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Deirdre Costigan vs Alan Mak

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

Photograph of Deirdre Costigan
Deirdre Costigan
Lab Ealing Southall
vs
Photograph of Alan Mak
Alan Mak
Con Havant

Voting alignment

Deirdre Costigan and Alan Mak voted the same way 1% of the time, based on 325 shared comparable votes.

3 same votes 322 different votes 325 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
24 Aye 25 No
Crime / Justice 4% aligned 49 shared votes
23 Aye 26 No
49 Aye 34 No
Tax 0% aligned 83 shared votes
34 Aye 49 No
22 Aye 11 No
Education 0% aligned 33 shared votes
11 Aye 22 No
21 Aye 7 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 28 shared votes
7 Aye 21 No
18 Aye 7 No
Housing 0% aligned 25 shared votes
7 Aye 18 No
Most different by topic
49 Aye 34 No
Tax 0% aligned 83 shared votes
34 Aye 49 No
22 Aye 11 No
Education 0% aligned 33 shared votes
11 Aye 22 No
21 Aye 7 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 28 shared votes
7 Aye 21 No
18 Aye 7 No
Housing 0% aligned 25 shared votes
7 Aye 18 No
10 Aye 3 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 13 shared votes
3 Aye 10 No

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

Voting record

94.5 %
21 % above average
Rank 4 of 648
Participation
86.1 %
13 % above average
Rank 86 of 648
497
526 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,990
2,312 eligible divisions
259
52.1 % of votes cast
Aye votes
942
47.3 % of votes cast
238
47.9 % of votes cast
No votes
1,048
52.7 % of votes cast
1
0.2 % of votes cast
Against party
4
0.2 % of votes cast
1 years, 11 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
11 years, 0 months
Since 7 May 2015

Debates

28
-31.9 vs Commons average
Rank 515 of 648
Appearances
12
-47.9 vs Commons average
Rank 611 of 648
41
-66.9 vs Commons average
Rank 497 of 648
Contributions
13
-94.9 vs Commons average
Rank 616 of 648

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

Financials and interests

£196,485
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£1,951,902
all imported IPSA years
£196,485
13 % below average
Latest expenses
£292,278
29 % above average
0
0 registered categories
Registered interests
23
5 registered categories
0
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
0
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

Work / Employment
37 of 37 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
205 of 211 votes
Housing
31 of 31 votes
#2
Defence
57 of 59 votes
Transport
21 of 21 votes
#3
Environment / Climate
43 of 45 votes
Digital / Online Safety
11 of 11 votes
#4
Migration
156 of 169 votes
Migration
11 of 11 votes
#5
Trade
81 of 88 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Draft Agriculture (Delinked Payments) (Reductions) (England) Regulations 2026 3 Jun 2026
No
No
Armed Forces Bill Committee: New Clause 6 2 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
No
Armed Forces Bill Committee: New Clause 5 2 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
No
Armed Forces Bill Committee: New Clause 2 2 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
No
Steel Industry (Nationalisation) Bill: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 21 May 2026
Aye
Aye
King's Speech Motion for an Address 20 May 2026
No
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (p) 20 May 2026
Aye
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (o) 20 May 2026
Aye
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (i) 19 May 2026
Aye
Aye
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill: Carry-over motion 27 Apr 2026
Foreign Affairs
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
Crime and Policing Bill Report Stage: Amendment 160 17 Jun 2025
Crime / Justice
No
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