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Deirdre Costigan vs Rachel Hopkins

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 Rachel Hopkins
Rachel Hopkins
Lab Luton South and South Bedfordshire

Voting alignment

Deirdre Costigan and Rachel Hopkins voted the same way 100% of the time, based on 430 shared comparable votes.

430 same votes 0 different votes 430 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
50 Aye 36 No
Tax 100% aligned 86 shared votes
50 Aye 36 No
29 Aye 27 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 56 shared votes
29 Aye 27 No
27 Aye 17 No
Education 100% aligned 44 shared votes
27 Aye 17 No
20 Aye 11 No
Housing 100% aligned 31 shared votes
20 Aye 11 No
16 Aye 8 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 24 shared votes
16 Aye 8 No
Most different by topic
50 Aye 36 No
Tax 100% aligned 86 shared votes
50 Aye 36 No
29 Aye 27 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 56 shared votes
29 Aye 27 No
27 Aye 17 No
Education 100% aligned 44 shared votes
27 Aye 17 No
20 Aye 11 No
Housing 100% aligned 31 shared votes
20 Aye 11 No
16 Aye 8 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 24 shared votes
16 Aye 8 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
84.4 %
11 % above average
Rank 118 of 648
497
526 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,346
1,594 eligible divisions
259
52.1 % of votes cast
Aye votes
724
53.8 % of votes cast
238
47.9 % of votes cast
No votes
622
46.2 % of votes cast
1
0.2 % of votes cast
Against party
1
0.1 % of votes cast
1 years, 11 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
6 years, 5 months
Since 12 Dec 2019

Debates

28
-31.9 vs Commons average
Rank 515 of 648
Appearances
73
+13.1 vs Commons average
Rank 172 of 648
41
-66.9 vs Commons average
Rank 497 of 648
Contributions
88
-19.9 vs Commons average
Rank 273 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
£1,064,817
all imported IPSA years
£196,485
13 % below average
Latest expenses
£253,152
12 % above average
0
0 registered categories
Registered interests
2
2 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
Housing
52 of 53 votes
Housing
31 of 31 votes
#2
Environment / Climate
39 of 41 votes
Transport
21 of 21 votes
#3
Education
64 of 68 votes
Digital / Online Safety
11 of 11 votes
#4
Migration
141 of 152 votes
Migration
11 of 11 votes
#5
Foreign Affairs
46 of 50 votes

Recent voting overlap

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

Where they voted the same
Aye
Draft Agriculture (Delinked Payments) (Reductions) (England) Regulations 2026 3 Jun 2026
Aye
No
Armed Forces Bill Committee: New Clause 13 2 Jun 2026
Defence
No
No
Armed Forces Bill Committee: New Clause 6 2 Jun 2026
Defence
No
No
Armed Forces Bill Committee: New Clause 5 2 Jun 2026
Defence
No
No
Armed Forces Bill Committee: New Clause 2 2 Jun 2026
Defence
No
No
Steel Industry (Nationalisation) Bill: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 21 May 2026
No
Aye
King's Speech Motion for an Address 20 May 2026
Aye
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (p) 20 May 2026
No
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (l) 20 May 2026
No
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (o) 20 May 2026
No
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Voting source Commons Votes API