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Deirdre Costigan vs Samantha Dixon

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 Samantha Dixon
Samantha Dixon
Lab Chester North and Neston

Voting alignment

Deirdre Costigan and Samantha Dixon voted the same way 100% of the time, based on 351 shared comparable votes.

351 same votes 0 different votes 351 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
27 Aye 40 No
Tax 100% aligned 67 shared votes
27 Aye 40 No
21 Aye 21 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 42 shared votes
21 Aye 21 No
19 Aye 10 No
Housing 100% aligned 29 shared votes
19 Aye 10 No
12 Aye 9 No
Education 100% aligned 21 shared votes
12 Aye 9 No
14 Aye 4 No
Devolution / Local Government 100% aligned 18 shared votes
14 Aye 4 No
Most different by topic
27 Aye 40 No
Tax 100% aligned 67 shared votes
27 Aye 40 No
21 Aye 21 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 42 shared votes
21 Aye 21 No
19 Aye 10 No
Housing 100% aligned 29 shared votes
19 Aye 10 No
12 Aye 9 No
Education 100% aligned 21 shared votes
12 Aye 9 No
14 Aye 4 No
Devolution / Local Government 100% aligned 18 shared votes
14 Aye 4 No

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

Voting record

91.1 %
18 % above average
Rank 14 of 649
Participation
73.6 %
1 % above average
Rank 343 of 649
522
573 eligible divisions
Total votes
723
982 eligible divisions
271
51.9 % of votes cast
Aye votes
355
49.1 % of votes cast
251
48.1 % of votes cast
No votes
368
50.9 % of votes cast
1
0.2 % of votes cast
Against party
0
0.0 % of votes cast
2 years, 0 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
3 years, 7 months
Since 1 Dec 2022

Debates

8
-69.0 vs Commons average
Rank 615 of 649
Appearances
61
-16.0 vs Commons average
Rank 355 of 649
9
-127.7 vs Commons average
Rank 614 of 649
Contributions
275
+138.3 vs Commons average
Rank 60 of 649

Debate figures cover imported Hansard debate appearances from the last 12 months.

Financials and interests

£196,485
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£667,714
all imported IPSA years
£196,485
13 % below average
Latest expenses
£311,379
38 % above average
0
0 registered categories
Registered interests
0
0 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
37 of 37 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
11 of 11 votes
Housing
31 of 31 votes
#2
Democracy / Parliament
12 of 13 votes
Migration
13 of 13 votes
#3
Devolution / Local Government
45 of 50 votes
Digital / Online Safety
11 of 11 votes
#4
Trade
18 of 21 votes
NHS / Health
11 of 11 votes
#5
Migration
83 of 97 votes

Recent voting overlap

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

Where they voted the same
No
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 19 14 Jul 2026
No
No
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 199 14 Jul 2026
No
No
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 3 14 Jul 2026
No
Aye
Immigration and Asylum Bill: Second Reading 13 Jul 2026
Migration
Aye
No
Immigration and Asylum Bill: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 13 Jul 2026
Migration
No
Aye
Draft Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Act 2026 (Establishment of Schools) (Consequential Amendments) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
Education
Aye
Aye
Draft Supply of Machinery (Safety) (Amendment etc.) and the EU Machinery Regulation (Enforcement etc. in Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
Aye
Aye
Draft Town and Country Planning (Discharge of Local Planning Authority Functions) (England) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
Aye
Aye
National Security (State Threats) Bill: motion to agree to Lords Amendment 1 6 Jul 2026
Defence
Aye
No
Taxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill Committee: New Clause 5 1 Jul 2026
Energy Tax Transport
No
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