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Mr Clive Betts vs Deirdre Costigan

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

Photograph of Mr Clive Betts
Mr Clive Betts
Lab Sheffield South East
vs
Photograph of Deirdre Costigan
Deirdre Costigan
Lab Ealing Southall

Voting alignment

Mr Clive Betts and Deirdre Costigan voted the same way 100% of the time, based on 391 shared comparable votes.

391 same votes 0 different votes 391 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
50 Aye 40 No
Tax 100% aligned 90 shared votes
50 Aye 40 No
17 Aye 26 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 43 shared votes
17 Aye 26 No
21 Aye 8 No
Education 100% aligned 29 shared votes
21 Aye 8 No
17 Aye 7 No
Housing 100% aligned 24 shared votes
17 Aye 7 No
16 Aye 8 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 24 shared votes
16 Aye 8 No
Most different by topic
50 Aye 40 No
Tax 100% aligned 90 shared votes
50 Aye 40 No
17 Aye 26 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 43 shared votes
17 Aye 26 No
21 Aye 8 No
Education 100% aligned 29 shared votes
21 Aye 8 No
17 Aye 7 No
Housing 100% aligned 24 shared votes
17 Aye 7 No
16 Aye 8 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 24 shared votes
16 Aye 8 No

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

Voting record

76.5 %
4 % above average
Rank 278 of 650
Participation
91.1 %
18 % above average
Rank 14 of 650
1,796
2,349 eligible divisions
Total votes
513
563 eligible divisions
1,011
56.3 % of votes cast
Aye votes
266
51.9 % of votes cast
785
43.7 % of votes cast
No votes
247
48.1 % of votes cast
1
0.1 % of votes cast
Against party
1
0.2 % of votes cast
34 years, 2 months
Since 9 Apr 1992
Commons service
2 years, 0 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

47
-23.9 vs Commons average
Rank 413 of 650
Appearances
14
-56.9 vs Commons average
Rank 600 of 650
47
-78.8 vs Commons average
Rank 494 of 650
Contributions
19
-106.8 vs Commons average
Rank 598 of 650

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

Financials and interests

£3,039,074
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£196,485
all imported IPSA years
£311,690
38 % above average
Latest expenses
£196,485
13 % below average
3
2 registered categories
Registered interests
0
0 registered categories
0
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
65 of 69 votes
#1
Work / Employment
37 of 37 votes
Defence
62 of 70 votes
#2
Housing
31 of 31 votes
Environment / Climate
42 of 48 votes
#3
Digital / Online Safety
11 of 11 votes
Work / Employment
65 of 75 votes
#4
Migration
11 of 11 votes
Brexit / EU
182 of 211 votes
#5
NHS / Health
11 of 11 votes

Recent voting overlap

These MPs agreed on every division where both voted in the current comparison sample.

Where they voted the same
No
Taxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill Committee: New Clause 5 1 Jul 2026
Energy Tax Transport
No
No
Taxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill Committee: New Clause 4 1 Jul 2026
Energy Tax Transport
No
No
Taxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill Committee: New Clause 2 1 Jul 2026
Energy Tax Transport
No
Aye
Employment Tribunal (Extension of Time Limits) (Miscellaneous Amendments and Transitional Provisions) Regulations 2026 1 Jul 2026
Aye
Aye
Employment Tribunals Extension of Jurisdiction (England and Wales) (Amendment) Order 2026 1 Jul 2026
Aye
Aye
Customs (Tariff and Miscellaneous Amendments) (No. 4) Regulations 2026 24 Jun 2026
Trade
Aye
No
Opposition Day: Puberty blockers 23 Jun 2026
No
Aye
Opposition Day Motion: Defence spending and readiness - Prime Minister's Amendment 23 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
No
Opposition day: Defence spending and readiness 23 Jun 2026
Defence
No
No
Armed Forces Bill Report Stage: Amendment 11 22 Jun 2026
Defence
No
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