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Deirdre Costigan vs Rushanara Ali

A side-by-side comparison of voting participation, party rebellion, topic focus, and recent voting overlap.


Voting alignment

Deirdre Costigan and Rushanara Ali voted the same way 97% of the time, based on 437 shared comparable votes.

425 same votes 12 different votes 437 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
51 Aye 34 No
Tax 100% aligned 85 shared votes
51 Aye 34 No
28 Aye 28 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 56 shared votes
28 Aye 28 No
27 Aye 16 No
Education 100% aligned 43 shared votes
27 Aye 16 No
21 Aye 9 No
Housing 100% aligned 30 shared votes
21 Aye 9 No
7 Aye 13 No
Benefits 100% aligned 20 shared votes
7 Aye 13 No
Most different by topic
51 Aye 34 No
Tax 100% aligned 85 shared votes
51 Aye 34 No
28 Aye 28 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 56 shared votes
28 Aye 28 No
27 Aye 16 No
Education 100% aligned 43 shared votes
27 Aye 16 No
21 Aye 9 No
Housing 100% aligned 30 shared votes
21 Aye 9 No
7 Aye 13 No
Benefits 100% aligned 20 shared votes
7 Aye 13 No

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

Voting record

90.9%
19% above average
Rank 13 of 650
Participation
76.6%
4% above average
Rank 270 of 650
578
636 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,855
2,422 eligible divisions
296
51.2% of votes cast
Aye votes
1,047
56.4% of votes cast
282
48.8% of votes cast
No votes
808
43.6% of votes cast
1
0.2% of votes cast
Against party
20
1.1% of votes cast
2 years, 4 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
16 years, 6 months
Since 6 May 2010

Debates

101
+4.5 vs Commons average
Rank 231 of 650
Appearances
48
-48.5 vs Commons average
Rank 505 of 650
140
-28.2 vs Commons average
Rank 285 of 650
Contributions
45
-123.2 vs Commons average
Rank 562 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
£2,943,041
all imported IPSA years
£196,485
13% below average
Latest expenses
£325,502
44% above average
0
0 registered categories
Registered interests
5
3 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
79 of 82 votes
Housing
33 of 33 votes
#2
Environment / Climate
45 of 49 votes
Democracy / Parliament
14 of 14 votes
#3
Trade
83 of 94 votes
Migration
13 of 13 votes
#4
Housing
60 of 68 votes
Digital / Online Safety
11 of 11 votes
#5
Brexit / EU
187 of 212 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
No rebel
Where they voted the same
No
No
No
No
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API