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Mr Mark Francois vs Deirdre Costigan

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

Photograph of Mr Mark Francois
Mr Mark Francois
Con Rayleigh and Wickford
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Photograph of Deirdre Costigan
Deirdre Costigan
Lab Ealing Southall

Voting alignment

Mr Mark Francois and Deirdre Costigan voted the same way 1% of the time, based on 311 shared comparable votes.

3 same votes 308 different votes 311 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 3 No
Migration 14% aligned 7 shared votes
2 Aye 5 No
3 Aye 5 No
Democracy / Parliament 13% aligned 8 shared votes
4 Aye 4 No
31 Aye 41 No
Tax 1% aligned 72 shared votes
40 Aye 32 No
12 Aye 22 No
Education 0% aligned 34 shared votes
22 Aye 12 No
13 Aye 14 No
Crime / Justice 0% aligned 27 shared votes
14 Aye 13 No
Most different by topic
12 Aye 22 No
Education 0% aligned 34 shared votes
22 Aye 12 No
13 Aye 14 No
Crime / Justice 0% aligned 27 shared votes
14 Aye 13 No
7 Aye 15 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 22 shared votes
15 Aye 7 No
9 Aye 12 No
Housing 0% aligned 21 shared votes
12 Aye 9 No
10 Aye 8 No
Defence 0% aligned 18 shared votes
8 Aye 10 No

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

Voting record

67.9%
4% below average
Rank 460 of 650
Participation
90.8%
18% above average
Rank 15 of 650
1,634
2,405 eligible divisions
Total votes
562
619 eligible divisions
764
46.8% of votes cast
Aye votes
285
50.7% of votes cast
870
53.2% of votes cast
No votes
277
49.3% of votes cast
36
2.2% of votes cast
Against party
1
0.2% of votes cast
25 years, 4 months
Since 7 Jun 2001
Commons service
2 years, 3 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

144
+55.2 vs Commons average
Rank 89 of 650
Appearances
63
-25.8 vs Commons average
Rank 385 of 650
420
+265.4 vs Commons average
Rank 35 of 650
Contributions
79
-75.6 vs Commons average
Rank 442 of 650

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

Financials and interests

£2,057,296
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£196,485
all imported IPSA years
£242,339
7% above average
Latest expenses
£196,485
13% below average
4
3 registered categories
Registered interests
0
0 registered categories
3
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
202 of 212 votes
#1
Work / Employment
42 of 42 votes
Foreign Affairs
67 of 82 votes
#2
Housing
32 of 32 votes
Trade
75 of 94 votes
#3
Democracy / Parliament
14 of 14 votes
Housing
53 of 67 votes
#4
Migration
13 of 13 votes
Defence
53 of 71 votes
#5
Digital / Online Safety
11 of 11 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill: Third Reading 20 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
Aye
Aye
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: New Clause 12 20 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
Aye
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: New Clause 7 20 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
Aye
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: Amendment 32 20 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
Aye
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: Amendment 51 20 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
Aye
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: New Clause 21 19 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
Aye
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: Amendment 47 19 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
Aye
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: Amendment 4 19 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
Aye
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: Amendment 52 19 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
Aye
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: Amendment 23 19 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
Where they voted the same
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 88 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
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
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