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Sir John Whittingdale vs Deirdre Costigan

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


Voting alignment

Sir John Whittingdale and Deirdre Costigan voted the same way 2% of the time, based on 292 shared comparable votes.

6 same votes 286 different votes 292 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 6 No
Benefits 20% aligned 10 shared votes
4 Aye 6 No
3 Aye 5 No
Democracy / Parliament 13% aligned 8 shared votes
4 Aye 4 No
18 Aye 18 No
Crime / Justice 6% aligned 36 shared votes
16 Aye 20 No
33 Aye 34 No
Tax 0% aligned 67 shared votes
34 Aye 33 No
10 Aye 21 No
Education 0% aligned 31 shared votes
21 Aye 10 No
Most different by topic
33 Aye 34 No
Tax 0% aligned 67 shared votes
34 Aye 33 No
10 Aye 21 No
Education 0% aligned 31 shared votes
21 Aye 10 No
6 Aye 17 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 23 shared votes
17 Aye 6 No
3 Aye 14 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 17 shared votes
14 Aye 3 No
6 Aye 10 No
Housing 0% aligned 16 shared votes
10 Aye 6 No

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

Voting record

80.5%
8% above average
Rank 187 of 649
Participation
91.2%
19% above average
Rank 13 of 649
1,913
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
538
590 eligible divisions
915
47.8% of votes cast
Aye votes
277
51.5% of votes cast
998
52.2% of votes cast
No votes
261
48.5% of votes cast
12
0.6% of votes cast
Against party
1
0.2% of votes cast
34 years, 5 months
Since 9 Apr 1992
Commons service
2 years, 2 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

77
-5.3 vs Commons average
Rank 283 of 649
Appearances
23
-59.3 vs Commons average
Rank 582 of 649
111
-32.5 vs Commons average
Rank 300 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

£2,404,047
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£196,485
all imported IPSA years
£243,709
8% above average
Latest expenses
£196,485
13% below average
10
6 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
204 of 211 votes
#1
Work / Employment
39 of 39 votes
Migration
157 of 171 votes
#2
Housing
32 of 32 votes
Trade
82 of 91 votes
#3
Democracy / Parliament
14 of 14 votes
#4
Migration
13 of 13 votes
Defence
59 of 71 votes
#5
Digital / Online Safety
11 of 11 votes
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API