The House of Commons is not currently sitting. Next scheduled business: Tuesday 1 September 2026.

Compare

Gregory Stafford vs Deirdre Costigan

A side-by-side comparison of voting participation, party rebellion, topic focus, and recent voting overlap.

Photograph of Gregory Stafford
Gregory Stafford
Con Farnham and Bordon
vs
Photograph of Deirdre Costigan
Deirdre Costigan
Lab Ealing Southall

Voting alignment

Gregory Stafford and Deirdre Costigan voted the same way 3% of the time, based on 314 shared comparable votes.

9 same votes 305 different votes 314 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
4 Aye 5 No
Benefits 22% aligned 9 shared votes
3 Aye 6 No
3 Aye 2 No
Democracy / Parliament 20% aligned 5 shared votes
1 Aye 4 No
5 Aye 4 No
Migration 11% aligned 9 shared votes
3 Aye 6 No
23 Aye 22 No
Crime / Justice 4% aligned 45 shared votes
20 Aye 25 No
32 Aye 44 No
Tax 3% aligned 76 shared votes
42 Aye 34 No
Most different by topic
13 Aye 24 No
Education 0% aligned 37 shared votes
24 Aye 13 No
7 Aye 13 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 20 shared votes
13 Aye 7 No
8 Aye 10 No
Housing 0% aligned 18 shared votes
10 Aye 8 No
9 Aye 5 No
Defence 0% aligned 14 shared votes
5 Aye 9 No
5 Aye 8 No
Energy 0% aligned 13 shared votes
8 Aye 5 No

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

Voting record

76.0 %
3 % above average
Rank 290 of 649
Participation
91.1 %
18 % above average
Rank 14 of 649
437
575 eligible divisions
Total votes
524
575 eligible divisions
202
46.2 % of votes cast
Aye votes
273
52.1 % of votes cast
235
53.8 % of votes cast
No votes
251
47.9 % of votes cast
0
0.0 % of votes cast
Against party
1
0.2 % of votes cast
2 years, 0 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
2 years, 0 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

141
+62.9 vs Commons average
Rank 69 of 649
Appearances
6
-72.1 vs Commons average
Rank 623 of 649
278
+139.4 vs Commons average
Rank 61 of 649
Contributions
6
-132.6 vs Commons average
Rank 621 of 649

Debate figures cover imported Hansard debate appearances from the last 12 months.

Financials and interests

£192,386
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£196,485
all imported IPSA years
£192,386
15 % below average
Latest expenses
£196,485
13 % below average
3
2 registered categories
Registered interests
0
0 registered categories
5
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

Tax
100 of 111 votes
#1
Work / Employment
39 of 39 votes
Crime / Justice
54 of 62 votes
#2
Housing
31 of 31 votes
Work / Employment
33 of 39 votes
#3
Migration
13 of 13 votes
Education
41 of 50 votes
#4
Digital / Online Safety
11 of 11 votes
Energy
16 of 20 votes
#5
NHS / Health
11 of 11 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No
Draft Trade Unions (Permissible Means of Voting) and Employment Rights (Unfair Dismissal) (Amendment) Order 2026 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
Aye
No
Draft Code of Practice on Electronic and Workplace Ballots for Statutory Trade Union Ballots 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
Aye
Aye
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 19 14 Jul 2026
No
Aye
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 199 14 Jul 2026
No
Aye
Immigration and Asylum Bill: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 13 Jul 2026
Migration
No
No
Draft Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Act 2026 (Establishment of Schools) (Consequential Amendments) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
Education
Aye
No
Draft Supply of Machinery (Safety) (Amendment etc.) and the EU Machinery Regulation (Enforcement etc. in Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
Aye
No
Draft Town and Country Planning (Discharge of Local Planning Authority Functions) (England) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
Aye
No
National Security (State Threats) Bill: motion to agree to Lords Amendment 1 6 Jul 2026
Defence
Aye
Aye
Taxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill Committee: New Clause 5 1 Jul 2026
Energy Tax Transport
No
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
Motion to sit in private 11 Jul 2025
Tax
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
Border Security, Asylum and Immigration Bill Report Stage: New Clause 21 12 May 2025
Migration
No
No
Sit in private 25 Apr 2025
Tax
No
No
House of Lords (Hereditary Peers) Bill Committee: New Clause 1 12 Nov 2024
Democracy / Parliament
No
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API