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Sir Stephen Timms vs Deirdre Costigan

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


Voting alignment

Sir Stephen Timms and Deirdre Costigan voted the same way 98% of the time, based on 406 shared comparable votes.

397 same votes 9 different votes 406 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
41 Aye 37 No
Tax 100% aligned 78 shared votes
41 Aye 37 No
22 Aye 28 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 50 shared votes
22 Aye 28 No
22 Aye 14 No
Education 100% aligned 36 shared votes
22 Aye 14 No
24 Aye 8 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 32 shared votes
24 Aye 8 No
19 Aye 9 No
Housing 100% aligned 28 shared votes
19 Aye 9 No
Most different by topic
41 Aye 37 No
Tax 100% aligned 78 shared votes
41 Aye 37 No
22 Aye 28 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 50 shared votes
22 Aye 28 No
22 Aye 14 No
Education 100% aligned 36 shared votes
22 Aye 14 No
24 Aye 8 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 32 shared votes
24 Aye 8 No
19 Aye 9 No
Housing 100% aligned 28 shared votes
19 Aye 9 No

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

Voting record

78.3%
6% above average
Rank 237 of 650
Participation
90.8%
18% above average
Rank 14 of 650
1,895
2,419 eligible divisions
Total votes
575
633 eligible divisions
1,041
54.9% of votes cast
Aye votes
295
51.3% of votes cast
854
45.1% of votes cast
No votes
280
48.7% of votes cast
14
0.7% of votes cast
Against party
1
0.2% of votes cast
32 years, 5 months
Since 9 Jun 1994
Commons service
2 years, 4 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

57
-39.1 vs Commons average
Rank 454 of 650
Appearances
97
+0.9 vs Commons average
Rank 240 of 650
201
+33.8 vs Commons average
Rank 169 of 650
Contributions
135
-32.2 vs Commons average
Rank 294 of 650

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

Financials and interests

£2,605,766
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£196,485
all imported IPSA years
£272,963
21% above average
Latest expenses
£196,485
13% below average
3
1 registered category
Registered interests
0
0 registered categories
8
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

Defence
64 of 71 votes
#1
Work / Employment
42 of 42 votes
Migration
154 of 171 votes
#2
Housing
33 of 33 votes
Environment / Climate
44 of 49 votes
#3
Democracy / Parliament
14 of 14 votes
Foreign Affairs
73 of 82 votes
#4
Migration
13 of 13 votes
Brexit / EU
187 of 212 votes
#5
Digital / Online Safety
11 of 11 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No rebel
Closure motion 16 May 2025
Aye
Where they voted the same
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API