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Deirdre Costigan vs Neil O'Brien

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 Neil O'Brien
Neil O'Brien
Con Harborough, Oadby and Wigston

Voting alignment

Deirdre Costigan and Neil O'Brien voted the same way 2% of the time, based on 349 shared comparable votes.

6 same votes 343 different votes 349 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 8 No
Benefits 15% aligned 13 shared votes
6 Aye 7 No
4 Aye 6 No
Democracy / Parliament 10% aligned 10 shared votes
5 Aye 5 No
18 Aye 28 No
Crime / Justice 4% aligned 46 shared votes
26 Aye 20 No
39 Aye 31 No
Tax 0% aligned 70 shared votes
31 Aye 39 No
21 Aye 13 No
Education 0% aligned 34 shared votes
13 Aye 21 No
Most different by topic
39 Aye 31 No
Tax 0% aligned 70 shared votes
31 Aye 39 No
21 Aye 13 No
Education 0% aligned 34 shared votes
13 Aye 21 No
21 Aye 7 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 28 shared votes
7 Aye 21 No
10 Aye 10 No
Housing 0% aligned 20 shared votes
10 Aye 10 No
8 Aye 10 No
Defence 0% aligned 18 shared votes
10 Aye 8 No

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

Voting record

90.7%
18% above average
Rank 14 of 650
Participation
84.1%
12% above average
Rank 107 of 650
569
627 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,814
2,158 eligible divisions
292
51.3% of votes cast
Aye votes
897
49.4% of votes cast
277
48.7% of votes cast
No votes
917
50.6% of votes cast
1
0.2% of votes cast
Against party
6
0.3% of votes cast
2 years, 4 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
9 years, 4 months
Since 8 Jun 2017

Debates

88
-5.6 vs Commons average
Rank 269 of 650
Appearances
19
-74.6 vs Commons average
Rank 610 of 650
123
-39.9 vs Commons average
Rank 315 of 650
Contributions
23
-139.9 vs Commons average
Rank 611 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
£1,900,002
all imported IPSA years
£196,485
13% below average
Latest expenses
£311,946
38% above average
0
0 registered categories
Registered interests
1
1 registered category
1
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
42 of 42 votes
#1
Environment / Climate
45 of 47 votes
Housing
32 of 32 votes
#2
Brexit / EU
178 of 189 votes
Democracy / Parliament
14 of 14 votes
#3
Defence
66 of 71 votes
Migration
13 of 13 votes
#4
Trade
83 of 90 votes
Digital / Online Safety
11 of 11 votes
#5
Devolution / Local Government
57 of 63 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
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
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: Amendment 32 20 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
Aye
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: Amendment 51 20 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
Aye
Aye
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill: Programme Motion 19 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
No
Highways (Financing) Bill: Second Reading: Reasoned Amendment 15 Oct 2026
Aye
No
Opposition Day motion: Inheritance Tax 14 Oct 2026
Tax
Aye
No
Opposition Day motion: MoD Bicester and illegal migrants 14 Oct 2026
Aye
Aye
Draft Code of Practice on the Right of Trade Unions to Access Workplaces 14 Oct 2026
Trade Work / Employment
No
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
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API