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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.
Voting alignment
Sir Desmond Swayne and Deirdre Costigan voted the same way 2% of the time, based on 388 shared comparable votes.
9 same votes
379 different votes
388 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
Most different by topic
Topic alignment uses local topic tags, so a division can count towards more than one topic.
Voting record
88.5%
16% above average
Participation
90.8%
18% above average
2,129
2,406 eligible divisions
Total votes
563
620 eligible divisions
988
46.4% of votes cast
Aye votes
286
50.8% of votes cast
1,141
53.6% of votes cast
No votes
277
49.2% of votes cast
54
2.5% of votes cast
Against party
1
0.2% of votes cast
29 years, 5 months
Since 1 May 1997
Commons service
2 years, 3 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Debates
154
+61.5 vs Commons average
Appearances
83
-9.5 vs Commons average
165
+4.1 vs Commons average
Contributions
114
-46.9 vs Commons average
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
44% 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
Recent voting overlap
Where they voted differently
Where they voted the same
Member source
UK Parliament Members API
Voting source
Commons Votes API