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Deirdre Costigan vs Steve Reed

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 Steve Reed
Steve Reed
Lab Streatham and Croydon North

Voting alignment

Deirdre Costigan and Steve Reed voted the same way 100% of the time, based on 236 shared comparable votes.

236 same votes 0 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
30 Aye 29 No
Tax 100% aligned 59 shared votes
30 Aye 29 No
13 Aye 12 No
Education 100% aligned 25 shared votes
13 Aye 12 No
18 Aye 5 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 23 shared votes
18 Aye 5 No
19 Aye 4 No
Housing 100% aligned 23 shared votes
19 Aye 4 No
4 Aye 8 No
Defence 100% aligned 12 shared votes
4 Aye 8 No
Most different by topic
30 Aye 29 No
Tax 100% aligned 59 shared votes
30 Aye 29 No
13 Aye 12 No
Education 100% aligned 25 shared votes
13 Aye 12 No
18 Aye 5 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 23 shared votes
18 Aye 5 No
19 Aye 4 No
Housing 100% aligned 23 shared votes
19 Aye 4 No
4 Aye 8 No
Defence 100% aligned 12 shared votes
4 Aye 8 No

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

Voting record

91.2%
19% above average
Rank 13 of 649
Participation
62.1%
10% below average
Rank 555 of 649
538
590 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,476
2,376 eligible divisions
277
51.5% of votes cast
Aye votes
863
58.5% of votes cast
261
48.5% of votes cast
No votes
613
41.5% of votes cast
1
0.2% of votes cast
Against party
1
0.1% of votes cast
2 years, 3 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
13 years, 10 months
Since 29 Nov 2012

Debates

33
-51.8 vs Commons average
Rank 545 of 650
Appearances
50
-34.8 vs Commons average
Rank 458 of 650
37
-110.7 vs Commons average
Rank 559 of 650
Contributions
428
+280.3 vs Commons average
Rank 31 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
£2,494,265
all imported IPSA years
£196,485
13% below average
Latest expenses
£293,477
30% above average
0
0 registered categories
Registered interests
1
1 registered category
1
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
4
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
Foreign Affairs
61 of 69 votes
Housing
32 of 32 votes
#2
Brexit / EU
179 of 211 votes
Democracy / Parliament
14 of 14 votes
#3
Environment / Climate
36 of 48 votes
Migration
13 of 13 votes
#4
Trade
67 of 91 votes
Digital / Online Safety
11 of 11 votes
#5
NHS / Health
40 of 56 votes

Recent voting overlap

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

Where they voted the same
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading 11 Sept 2026
Aye
Aye
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
Aye
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: Amendment 1 8 Sept 2026
No
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 143 8 Sept 2026
No
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 142 8 Sept 2026
No
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 140 8 Sept 2026
No
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 145 7 Sept 2026
No
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 6 7 Sept 2026
No
Aye
Representation of the People Bill: Third Reading 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
Aye
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 88 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
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