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Deirdre Costigan vs Sir Geoffrey Cox

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 Sir Geoffrey Cox
Sir Geoffrey Cox
Con Torridge and Tavistock

Voting alignment

Deirdre Costigan and Sir Geoffrey Cox voted the same way 1% of the time, based on 195 shared comparable votes.

2 same votes 193 different votes 195 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
11 Aye 19 No
Crime / Justice 7% aligned 30 shared votes
17 Aye 13 No
32 Aye 15 No
Tax 0% aligned 47 shared votes
15 Aye 32 No
21 Aye 6 No
Education 0% aligned 27 shared votes
6 Aye 21 No
9 Aye 8 No
Housing 0% aligned 17 shared votes
8 Aye 9 No
9 Aye 2 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 11 shared votes
2 Aye 9 No
Most different by topic
32 Aye 15 No
Tax 0% aligned 47 shared votes
15 Aye 32 No
21 Aye 6 No
Education 0% aligned 27 shared votes
6 Aye 21 No
9 Aye 8 No
Housing 0% aligned 17 shared votes
8 Aye 9 No
9 Aye 2 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 11 shared votes
2 Aye 9 No
7 Aye 4 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 11 shared votes
4 Aye 7 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
66.7 %
7 % below average
Rank 497 of 648
497
526 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,542
2,312 eligible divisions
259
52.1 % of votes cast
Aye votes
718
46.6 % of votes cast
238
47.9 % of votes cast
No votes
824
53.4 % of votes cast
1
0.2 % of votes cast
Against party
5
0.3 % of votes cast
1 years, 11 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
21 years, 1 months
Since 5 May 2005

Debates

28
-31.9 vs Commons average
Rank 515 of 648
Appearances
4
-55.9 vs Commons average
Rank 632 of 648
41
-66.9 vs Commons average
Rank 497 of 648
Contributions
9
-98.9 vs Commons average
Rank 621 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
£2,716,834
all imported IPSA years
£196,485
13 % below average
Latest expenses
£264,705
17 % above average
0
0 registered categories
Registered interests
13
3 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
Brexit / EU
173 of 211 votes
Housing
31 of 31 votes
#2
Trade
71 of 88 votes
Transport
21 of 21 votes
#3
Digital / Online Safety
48 of 60 votes
Digital / Online Safety
11 of 11 votes
#4
Migration
125 of 169 votes
Migration
11 of 11 votes
#5
Defence
43 of 59 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No
Armed Forces Bill Committee: New Clause 6 2 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
No
Armed Forces Bill Committee: New Clause 5 2 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
No
Armed Forces Bill Committee: New Clause 2 2 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (i) 19 May 2026
Aye
Aye
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill: Carry-over motion 27 Apr 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
Aye
Pension Schemes Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendments 15 to 24, 27, 30 to 34, 36, 38 to 42, 83 and 88, insist on its Amendments 88A, 88C and 88E to 88P and propose Amendments (a) to (f) 27 Apr 2026
Benefits
No
Aye
English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill: motion to disagree to Lords Amendment 98 21 Apr 2026
Devolution / Local Government
No
Aye
English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill: motion to disagree to Lords Amendment 41 21 Apr 2026
Devolution / Local Government
No
Aye
English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill: motion to disagree to Lords Amendment 37 21 Apr 2026
Devolution / Local Government
No
Aye
English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill: motion to disagree to Lords Amendment 36 21 Apr 2026
Devolution / Local Government
No
Where they voted the same
No
Sentencing Bill Committee: New Clause 30 21 Oct 2025
Crime / Justice
No
No
Crime and Policing Bill Report Stage: Amendment 160 17 Jun 2025
Crime / Justice
No
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