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Deirdre Costigan vs Jesse Norman

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 Jesse Norman
Jesse Norman
Con Hereford and South Herefordshire

Voting alignment

Deirdre Costigan and Jesse Norman voted the same way 2% of the time, based on 323 shared comparable votes.

6 same votes 317 different votes 323 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 7 No
Benefits 17% aligned 12 shared votes
5 Aye 7 No
4 Aye 4 No
Democracy / Parliament 13% aligned 8 shared votes
3 Aye 5 No
23 Aye 24 No
Crime / Justice 4% aligned 47 shared votes
22 Aye 25 No
38 Aye 32 No
Tax 0% aligned 70 shared votes
32 Aye 38 No
21 Aye 10 No
Education 0% aligned 31 shared votes
10 Aye 21 No
Most different by topic
38 Aye 32 No
Tax 0% aligned 70 shared votes
32 Aye 38 No
21 Aye 10 No
Education 0% aligned 31 shared votes
10 Aye 21 No
26 Aye 5 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 31 shared votes
5 Aye 26 No
12 Aye 7 No
Housing 0% aligned 19 shared votes
7 Aye 12 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

90.8%
18% above average
Rank 14 of 650
Participation
72.0%
same as average
Rank 382 of 650
573
631 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,740
2,417 eligible divisions
293
51.1% of votes cast
Aye votes
799
45.9% of votes cast
280
48.9% of votes cast
No votes
941
54.1% of votes cast
1
0.2% of votes cast
Against party
5
0.3% of votes cast
2 years, 4 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
16 years, 6 months
Since 6 May 2010

Debates

91
-3.5 vs Commons average
Rank 257 of 650
Appearances
59
-35.5 vs Commons average
Rank 438 of 650
128
-36.5 vs Commons average
Rank 302 of 650
Contributions
111
-53.5 vs Commons average
Rank 355 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
£1,812,464
all imported IPSA years
£196,485
13% below average
Latest expenses
£134,182
41% below average
0
0 registered categories
Registered interests
9
4 registered categories
1
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
8
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
42 of 42 votes
#1
Trade
90 of 94 votes
Housing
32 of 32 votes
#2
Brexit / EU
200 of 212 votes
Democracy / Parliament
14 of 14 votes
#3
Environment / Climate
43 of 49 votes
Migration
13 of 13 votes
#4
Devolution / Local Government
56 of 66 votes
Digital / Online Safety
11 of 11 votes
#5
Democracy / Parliament
39 of 47 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Railways Bill: Carry-over extension (Motion) 4 Nov 2026
Transport
No
Aye
Budget Resolution No. 86: High value council tax surcharge 3 Nov 2026
Tax
No
Aye
Budget Resolution No. 76: Rates of alcohol duty 3 Nov 2026
Tax
No
Aye
Budget Resolution No. 8: Capital gains tax (business asset disposal relief) 3 Nov 2026
Tax Transport
No
Aye
Budget Resolution No.7: Increase in rate of banking surcharge for temporary period 3 Nov 2026
Tax
No
Aye
Budget Resolution No. 3: Income tax (default, property and savings rates) 3 Nov 2026
Tax
No
Aye
Draft Town and Country Planning (Fees for Applications, Deemed Applications, Requests and Site Visits) (England) (Amendment and Transitional Provision) Regulations 2026 27 Oct 2026
No
Aye
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill: Third Reading 20 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: New Clause 12 20 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
Aye
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: New Clause 7 20 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
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
Sentencing Bill Committee: New Clause 30 21 Oct 2025
Crime / Justice
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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