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Deirdre Costigan vs Pat McFadden

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 Pat McFadden
Pat McFadden
Lab Wolverhampton South East

Voting alignment

Deirdre Costigan and Pat McFadden voted the same way 100% of the time, based on 199 shared comparable votes.

199 same votes 0 different votes 199 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
7 Aye 18 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 25 shared votes
7 Aye 18 No
10 Aye 9 No
Tax 100% aligned 19 shared votes
10 Aye 9 No
16 Aye 3 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 19 shared votes
16 Aye 3 No
6 Aye 12 No
Benefits 100% aligned 18 shared votes
6 Aye 12 No
12 Aye 1 No
Housing 100% aligned 13 shared votes
12 Aye 1 No
Most different by topic
7 Aye 18 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 25 shared votes
7 Aye 18 No
10 Aye 9 No
Tax 100% aligned 19 shared votes
10 Aye 9 No
16 Aye 3 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 19 shared votes
16 Aye 3 No
6 Aye 12 No
Benefits 100% aligned 18 shared votes
6 Aye 12 No
12 Aye 1 No
Housing 100% aligned 13 shared votes
12 Aye 1 No

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

Voting record

91.3%
19% above average
Rank 14 of 650
Participation
65.6%
7% below average
Rank 511 of 650
543
595 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,561
2,381 eligible divisions
279
51.4% of votes cast
Aye votes
899
57.6% of votes cast
264
48.6% of votes cast
No votes
662
42.4% 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
21 years, 5 months
Since 5 May 2005

Debates

39
-46.2 vs Commons average
Rank 517 of 650
Appearances
44
-41.2 vs Commons average
Rank 494 of 650
43
-105.6 vs Commons average
Rank 542 of 650
Contributions
332
+183.4 vs Commons average
Rank 55 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
£2,498,186
all imported IPSA years
£196,485
13% below average
Latest expenses
£225,631
same as average
0
0 registered categories
Registered interests
1
1 registered category
1
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
4
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
184 of 211 votes
Housing
32 of 32 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
58 of 70 votes
Democracy / Parliament
14 of 14 votes
#3
Trade
75 of 91 votes
Migration
13 of 13 votes
#4
NHS / Health
46 of 56 votes
Digital / Online Safety
11 of 11 votes
#5
Environment / Climate
38 of 48 votes

Recent voting overlap

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

Where they voted the same
Aye
Courts and Tribunals Bill: Third Reading 13 Oct 2026
Crime / Justice
Aye
No
Courts and Tribunals Bill Report Stage: Amendment 18 13 Oct 2026
Crime / Justice
No
No
Courts and Tribunals Bill Report Stage: Amendment 1 13 Oct 2026
Crime / Justice
No
No
Courts and Tribunals Bill Report Stage: New Clause 25 13 Oct 2026
Crime / Justice
No
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
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Voting source Commons Votes API