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Mr Louie French vs Deirdre Costigan

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


Voting alignment

Mr Louie French and Deirdre Costigan voted the same way 2% of the time, based on 322 shared comparable votes.

7 same votes 315 different votes 322 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
5 Aye 7 No
Benefits 17% aligned 12 shared votes
5 Aye 7 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
23 Aye 26 No
Crime / Justice 4% aligned 49 shared votes
24 Aye 25 No
25 Aye 36 No
Tax 0% aligned 61 shared votes
36 Aye 25 No
Most different by topic
25 Aye 36 No
Tax 0% aligned 61 shared votes
36 Aye 25 No
9 Aye 22 No
Education 0% aligned 31 shared votes
22 Aye 9 No
7 Aye 23 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 30 shared votes
23 Aye 7 No
3 Aye 14 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 17 shared votes
14 Aye 3 No
8 Aye 7 No
Housing 0% aligned 15 shared votes
7 Aye 8 No

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

Voting record

80.2%
8% above average
Rank 193 of 649
Participation
91.2%
19% above average
Rank 13 of 649
999
1,246 eligible divisions
Total votes
538
590 eligible divisions
504
50.5% of votes cast
Aye votes
277
51.5% of votes cast
495
49.5% of votes cast
No votes
261
48.5% of votes cast
1
0.1% of votes cast
Against party
1
0.2% of votes cast
4 years, 9 months
Since 2 Dec 2021
Commons service
2 years, 2 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

62
-20.2 vs Commons average
Rank 356 of 649
Appearances
20
-62.2 vs Commons average
Rank 595 of 649
79
-64.3 vs Commons average
Rank 400 of 649
Contributions
23
-120.3 vs Commons average
Rank 593 of 649

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

Financials and interests

£423,303
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£196,485
all imported IPSA years
£143,451
37% below average
Latest expenses
£196,485
13% below average
8
4 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

Brexit / EU
16 of 16 votes
#1
Work / Employment
39 of 39 votes
Work / Employment
63 of 65 votes
#2
Housing
32 of 32 votes
Foreign Affairs
29 of 30 votes
#3
Democracy / Parliament
14 of 14 votes
Migration
127 of 136 votes
#4
Migration
13 of 13 votes
#5
Digital / Online Safety
11 of 11 votes
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API