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Deirdre Costigan vs David Davis

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 David Davis
David Davis
Con Goole and Pocklington

Voting alignment

Deirdre Costigan and David Davis voted the same way 4% of the time, based on 218 shared comparable votes.

8 same votes 210 different votes 218 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
36 Aye 20 No
Tax 0% aligned 56 shared votes
20 Aye 36 No
17 Aye 11 No
Education 0% aligned 28 shared votes
11 Aye 17 No
12 Aye 6 No
Housing 0% aligned 18 shared votes
6 Aye 12 No
9 Aye 6 No
Crime / Justice 0% aligned 15 shared votes
6 Aye 9 No
5 Aye 8 No
Defence 0% aligned 13 shared votes
8 Aye 5 No
Most different by topic
36 Aye 20 No
Tax 0% aligned 56 shared votes
20 Aye 36 No
17 Aye 11 No
Education 0% aligned 28 shared votes
11 Aye 17 No
12 Aye 6 No
Housing 0% aligned 18 shared votes
6 Aye 12 No
9 Aye 6 No
Crime / Justice 0% aligned 15 shared votes
6 Aye 9 No
5 Aye 8 No
Defence 0% aligned 13 shared votes
8 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
64.8%
8% below average
Rank 521 of 649
538
590 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,539
2,376 eligible divisions
277
51.5% of votes cast
Aye votes
720
46.8% of votes cast
261
48.5% of votes cast
No votes
819
53.2% of votes cast
1
0.2% of votes cast
Against party
93
6.0% of votes cast
2 years, 3 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
18 years, 3 months
Since 10 Jul 2008

Debates

29
-54.6 vs Commons average
Rank 563 of 650
Appearances
51
-32.6 vs Commons average
Rank 443 of 650
33
-112.7 vs Commons average
Rank 568 of 650
Contributions
78
-67.7 vs Commons average
Rank 416 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
£2,621,658
all imported IPSA years
£196,485
13% below average
Latest expenses
£277,187
23% above average
0
0 registered categories
Registered interests
8
3 registered categories
1
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
7
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
198 of 211 votes
Housing
32 of 32 votes
#2
Environment / Climate
41 of 48 votes
Democracy / Parliament
14 of 14 votes
#3
Trade
72 of 91 votes
Migration
13 of 13 votes
#4
Defence
53 of 71 votes
Digital / Online Safety
11 of 11 votes
#5
Migration
126 of 171 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
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
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
Where they voted the same
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading 11 Sept 2026
Aye
Aye
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
Aye
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (l) 20 May 2026
No
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Third Reading 20 Jun 2025
Aye
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill Report Stage: Amendment (a) to New Clause 10 16 May 2025
No
Aye
Closure motion 16 May 2025
Aye
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading 29 Nov 2024
Aye
Aye
Draft Windsor Framework (Non-Commercial Movement of Pet Animals) Regulations 2024 13 Nov 2024
Aye
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