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Deirdre Costigan vs Heidi Alexander

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 Heidi Alexander
Heidi Alexander
Lab Swindon South

Voting alignment

Deirdre Costigan and Heidi Alexander voted the same way 100% of the time, based on 299 shared comparable votes.

299 same votes 0 different votes 299 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
28 Aye 24 No
Tax 100% aligned 52 shared votes
28 Aye 24 No
12 Aye 16 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 28 shared votes
12 Aye 16 No
18 Aye 8 No
Housing 100% aligned 26 shared votes
18 Aye 8 No
12 Aye 9 No
Education 100% aligned 21 shared votes
12 Aye 9 No
14 Aye 4 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 18 shared votes
14 Aye 4 No
Most different by topic
28 Aye 24 No
Tax 100% aligned 52 shared votes
28 Aye 24 No
12 Aye 16 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 28 shared votes
12 Aye 16 No
18 Aye 8 No
Housing 100% aligned 26 shared votes
18 Aye 8 No
12 Aye 9 No
Education 100% aligned 21 shared votes
12 Aye 9 No
14 Aye 4 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 18 shared votes
14 Aye 4 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
63.1%
10% below average
Rank 540 of 649
538
590 eligible divisions
Total votes
372
590 eligible divisions
277
51.5% of votes cast
Aye votes
174
46.8% of votes cast
261
48.5% of votes cast
No votes
198
53.2% of votes cast
1
0.2% of votes cast
Against party
0
0.0% of votes cast
2 years, 3 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
2 years, 3 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

29
-54.6 vs Commons average
Rank 563 of 650
Appearances
65
-18.6 vs Commons average
Rank 346 of 650
33
-112.7 vs Commons average
Rank 568 of 650
Contributions
547
+401.3 vs Commons average
Rank 15 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
£1,369,392
all imported IPSA years
£196,485
13% below average
Latest expenses
£178,830
21% below average
0
0 registered categories
Registered interests
3
2 registered categories
1
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
6
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
Migration
13 of 13 votes
Housing
32 of 32 votes
#2
Environment / Climate
8 of 9 votes
Democracy / Parliament
14 of 14 votes
#3
Transport
25 of 29 votes
Migration
13 of 13 votes
#4
Housing
26 of 32 votes
Digital / Online Safety
11 of 11 votes
#5
Democracy / Parliament
11 of 14 votes

Recent voting overlap

These MPs agreed on every division where both voted in the current comparison sample.

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
Aye
Draft Plant Health, Seeds, Seed Potatoes and Plant Propagating Material (Amendment) (Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026 9 Sept 2026
Aye
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: Amendment 1 8 Sept 2026
No
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 143 8 Sept 2026
No
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 142 8 Sept 2026
No
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 6 7 Sept 2026
No
Aye
Representation of the People Bill: Third Reading 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
Aye
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 88 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 67 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
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Voting source Commons Votes API