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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
vs
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 262 shared comparable votes.

2 same votes 260 different votes 262 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
3 Aye 3 No
Migration 17% aligned 6 shared votes
2 Aye 4 No
28 Aye 41 No
Tax 1% aligned 69 shared votes
40 Aye 29 No
12 Aye 21 No
Education 0% aligned 33 shared votes
21 Aye 12 No
11 Aye 13 No
Crime / Justice 0% aligned 24 shared votes
13 Aye 11 No
8 Aye 12 No
Housing 0% aligned 20 shared votes
12 Aye 8 No
Most different by topic
12 Aye 21 No
Education 0% aligned 33 shared votes
21 Aye 12 No
11 Aye 13 No
Crime / Justice 0% aligned 24 shared votes
13 Aye 11 No
8 Aye 12 No
Housing 0% aligned 20 shared votes
12 Aye 8 No
7 Aye 10 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 17 shared votes
10 Aye 7 No
7 Aye 7 No
Transport 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

68.2 %
5 % below average
Rank 473 of 648
Participation
94.5 %
21 % above average
Rank 4 of 648
1,576
2,312 eligible divisions
Total votes
497
526 eligible divisions
731
46.4 % of votes cast
Aye votes
259
52.1 % of votes cast
845
53.6 % of votes cast
No votes
238
47.9 % of votes cast
36
2.3 % of votes cast
Against party
1
0.2 % of votes cast
25 years, 0 months
Since 7 Jun 2001
Commons service
1 years, 11 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

96
+35.3 vs Commons average
Rank 96 of 648
Appearances
28
-32.7 vs Commons average
Rank 518 of 648
274
+164.7 vs Commons average
Rank 45 of 648
Contributions
41
-68.3 vs Commons average
Rank 498 of 648

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
5
2 registered categories
Registered interests
0
0 registered categories
0
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

Brexit / EU
202 of 211 votes
#1
Work / Employment
37 of 37 votes
Foreign Affairs
55 of 69 votes
#2
Housing
31 of 31 votes
Housing
52 of 66 votes
#3
Transport
21 of 21 votes
Trade
69 of 88 votes
#4
Digital / Online Safety
11 of 11 votes
Defence
46 of 59 votes
#5
Migration
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 6 2 Jun 2026
Defence
No
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
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
No
English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill: Amendments (a) to (h) in lieu of Lords Amendments 85 and 86, 97 to 116, 120, 121 and 123 27 Apr 2026
Devolution / Local Government
Aye
No
English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendments 94B and 94C 27 Apr 2026
Devolution / Local Government
Aye
No
English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendments 89B and 89C 27 Apr 2026
Devolution / Local Government
Aye
Where they voted the same
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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Voting source Commons Votes API