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Ms Abena Oppong-Asare vs Deirdre Costigan

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


Voting alignment

Ms Abena Oppong-Asare and Deirdre Costigan voted the same way 97% of the time, based on 423 shared comparable votes.

409 same votes 14 different votes 423 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
47 Aye 37 No
Tax 100% aligned 84 shared votes
47 Aye 37 No
22 Aye 25 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 47 shared votes
22 Aye 25 No
26 Aye 16 No
Education 100% aligned 42 shared votes
26 Aye 16 No
21 Aye 8 No
Housing 100% aligned 29 shared votes
21 Aye 8 No
19 Aye 8 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 27 shared votes
19 Aye 8 No
Most different by topic
47 Aye 37 No
Tax 100% aligned 84 shared votes
47 Aye 37 No
22 Aye 25 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 47 shared votes
22 Aye 25 No
26 Aye 16 No
Education 100% aligned 42 shared votes
26 Aye 16 No
21 Aye 8 No
Housing 100% aligned 29 shared votes
21 Aye 8 No
19 Aye 8 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 27 shared votes
19 Aye 8 No

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

Voting record

76.3%
4% above average
Rank 278 of 650
Participation
90.9%
19% above average
Rank 13 of 650
1,301
1,704 eligible divisions
Total votes
578
636 eligible divisions
693
53.3% of votes cast
Aye votes
296
51.2% of votes cast
608
46.7% of votes cast
No votes
282
48.8% of votes cast
14
1.1% of votes cast
Against party
1
0.2% of votes cast
6 years, 11 months
Since 12 Dec 2019
Commons service
2 years, 4 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

41
-55.5 vs Commons average
Rank 540 of 650
Appearances
102
+5.5 vs Commons average
Rank 231 of 650
45
-123.2 vs Commons average
Rank 559 of 650
Contributions
141
-27.2 vs Commons average
Rank 285 of 650

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

Financials and interests

£1,232,393
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£196,485
all imported IPSA years
£288,312
27% above 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

Education
63 of 69 votes
#1
Work / Employment
42 of 42 votes
Migration
139 of 154 votes
#2
Housing
33 of 33 votes
Environment / Climate
40 of 45 votes
#3
Democracy / Parliament
14 of 14 votes
Defence
61 of 70 votes
#4
Migration
13 of 13 votes
Work / Employment
60 of 70 votes
#5
Digital / Online Safety
11 of 11 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No rebel
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
Aye
Where they voted the same
No
No
No
No
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API