dec 2015
Commons service
2 years, 4 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

106
+9.5 vs Commons average
Rank 206 of 650
Appearances
101
+4.5 vs Commons average
Rank 231 of 650
387
+218.8 vs Commons average
Rank 45 of 650
Contributions
140
-28.2 vs Commons average
Rank 285 of 650

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

Financials and interests

£1,972,637
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£196,485
all imported IPSA years
£264,252
17% above average
Latest expenses
£196,485
13% below average
2
2 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

Foreign Affairs
76 of 82 votes
#1
Work / Employment
42 of 42 votes
Education
80 of 96 votes
#2
Housing
33 of 33 votes
Housing
56 of 68 votes
#3
Democracy / Parliament
14 of 14 votes
Migration
139 of 171 votes
#4
Migration
13 of 13 votes
Brexit / EU
170 of 212 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