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Rupert Lowe vs Deirdre Costigan

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


Voting alignment

Rupert Lowe and Deirdre Costigan voted the same way 1% of the time, based on 169 shared comparable votes.

2 same votes 167 different votes 169 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
22 Aye 27 No
Tax 0% aligned 49 shared votes
27 Aye 22 No
1 Aye 14 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 15 shared votes
14 Aye 1 No
9 Aye 4 No
Crime / Justice 0% aligned 13 shared votes
4 Aye 9 No
6 Aye 4 No
Defence 0% aligned 10 shared votes
4 Aye 6 No
3 Aye 7 No
Education 0% aligned 10 shared votes
7 Aye 3 No
Most different by topic
22 Aye 27 No
Tax 0% aligned 49 shared votes
27 Aye 22 No
1 Aye 14 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 15 shared votes
14 Aye 1 No
9 Aye 4 No
Crime / Justice 0% aligned 13 shared votes
4 Aye 9 No
6 Aye 4 No
Defence 0% aligned 10 shared votes
4 Aye 6 No
3 Aye 7 No
Education 0% aligned 10 shared votes
7 Aye 3 No

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

Voting record

33.1%
40% below average
Rank 638 of 649
Participation
91.2%
19% above average
Rank 13 of 649
195
590 eligible divisions
Total votes
538
590 eligible divisions
93
47.7% of votes cast
Aye votes
277
51.5% of votes cast
102
52.3% of votes cast
No votes
261
48.5% of votes cast
1
0.5% 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

33
-49.3 vs Commons average
Rank 535 of 649
Appearances
23
-59.3 vs Commons average
Rank 582 of 649
42
-101.5 vs Commons average
Rank 536 of 649
Contributions
26
-117.5 vs Commons average
Rank 589 of 649

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

Financials and interests

£147,223
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£196,485
all imported IPSA years
£147,223
35% below average
Latest expenses
£196,485
13% below average
52
8 registered categories
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
3 of 4 votes
#1
Work / Employment
39 of 39 votes
NHS / Health
6 of 11 votes
#2
Housing
32 of 32 votes
Tax
55 of 112 votes
#3
Democracy / Parliament
14 of 14 votes
Energy
9 of 20 votes
#4
Migration
13 of 13 votes
Trade
3 of 7 votes
#5
Digital / Online Safety
11 of 11 votes
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API