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Sir Desmond Swayne vs Deirdre Costigan

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

Photograph of Sir Desmond Swayne
Sir Desmond Swayne
Con New Forest West
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Photograph of Deirdre Costigan
Deirdre Costigan
Lab Ealing Southall

Voting alignment

Sir Desmond Swayne and Deirdre Costigan voted the same way 2% of the time, based on 344 shared comparable votes.

8 same votes 336 different votes 344 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
4 Aye 4 No
Benefits 25% aligned 8 shared votes
2 Aye 6 No
3 Aye 5 No
Democracy / Parliament 25% aligned 8 shared votes
3 Aye 5 No
4 Aye 4 No
Migration 13% aligned 8 shared votes
3 Aye 5 No
22 Aye 25 No
Crime / Justice 4% aligned 47 shared votes
23 Aye 24 No
31 Aye 42 No
Tax 0% aligned 73 shared votes
42 Aye 31 No
Most different by topic
31 Aye 42 No
Tax 0% aligned 73 shared votes
42 Aye 31 No
11 Aye 22 No
Education 0% aligned 33 shared votes
22 Aye 11 No
8 Aye 19 No
Housing 0% aligned 27 shared votes
19 Aye 8 No
7 Aye 19 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 26 shared votes
19 Aye 7 No
10 Aye 7 No
Defence 0% aligned 17 shared votes
7 Aye 10 No

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

Voting record

88.8 %
16 % above average
Rank 38 of 650
Participation
91.0 %
18 % above average
Rank 14 of 650
2,081
2,344 eligible divisions
Total votes
508
558 eligible divisions
963
46.3 % of votes cast
Aye votes
264
52.0 % of votes cast
1,118
53.7 % of votes cast
No votes
244
48.0 % of votes cast
54
2.6 % of votes cast
Against party
1
0.2 % of votes cast
29 years, 1 months
Since 1 May 1997
Commons service
1 years, 11 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

132
+62.2 vs Commons average
Rank 59 of 650
Appearances
19
-50.8 vs Commons average
Rank 581 of 650
138
+14.1 vs Commons average
Rank 171 of 650
Contributions
30
-93.9 vs Commons average
Rank 555 of 650

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

Financials and interests

£1,360,399
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£196,485
all imported IPSA years
£127,783
43 % below average
Latest expenses
£196,485
13 % below average
3
2 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

Brexit / EU
210 of 211 votes
#1
Work / Employment
37 of 37 votes
Trade
87 of 89 votes
#2
Housing
31 of 31 votes
Foreign Affairs
67 of 69 votes
#3
Digital / Online Safety
11 of 11 votes
Digital / Online Safety
57 of 60 votes
#4
Migration
11 of 11 votes
Defence
66 of 70 votes
#5
NHS / Health
11 of 11 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No
Customs (Tariff and Miscellaneous Amendments) (No. 4) Regulations 2026 24 Jun 2026
Trade
Aye
Aye
Opposition Day: Puberty blockers 23 Jun 2026
No
No
Opposition Day Motion: Defence spending and readiness - Prime Minister's Amendment 23 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
Aye
Opposition day: Defence spending and readiness 23 Jun 2026
Defence
No
Aye
Armed Forces Bill Report Stage: Amendment 11 22 Jun 2026
Defence
No
Aye
Armed Forces Bill Report Stage: New Clause 11 22 Jun 2026
Defence
No
Aye
Armed Forces Bill Report Stage: New Clause 4 22 Jun 2026
Defence
No
Aye
Armed Forces Bill Committee: New Clause 6 2 Jun 2026
Defence
No
Aye
Armed Forces Bill Committee: New Clause 5 2 Jun 2026
Defence
No
Aye
Armed Forces Bill Committee: New Clause 2 2 Jun 2026
Defence
No
Where they voted the same
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (l) 20 May 2026
No
No
Sentencing Bill Committee: New Clause 30 21 Oct 2025
Crime / Justice
No
No
Universal Credit and Personal Independence Payment Bill Committee: New Clause 8 9 Jul 2025
Benefits
No
No
Universal Credit and Personal Independent Payment Bill Committee: Amendment 39 9 Jul 2025
Benefits
No
No
Crime and Policing Bill Report Stage: Amendment 160 17 Jun 2025
Crime / Justice
No
No
Border Security, Asylum and Immigration Bill Report Stage: New Clause 21 12 May 2025
Migration
No
No
House of Lords (Hereditary Peers) Bill Committee: New Clause 7 12 Nov 2024
Democracy / Parliament
No
No
House of Lords (Hereditary Peers) Bill Committee: New Clause 1 12 Nov 2024
Democracy / Parliament
No
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Voting source Commons Votes API