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Deirdre Costigan vs Sir James Cleverly

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
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Sir James Cleverly
Con Braintree

Voting alignment

Deirdre Costigan and Sir James Cleverly voted the same way 1% of the time, based on 310 shared comparable votes.

3 same votes 307 different votes 310 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
1 Aye 4 No
Democracy / Parliament 20% aligned 5 shared votes
3 Aye 2 No
3 Aye 5 No
Migration 13% aligned 8 shared votes
4 Aye 4 No
20 Aye 19 No
Crime / Justice 3% aligned 39 shared votes
18 Aye 21 No
40 Aye 33 No
Tax 0% aligned 73 shared votes
33 Aye 40 No
18 Aye 9 No
Education 0% aligned 27 shared votes
9 Aye 18 No
Most different by topic
40 Aye 33 No
Tax 0% aligned 73 shared votes
33 Aye 40 No
18 Aye 9 No
Education 0% aligned 27 shared votes
9 Aye 18 No
19 Aye 7 No
Housing 0% aligned 26 shared votes
7 Aye 19 No
17 Aye 4 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 21 shared votes
4 Aye 17 No
8 Aye 10 No
Defence 0% aligned 18 shared votes
10 Aye 8 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
69.7 %
3 % below average
Rank 437 of 649
524
575 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,645
2,361 eligible divisions
273
52.1 % of votes cast
Aye votes
771
46.9 % of votes cast
251
47.9 % of votes cast
No votes
874
53.1 % of votes cast
1
0.2 % of votes cast
Against party
1
0.1 % of votes cast
2 years, 1 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
11 years, 3 months
Since 7 May 2015

Debates

6
-71.9 vs Commons average
Rank 624 of 650
Appearances
41
-36.9 vs Commons average
Rank 483 of 650
6
-132.3 vs Commons average
Rank 622 of 650
Contributions
87
-51.3 vs Commons average
Rank 364 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
£2,020,933
all imported IPSA years
£196,485
13 % below average
Latest expenses
£266,795
18 % above average
0
0 registered categories
Registered interests
5
3 registered categories
1
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
3
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
39 of 39 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
191 of 211 votes
Housing
31 of 31 votes
#2
Transport
79 of 95 votes
Migration
13 of 13 votes
#3
Trade
73 of 91 votes
Digital / Online Safety
11 of 11 votes
#4
Environment / Climate
37 of 48 votes
NHS / Health
11 of 11 votes
#5
Foreign Affairs
52 of 69 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 19 14 Jul 2026
Aye
No
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 199 14 Jul 2026
Aye
No
Immigration and Asylum Bill: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 13 Jul 2026
Migration
Aye
Aye
Draft Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Act 2026 (Establishment of Schools) (Consequential Amendments) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
Education
No
Aye
Draft Supply of Machinery (Safety) (Amendment etc.) and the EU Machinery Regulation (Enforcement etc. in Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
No
Aye
Draft Town and Country Planning (Discharge of Local Planning Authority Functions) (England) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
No
Aye
National Security (State Threats) Bill: motion to agree to Lords Amendment 1 6 Jul 2026
Defence
No
No
Taxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill Committee: New Clause 5 1 Jul 2026
Energy Tax Transport
Aye
No
Taxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill Committee: New Clause 4 1 Jul 2026
Energy Tax Transport
Aye
Aye
Employment Tribunals Extension of Jurisdiction (England and Wales) (Amendment) Order 2026 1 Jul 2026
No
Where they voted the same
No
Sentencing Bill Committee: New Clause 30 21 Oct 2025
Crime / Justice
No
No
Border Security, Asylum and Immigration Bill Report Stage: New Clause 21 12 May 2025
Migration
No
No
House of Lords (Hereditary Peers) Bill Committee: New Clause 1 12 Nov 2024
Democracy / Parliament
No
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