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Deirdre Costigan vs Rebecca Paul

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 Rebecca Paul
Rebecca Paul
Con Reigate

Voting alignment

Deirdre Costigan and Rebecca Paul voted the same way 2% of the time, based on 352 shared comparable votes.

6 same votes 346 different votes 352 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 4 No
Benefits 22% aligned 9 shared votes
2 Aye 7 No
2 Aye 7 No
Democracy / Parliament 11% aligned 9 shared votes
6 Aye 3 No
3 Aye 6 No
Migration 11% aligned 9 shared votes
5 Aye 4 No
19 Aye 20 No
Crime / Justice 3% aligned 39 shared votes
19 Aye 20 No
35 Aye 31 No
Tax 0% aligned 66 shared votes
31 Aye 35 No
Most different by topic
35 Aye 31 No
Tax 0% aligned 66 shared votes
31 Aye 35 No
20 Aye 13 No
Education 0% aligned 33 shared votes
13 Aye 20 No
22 Aye 7 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 29 shared votes
7 Aye 22 No
15 Aye 9 No
Housing 0% aligned 24 shared votes
9 Aye 15 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

90.7%
18% above average
Rank 14 of 650
Participation
77.7%
5% above average
Rank 255 of 650
569
627 eligible divisions
Total votes
487
627 eligible divisions
292
51.3% of votes cast
Aye votes
223
45.8% of votes cast
277
48.7% of votes cast
No votes
264
54.2% of votes cast
1
0.2% of votes cast
Against party
1
0.2% of votes cast
2 years, 3 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
2 years, 3 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

88
-5.9 vs Commons average
Rank 270 of 650
Appearances
101
+7.1 vs Commons average
Rank 218 of 650
123
-40.5 vs Commons average
Rank 315 of 650
Contributions
148
-15.5 vs Commons average
Rank 250 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
£124,847
all imported IPSA years
£196,485
13% below average
Latest expenses
£124,847
45% below average
0
0 registered categories
Registered interests
7
4 registered categories
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
Foreign Affairs
16 of 17 votes
Housing
32 of 32 votes
#2
Work / Employment
39 of 42 votes
Democracy / Parliament
14 of 14 votes
#3
Democracy / Parliament
13 of 14 votes
Migration
13 of 13 votes
#4
Defence
30 of 34 votes
Digital / Online Safety
11 of 11 votes
#5
Housing
28 of 32 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
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: New Clause 21 19 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
Aye
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: Amendment 47 19 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
Aye
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: Amendment 4 19 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
Aye
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: Amendment 52 19 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
Aye
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: Amendment 23 19 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
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
No
Border Security, Asylum and Immigration Bill Report Stage: New Clause 21 12 May 2025
Migration
No
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