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Deirdre Costigan vs Dame Harriett Baldwin

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

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Deirdre Costigan
Lab Ealing Southall
vs
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Dame Harriett Baldwin
Con West Worcestershire

Voting alignment

Deirdre Costigan and Dame Harriett Baldwin voted the same way 1% of the time, based on 342 shared comparable votes.

5 same votes 337 different votes 342 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
5 Aye 8 No
Benefits 15% aligned 13 shared votes
6 Aye 7 No
3 Aye 6 No
Migration 11% aligned 9 shared votes
5 Aye 4 No
49 Aye 37 No
Tax 1% aligned 86 shared votes
36 Aye 50 No
22 Aye 16 No
Crime / Justice 0% aligned 38 shared votes
16 Aye 22 No
24 Aye 13 No
Education 0% aligned 37 shared votes
13 Aye 24 No
Most different by topic
22 Aye 16 No
Crime / Justice 0% aligned 38 shared votes
16 Aye 22 No
24 Aye 13 No
Education 0% aligned 37 shared votes
13 Aye 24 No
22 Aye 6 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 28 shared votes
6 Aye 22 No
8 Aye 10 No
Defence 0% aligned 18 shared votes
10 Aye 8 No
14 Aye 3 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 17 shared votes
3 Aye 14 No

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

Voting record

91.1 %
18 % above average
Rank 14 of 649
Participation
81.7 %
9 % above average
Rank 169 of 649
524
575 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,928
2,361 eligible divisions
273
52.1 % of votes cast
Aye votes
908
47.1 % of votes cast
251
47.9 % of votes cast
No votes
1,020
52.9 % of votes cast
1
0.2 % of votes cast
Against party
17
0.9 % of votes cast
2 years, 1 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
16 years, 3 months
Since 6 May 2010

Debates

6
-71.9 vs Commons average
Rank 624 of 650
Appearances
105
+27.1 vs Commons average
Rank 133 of 650
6
-132.3 vs Commons average
Rank 622 of 650
Contributions
135
-3.3 vs Commons average
Rank 207 of 650

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

Financials and interests

£196,485
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,496,334
all imported IPSA years
£196,485
13 % below average
Latest expenses
£247,722
10 % above average
0
0 registered categories
Registered interests
11
5 registered categories
1
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
4
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
39 of 39 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
207 of 211 votes
Housing
31 of 31 votes
#2
Defence
66 of 71 votes
Migration
13 of 13 votes
#3
Environment / Climate
42 of 48 votes
Digital / Online Safety
11 of 11 votes
#4
Migration
149 of 171 votes
NHS / Health
11 of 11 votes
#5
Trade
76 of 91 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Draft Trade Unions (Permissible Means of Voting) and Employment Rights (Unfair Dismissal) (Amendment) Order 2026 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
No
Aye
Draft Code of Practice on Electronic and Workplace Ballots for Statutory Trade Union Ballots 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
No
No
Immigration and Asylum Bill: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 13 Jul 2026
Migration
Aye
Aye
Draft Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Act 2026 (Establishment of Schools) (Consequential Amendments) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
Education
No
Aye
Draft Supply of Machinery (Safety) (Amendment etc.) and the EU Machinery Regulation (Enforcement etc. in Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
No
Aye
Draft Town and Country Planning (Discharge of Local Planning Authority Functions) (England) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
No
Aye
National Security (State Threats) Bill: motion to agree to Lords Amendment 1 6 Jul 2026
Defence
No
No
Taxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill Committee: New Clause 5 1 Jul 2026
Energy Tax Transport
Aye
No
Taxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill Committee: New Clause 4 1 Jul 2026
Energy Tax Transport
Aye
Aye
Employment Tribunals Extension of Jurisdiction (England and Wales) (Amendment) Order 2026 1 Jul 2026
No
Where they voted the same
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (l) 20 May 2026
No
No
Motion to sit in private 11 Jul 2025
Tax
No
No
Universal Credit and Personal Independence Payment Bill Committee: New Clause 8 9 Jul 2025
Benefits
No
No
Universal Credit and Personal Independent Payment Bill Committee: Amendment 39 9 Jul 2025
Benefits
No
No
Border Security, Asylum and Immigration Bill Report Stage: New Clause 21 12 May 2025
Migration
No
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