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Deirdre Costigan vs Sir Mel Stride

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 Mel Stride
Sir Mel Stride
Con Central Devon

Voting alignment

Deirdre Costigan and Sir Mel Stride voted the same way 2% of the time, based on 236 shared comparable votes.

4 same votes 232 different votes 236 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 3 No
NHS / Health 25% aligned 4 shared votes
4 Aye 0 No
21 Aye 12 No
Crime / Justice 3% aligned 33 shared votes
11 Aye 22 No
31 Aye 29 No
Tax 0% aligned 60 shared votes
29 Aye 31 No
14 Aye 6 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 20 shared votes
6 Aye 14 No
9 Aye 8 No
Education 0% aligned 17 shared votes
8 Aye 9 No
Most different by topic
31 Aye 29 No
Tax 0% aligned 60 shared votes
29 Aye 31 No
14 Aye 6 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 20 shared votes
6 Aye 14 No
9 Aye 8 No
Education 0% aligned 17 shared votes
8 Aye 9 No
11 Aye 4 No
Housing 0% aligned 15 shared votes
4 Aye 11 No
7 Aye 4 No
Energy 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
78.3 %
5 % above average
Rank 250 of 648
497
526 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,810
2,312 eligible divisions
259
52.1 % of votes cast
Aye votes
874
48.3 % of votes cast
238
47.9 % of votes cast
No votes
936
51.7 % of votes cast
1
0.2 % of votes cast
Against party
7
0.4 % of votes cast
1 years, 11 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
16 years, 1 months
Since 6 May 2010

Debates

28
-31.9 vs Commons average
Rank 515 of 648
Appearances
29
-30.9 vs Commons average
Rank 501 of 648
41
-66.9 vs Commons average
Rank 497 of 648
Contributions
51
-56.9 vs Commons average
Rank 439 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
£2,344,654
all imported IPSA years
£196,485
13 % below average
Latest expenses
£236,671
5 % above average
0
0 registered categories
Registered interests
11
6 registered categories
0
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
1
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
204 of 211 votes
Housing
31 of 31 votes
#2
Migration
157 of 169 votes
Transport
21 of 21 votes
#3
Foreign Affairs
57 of 69 votes
Digital / Online Safety
11 of 11 votes
#4
Environment / Climate
37 of 45 votes
Migration
11 of 11 votes
#5
Energy
55 of 67 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Draft Agriculture (Delinked Payments) (Reductions) (England) Regulations 2026 3 Jun 2026
No
No
Steel Industry (Nationalisation) Bill: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 21 May 2026
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: Amendments (a) to (h) in lieu of Lords Amendments 85 and 86, 97 to 116, 120, 121 and 123 27 Apr 2026
Devolution / Local Government
No
Aye
English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendments 94B and 94C 27 Apr 2026
Devolution / Local Government
No
Aye
English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendments 36, 90 and 155, insist on Amendments 155A to 155F and propose Amendment (a) 27 Apr 2026
Devolution / Local Government
No
Aye
English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendments 89B and 89C 27 Apr 2026
Devolution / Local Government
No
Aye
Crime and Policing Bill: Amendments (a) to (b) in lieu of Lords Amendments 359 and 439 20 Apr 2026
Crime / Justice
No
Where they voted the same
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Third Reading 20 Jun 2025
Aye
No
Crime and Policing Bill Report Stage: Amendment 160 17 Jun 2025
Crime / Justice
No
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading 29 Nov 2024
Aye
Aye
Tobacco and Vapes Bill: Second Reading 26 Nov 2024
NHS / Health
Aye
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