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Mr Louie French vs Deirdre Costigan

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

Photograph of Mr Louie French
Mr Louie French
Con Old Bexley and Sidcup
vs
Photograph of Deirdre Costigan
Deirdre Costigan
Lab Ealing Southall

Voting alignment

Mr Louie French and Deirdre Costigan voted the same way 2% of the time, based on 302 shared comparable votes.

6 same votes 296 different votes 302 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 7 No
Benefits 17% aligned 12 shared votes
5 Aye 7 No
4 Aye 4 No
Migration 13% aligned 8 shared votes
3 Aye 5 No
23 Aye 26 No
Crime / Justice 4% aligned 49 shared votes
24 Aye 25 No
25 Aye 36 No
Tax 0% aligned 61 shared votes
36 Aye 25 No
9 Aye 21 No
Education 0% aligned 30 shared votes
21 Aye 9 No
Most different by topic
25 Aye 36 No
Tax 0% aligned 61 shared votes
36 Aye 25 No
9 Aye 21 No
Education 0% aligned 30 shared votes
21 Aye 9 No
7 Aye 21 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 28 shared votes
21 Aye 7 No
3 Aye 14 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 17 shared votes
14 Aye 3 No
7 Aye 7 No
Housing 0% aligned 14 shared votes
7 Aye 7 No

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

Voting record

80.2 %
8 % above average
Rank 196 of 650
Participation
91.1 %
18 % above average
Rank 14 of 650
978
1,219 eligible divisions
Total votes
513
563 eligible divisions
493
50.4 % of votes cast
Aye votes
266
51.9 % of votes cast
485
49.6 % of votes cast
No votes
247
48.1 % of votes cast
1
0.1 % of votes cast
Against party
1
0.2 % of votes cast
4 years, 7 months
Since 2 Dec 2021
Commons service
2 years, 0 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

48
-22.6 vs Commons average
Rank 401 of 650
Appearances
14
-56.6 vs Commons average
Rank 600 of 650
67
-58.3 vs Commons average
Rank 407 of 650
Contributions
19
-106.3 vs Commons average
Rank 598 of 650

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

Financials and interests

£423,303
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£196,485
all imported IPSA years
£143,451
37 % below average
Latest expenses
£196,485
13 % below average
12
4 registered categories
Registered interests
0
0 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

Brexit / EU
16 of 16 votes
#1
Work / Employment
37 of 37 votes
Work / Employment
61 of 63 votes
#2
Housing
31 of 31 votes
Foreign Affairs
29 of 30 votes
#3
Digital / Online Safety
11 of 11 votes
Migration
126 of 134 votes
#4
Migration
11 of 11 votes
Devolution / Local Government
50 of 54 votes
#5
NHS / Health
11 of 11 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No
Draft Agriculture (Delinked Payments) (Reductions) (England) Regulations 2026 3 Jun 2026
Aye
Aye
Armed Forces Bill Committee: New Clause 5 2 Jun 2026
Defence
No
Aye
Armed Forces Bill Committee: New Clause 2 2 Jun 2026
Defence
No
Aye
Steel Industry (Nationalisation) Bill: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 21 May 2026
No
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address 20 May 2026
Aye
Aye
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (p) 20 May 2026
No
Aye
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (o) 20 May 2026
No
Aye
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (i) 19 May 2026
No
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill: Carry-over motion 27 Apr 2026
Foreign Affairs
Aye
No
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
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
Border Security, Asylum and Immigration Bill Report Stage: New Clause 21 12 May 2025
Migration
No
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