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Deirdre Costigan vs Kirsty Blackman

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 Kirsty Blackman
Kirsty Blackman
SNP Aberdeen North

Voting alignment

Deirdre Costigan and Kirsty Blackman voted the same way 40% of the time, based on 124 shared comparable votes.

50 same votes 74 different votes 124 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
3 Aye 0 No
Education 100% aligned 3 shared votes
3 Aye 0 No
3 Aye 0 No
Transport 100% aligned 3 shared votes
3 Aye 0 No
15 Aye 5 No
Work / Employment 85% aligned 20 shared votes
16 Aye 4 No
1 Aye 5 No
Migration 83% aligned 6 shared votes
2 Aye 4 No
3 Aye 4 No
Democracy / Parliament 71% aligned 7 shared votes
5 Aye 2 No
Most different by topic
2 Aye 2 No
Defence 0% aligned 4 shared votes
2 Aye 2 No
5 Aye 2 No
Energy 14% aligned 7 shared votes
3 Aye 4 No
25 Aye 14 No
Tax 18% aligned 39 shared votes
19 Aye 20 No
3 Aye 11 No
Benefits 21% aligned 14 shared votes
8 Aye 6 No
6 Aye 3 No
Digital / Online Safety 33% aligned 9 shared votes
4 Aye 5 No

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

Voting record

94.5 %
21 % above average
Rank 4 of 648
Participation
56.8 %
16 % below average
Rank 600 of 648
497
526 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,313
2,312 eligible divisions
259
52.1 % of votes cast
Aye votes
748
57.0 % of votes cast
238
47.9 % of votes cast
No votes
565
43.0 % of votes cast
1
0.2 % of votes cast
Against party
0
0.0 % of votes cast
1 years, 11 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
11 years, 0 months
Since 7 May 2015

Debates

28
-31.9 vs Commons average
Rank 515 of 648
Appearances
89
+29.1 vs Commons average
Rank 110 of 648
41
-66.9 vs Commons average
Rank 497 of 648
Contributions
208
+100.1 vs Commons average
Rank 71 of 648

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

Financials and interests

£196,485
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,143,527
all imported IPSA years
£196,485
13 % below average
Latest expenses
£320,448
42 % above average
0
0 registered categories
Registered interests
0
0 registered categories
0
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
0
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
37 of 37 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
200 of 211 votes
Housing
31 of 31 votes
#2
Trade
78 of 88 votes
Transport
21 of 21 votes
#3
Democracy / Parliament
35 of 43 votes
Digital / Online Safety
11 of 11 votes
#4
Cost of Living
8 of 10 votes
Migration
11 of 11 votes
#5
Migration
133 of 169 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
King's Speech Motion for an Address 20 May 2026
No
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (l) 20 May 2026
Aye
No
Opposition day: Fuel duty 18 Mar 2026
Tax
Aye
Aye
National Insurance Contributions (Employer Pensions Contributions) Bill: Third Reading 21 Jan 2026
Tax
No
No
National Insurance Contributions (Employer Pensions Contributions) Bill Committee: New Clause 5 21 Jan 2026
Tax
Aye
No
National Insurance Contributions (Employer Pensions Contributions) Bill Committee: Amendment 5 21 Jan 2026
Tax
Aye
No
Finance (No. 2) Bill Committee: New Clause 25 13 Jan 2026
Tax
Aye
No
Finance (No. 2) Bill Committee: New Clause 24 13 Jan 2026
Tax
Aye
No
Finance (No. 2) Bill Committee: New Clause 7 12 Jan 2026
Tax
Aye
No
Finance (No. 2) Bill Committee: Amendment 3 12 Jan 2026
Tax
Aye
Where they voted the same
Aye
Children's Wellbeing and Schools Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 38 9 Mar 2026
Education
Aye
Aye
Children's Wellbeing and Schools Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 37 9 Mar 2026
Education
Aye
Aye
Draft Greenhouse Gas Emissions Trading Scheme (Amendment) Order 2026 4 Feb 2026
Energy Environment / Climate
Aye
No
Medical Training (Prioritisation) Bill: Amendment 9 27 Jan 2026
No
Aye
Finance (No. 2) Bill Committee: Clause 63 Stand part 13 Jan 2026
Tax
Aye
Aye
Employment Rights Bill: Government motion to insist on disagreement to Lords Amendment 48B but to propose Government amendment (a) and (b) in lieu of LA48B 8 Dec 2025
Work / Employment
Aye
Aye
Border Security, Asylum and Immigration Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 37 19 Nov 2025
Migration
Aye
Aye
Employment Rights Bill: Government amendment (a) in lieu of LA62 5 Nov 2025
Work / Employment
Aye
Aye
Employment Rights Bill: motion relating to Lords Reason 72B 5 Nov 2025
Work / Employment
Aye
Aye
Employment Rights Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 48B 5 Nov 2025
Work / Employment
Aye
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