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Deirdre Costigan vs Sam Carling

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 Sam Carling
Sam Carling
Lab North West Cambridgeshire

Voting alignment

Deirdre Costigan and Sam Carling voted the same way 100% of the time, based on 416 shared comparable votes.

416 same votes 0 different votes 416 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 38 No
Tax 100% aligned 88 shared votes
50 Aye 38 No
28 Aye 25 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 53 shared votes
28 Aye 25 No
27 Aye 14 No
Education 100% aligned 41 shared votes
27 Aye 14 No
20 Aye 11 No
Housing 100% aligned 31 shared votes
20 Aye 11 No
21 Aye 8 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 29 shared votes
21 Aye 8 No
Most different by topic
50 Aye 38 No
Tax 100% aligned 88 shared votes
50 Aye 38 No
28 Aye 25 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 53 shared votes
28 Aye 25 No
27 Aye 14 No
Education 100% aligned 41 shared votes
27 Aye 14 No
20 Aye 11 No
Housing 100% aligned 31 shared votes
20 Aye 11 No
21 Aye 8 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 29 shared votes
21 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
92.6 %
19 % above average
Rank 13 of 648
497
526 eligible divisions
Total votes
487
526 eligible divisions
259
52.1 % of votes cast
Aye votes
258
53.0 % of votes cast
238
47.9 % of votes cast
No votes
229
47.0 % of votes cast
1
0.2 % of votes cast
Against party
0
0.0 % of votes cast
1 years, 11 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
1 years, 11 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

28
-31.9 vs Commons average
Rank 515 of 648
Appearances
53
-6.9 vs Commons average
Rank 297 of 648
41
-66.9 vs Commons average
Rank 497 of 648
Contributions
74
-33.9 vs Commons average
Rank 323 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
£150,223
all imported IPSA years
£196,485
13 % below average
Latest expenses
£150,223
34 % below average
0
0 registered categories
Registered interests
3
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
Work / Employment
37 of 37 votes
Housing
31 of 31 votes
#2
Housing
31 of 31 votes
Transport
21 of 21 votes
#3
Benefits
30 of 30 votes
Digital / Online Safety
11 of 11 votes
#4
Defence
22 of 22 votes
Migration
11 of 11 votes
#5
Transport
21 of 21 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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