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Deirdre Costigan vs Dame Karen Bradley

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 Dame Karen Bradley
Dame Karen Bradley
Con Staffordshire Moorlands

Voting alignment

Deirdre Costigan and Dame Karen Bradley voted the same way 2% of the time, based on 243 shared comparable votes.

5 same votes 238 different votes 243 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
2 Aye 6 No
Benefits 25% aligned 8 shared votes
4 Aye 4 No
4 Aye 4 No
Democracy / Parliament 13% aligned 8 shared votes
3 Aye 5 No
11 Aye 16 No
Crime / Justice 4% aligned 27 shared votes
15 Aye 12 No
32 Aye 20 No
Tax 0% aligned 52 shared votes
20 Aye 32 No
18 Aye 9 No
Education 0% aligned 27 shared votes
9 Aye 18 No
Most different by topic
32 Aye 20 No
Tax 0% aligned 52 shared votes
20 Aye 32 No
18 Aye 9 No
Education 0% aligned 27 shared votes
9 Aye 18 No
20 Aye 1 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 21 shared votes
1 Aye 20 No
10 Aye 8 No
Housing 0% aligned 18 shared votes
8 Aye 10 No
5 Aye 9 No
Transport 0% aligned 14 shared votes
9 Aye 5 No

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

Voting record

91.2%
19% above average
Rank 13 of 649
Participation
67.0%
6% below average
Rank 477 of 649
538
590 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,592
2,376 eligible divisions
277
51.5% of votes cast
Aye votes
744
46.7% of votes cast
261
48.5% of votes cast
No votes
848
53.3% of votes cast
1
0.2% of votes cast
Against party
6
0.4% of votes cast
2 years, 2 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
16 years, 4 months
Since 6 May 2010

Debates

23
-59.3 vs Commons average
Rank 582 of 649
Appearances
72
-10.3 vs Commons average
Rank 303 of 649
26
-117.5 vs Commons average
Rank 589 of 649
Contributions
78
-65.5 vs Commons average
Rank 405 of 649

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

Financials and interests

£196,485
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,878,658
all imported IPSA years
£196,485
13% below average
Latest expenses
£283,093
25% above average
0
0 registered categories
Registered interests
13
3 registered categories
1
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
11
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
188 of 211 votes
Housing
32 of 32 votes
#2
Digital / Online Safety
50 of 60 votes
Democracy / Parliament
14 of 14 votes
#3
Trade
74 of 91 votes
Migration
13 of 13 votes
#4
Work / Employment
61 of 77 votes
Digital / Online Safety
11 of 11 votes
#5
Democracy / Parliament
37 of 47 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading 11 Sept 2026
No
Aye
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
No
Aye
Representation of the People Bill: Third Reading 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 67 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
Aye
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 65 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
Aye
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
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 19 14 Jul 2026
Aye
No
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 199 14 Jul 2026
Aye
No
Immigration and Asylum Bill: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 13 Jul 2026
Migration
Aye
Where they voted the same
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 88 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (l) 20 May 2026
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
Crime and Policing Bill Report Stage: Amendment 160 17 Jun 2025
Crime / Justice
No
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