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John Cooper vs Deirdre Costigan

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


Voting alignment

John Cooper and Deirdre Costigan voted the same way 2% of the time, based on 350 shared comparable votes.

7 same votes 343 different votes 350 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
6 Aye 6 No
Democracy / Parliament 8% aligned 12 shared votes
5 Aye 7 No
16 Aye 24 No
Crime / Justice 5% aligned 40 shared votes
22 Aye 18 No
34 Aye 44 No
Tax 0% aligned 78 shared votes
44 Aye 34 No
Most different by topic
34 Aye 44 No
Tax 0% aligned 78 shared votes
44 Aye 34 No
7 Aye 22 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 29 shared votes
22 Aye 7 No
8 Aye 20 No
Education 0% aligned 28 shared votes
20 Aye 8 No
5 Aye 18 No
Housing 0% aligned 23 shared votes
18 Aye 5 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

72.2%
same as average
Rank 374 of 649
Participation
91.2%
19% above average
Rank 13 of 649
426
590 eligible divisions
Total votes
538
590 eligible divisions
180
42.3% of votes cast
Aye votes
277
51.5% of votes cast
246
57.7% of votes cast
No votes
261
48.5% of votes cast
1
0.2% of votes cast
Against party
1
0.2% of votes cast
2 years, 2 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
2 years, 2 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

100
+18.3 vs Commons average
Rank 164 of 649
Appearances
16
-65.7 vs Commons average
Rank 603 of 649
118
-24.3 vs Commons average
Rank 275 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

£154,450
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£196,485
all imported IPSA years
£154,450
32% below average
Latest expenses
£196,485
13% below average
2
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

Foreign Affairs
4 of 4 votes
#1
Work / Employment
39 of 39 votes
Democracy / Parliament
13 of 14 votes
#2
Housing
32 of 32 votes
Work / Employment
36 of 39 votes
#3
Democracy / Parliament
14 of 14 votes
#4
Migration
13 of 13 votes
Trade
6 of 7 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