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Deirdre Costigan vs Stuart Anderson

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 Stuart Anderson
Stuart Anderson
Con South Shropshire

Voting alignment

Deirdre Costigan and Stuart Anderson voted the same way 2% of the time, based on 292 shared comparable votes.

6 same votes 286 different votes 292 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
5 Aye 5 No
Benefits 20% aligned 10 shared votes
3 Aye 7 No
21 Aye 21 No
Crime / Justice 5% aligned 42 shared votes
19 Aye 23 No
44 Aye 29 No
Tax 1% aligned 73 shared votes
28 Aye 45 No
22 Aye 12 No
Education 0% aligned 34 shared votes
12 Aye 22 No
18 Aye 4 No
Housing 0% aligned 22 shared votes
4 Aye 18 No
Most different by topic
22 Aye 12 No
Education 0% aligned 34 shared votes
12 Aye 22 No
18 Aye 4 No
Housing 0% aligned 22 shared votes
4 Aye 18 No
11 Aye 7 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 18 shared votes
7 Aye 11 No
7 Aye 7 No
Defence 0% aligned 14 shared votes
7 Aye 7 No
8 Aye 6 No
Energy 0% aligned 14 shared votes
6 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 650
Participation
76.6 %
4 % above average
Rank 276 of 650
513
563 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,249
1,631 eligible divisions
266
51.9 % of votes cast
Aye votes
603
48.3 % of votes cast
247
48.1 % of votes cast
No votes
646
51.7 % of votes cast
1
0.2 % of votes cast
Against party
4
0.3 % of votes cast
2 years, 0 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
6 years, 6 months
Since 12 Dec 2019

Debates

14
-56.9 vs Commons average
Rank 600 of 650
Appearances
65
-5.9 vs Commons average
Rank 290 of 650
19
-106.8 vs Commons average
Rank 598 of 650
Contributions
120
-5.8 vs Commons average
Rank 215 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
£1,320,074
all imported IPSA years
£196,485
13 % below average
Latest expenses
£303,089
34 % 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
63 of 63 votes
Housing
31 of 31 votes
#2
Energy
42 of 48 votes
Digital / Online Safety
11 of 11 votes
#3
Trade
44 of 51 votes
Migration
11 of 11 votes
#4
Digital / Online Safety
37 of 44 votes
NHS / Health
11 of 11 votes
#5
Crime / Justice
145 of 173 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
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 Tribunal (Extension of Time Limits) (Miscellaneous Amendments and Transitional Provisions) Regulations 2026 1 Jul 2026
No
Aye
Employment Tribunals Extension of Jurisdiction (England and Wales) (Amendment) Order 2026 1 Jul 2026
No
Aye
Customs (Tariff and Miscellaneous Amendments) (No. 4) Regulations 2026 24 Jun 2026
Trade
No
No
Opposition Day: Puberty blockers 23 Jun 2026
Aye
Aye
Opposition Day Motion: Defence spending and readiness - Prime Minister's Amendment 23 Jun 2026
Defence
No
No
Opposition day: Defence spending and readiness 23 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
No
Armed Forces Bill Report Stage: Amendment 11 22 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
No
Armed Forces Bill Report Stage: New Clause 11 22 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
Where they voted the same
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (l) 20 May 2026
No
No
Sentencing Bill Committee: New Clause 30 21 Oct 2025
Crime / Justice
No
No
Universal Credit and Personal Independence Payment Bill Committee: New Clause 8 9 Jul 2025
Benefits
No
No
Universal Credit and Personal Independent Payment Bill Committee: Amendment 39 9 Jul 2025
Benefits
No
No
Crime and Policing Bill Report Stage: Amendment 160 17 Jun 2025
Crime / Justice
No
No
Sit in private 25 Apr 2025
Tax
No
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API