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Jim Shannon vs Deirdre Costigan

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


Voting alignment

Jim Shannon and Deirdre Costigan voted the same way 11% of the time, based on 435 shared comparable votes.

48 same votes 387 different votes 435 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
16 Aye 7 No
Housing 48% aligned 23 shared votes
12 Aye 11 No
8 Aye 10 No
Benefits 22% aligned 18 shared votes
6 Aye 12 No
11 Aye 0 No
NHS / Health 18% aligned 11 shared votes
2 Aye 9 No
5 Aye 12 No
Devolution / Local Government 18% aligned 17 shared votes
13 Aye 4 No
5 Aye 1 No
Democracy / Parliament 17% aligned 6 shared votes
0 Aye 6 No
Most different by topic
39 Aye 50 No
Tax 0% aligned 89 shared votes
50 Aye 39 No
1 Aye 3 No
Foreign Affairs 0% aligned 4 shared votes
3 Aye 1 No
1 Aye 2 No
Environment / Climate 0% aligned 3 shared votes
2 Aye 1 No
0 Aye 3 No
Trade 0% aligned 3 shared votes
3 Aye 0 No
14 Aye 5 No
Transport 5% aligned 19 shared votes
6 Aye 13 No

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

Voting record

85.4%
13% above average
Rank 86 of 649
Participation
91.2%
19% above average
Rank 13 of 649
2,028
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
538
590 eligible divisions
1,049
51.7% of votes cast
Aye votes
277
51.5% of votes cast
979
48.3% of votes cast
No votes
261
48.5% of votes cast
24
1.2% of votes cast
Against party
1
0.2% of votes cast
16 years, 4 months
Since 6 May 2010
Commons service
2 years, 2 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

1,269
+1187.3 vs Commons average
Rank 2 of 649
Appearances
16
-65.7 vs Commons average
Rank 603 of 649
1,620
+1477.7 vs Commons average
Rank 2 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

£3,371,512
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£196,485
all imported IPSA years
£293,632
30% above average
Latest expenses
£196,485
13% below average
3
2 registered categories
Registered interests
0
0 registered categories
6
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
205 of 211 votes
#1
Work / Employment
39 of 39 votes
Environment / Climate
46 of 48 votes
#2
Housing
32 of 32 votes
#3
Democracy / Parliament
14 of 14 votes
Foreign Affairs
64 of 69 votes
#4
Migration
13 of 13 votes
Benefits
74 of 81 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