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Deirdre Costigan vs Chris Law

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 Chris Law
Chris Law
SNP Dundee Central

Voting alignment

Deirdre Costigan and Chris Law voted the same way 38% of the time, based on 128 shared comparable votes.

48 same votes 80 different votes 128 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 0 No
Education 100% aligned 4 shared votes
4 Aye 0 No
1 Aye 2 No
Migration 100% aligned 3 shared votes
1 Aye 2 No
3 Aye 0 No
Transport 100% aligned 3 shared votes
3 Aye 0 No
15 Aye 5 No
Work / Employment 85% aligned 20 shared votes
16 Aye 4 No
3 Aye 4 No
Democracy / Parliament 71% aligned 7 shared votes
5 Aye 2 No
Most different by topic
5 Aye 2 No
Energy 14% aligned 7 shared votes
3 Aye 4 No
34 Aye 21 No
Tax 16% aligned 55 shared votes
24 Aye 31 No
2 Aye 3 No
Digital / Online Safety 20% aligned 5 shared votes
2 Aye 3 No
4 Aye 8 No
Benefits 33% aligned 12 shared votes
6 Aye 6 No
3 Aye 4 No
Democracy / Parliament 71% aligned 7 shared votes
5 Aye 2 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
52.5 %
21 % below average
Rank 616 of 648
497
526 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,214
2,312 eligible divisions
259
52.1 % of votes cast
Aye votes
671
55.3 % of votes cast
238
47.9 % of votes cast
No votes
543
44.7 % of votes cast
1
0.2 % of votes cast
Against party
1
0.1 % 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
56
-3.9 vs Commons average
Rank 260 of 648
41
-66.9 vs Commons average
Rank 497 of 648
Contributions
66
-41.9 vs Commons average
Rank 365 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
£2,467,498
all imported IPSA years
£196,485
13 % below average
Latest expenses
£345,624
53 % above average
0
0 registered categories
Registered interests
8
4 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
196 of 211 votes
Housing
31 of 31 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
57 of 69 votes
Transport
21 of 21 votes
#3
Migration
136 of 169 votes
Digital / Online Safety
11 of 11 votes
#4
Democracy / Parliament
33 of 43 votes
Migration
11 of 11 votes
#5
Trade
61 of 88 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
King's Speech Motion for an Address 20 May 2026
No
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (l) 20 May 2026
Aye
Aye
National Insurance Contributions (Employer Pensions Contributions) Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 6 23 Mar 2026
Tax
No
Aye
National Insurance Contributions (Employer Pensions Contributions) Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 5 23 Mar 2026
Tax
No
Aye
National Insurance Contributions (Employer Pensions Contributions) Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 3 23 Mar 2026
Tax
No
Aye
National Insurance Contributions (Employer Pensions Contributions) Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 2 23 Mar 2026
Tax
No
Aye
National Insurance Contributions (Employer Pensions Contributions) Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 1 23 Mar 2026
Tax
No
No
Opposition day: Fuel duty 18 Mar 2026
Tax
Aye
Aye
National Insurance Contributions (Employer Pensions Contributions) Bill: Third Reading 21 Jan 2026
Tax
No
No
National Insurance Contributions (Employer Pensions Contributions) Bill Committee: New Clause 5 21 Jan 2026
Tax
Aye
Where they voted the same
Aye
Children's School and Wellbeing Bill: Amendments (a) to (j) in lieu of Lords Amendments 38V to 38X 27 Apr 2026
Education
Aye
Aye
Pension Schemes Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendments 15 to 24, 27, 30 to 34, 36, 38 to 42, 83 and 88, insist on its Amendments 88A, 88C and 88E to 88P and propose Amendments (a) to (f) 27 Apr 2026
Benefits
Aye
Aye
Children's Wellbeing and Schools Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 38 9 Mar 2026
Education
Aye
Aye
Children's Wellbeing and Schools Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 37 9 Mar 2026
Education
Aye
Aye
Draft Greenhouse Gas Emissions Trading Scheme (Amendment) Order 2026 4 Feb 2026
Energy Environment / Climate
Aye
No
Medical Training (Prioritisation) Bill: Amendment 9 27 Jan 2026
No
Aye
Finance (No. 2) Bill Committee: Clause 63 Stand part 13 Jan 2026
Tax
Aye
Aye
Employment Rights Bill: Government motion to insist on disagreement to Lords Amendment 48B but to propose Government amendment (a) and (b) in lieu of LA48B 8 Dec 2025
Work / Employment
Aye
Aye
Border Security, Asylum and Immigration Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 37 19 Nov 2025
Migration
Aye
Aye
Employment Rights Bill: Government amendment (a) in lieu of LA62 5 Nov 2025
Work / Employment
Aye
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