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How Deirdre Costigan votes

Deirdre Costigan voted the same way as their party in 100% of the votes where parties gave instructions. In 0 of those 179 votes, they went the other way.

What does this mean?

Parties tell their MPs how to vote. Most MPs usually follow that. A high score is normal and says nothing about whether an MP is good or bad. We only count votes where parties gave instructions, not free votes. Words explained

Recent votes

DateVoteThey votedCompared with party
11 SepEnd of life for terminally ill adults: the first main voteForFree vote
11 SepA vote to end a debateForFree vote
10 SepSocial housing: an attempt to block itAgainstSame as party
8 SepHealth: a proposed changeAgainstSame as party
8 SepHealth: a proposed changeAgainstSame as party
8 SepHealth: a proposed changeAgainstSame as party

See every vote on Parliament’s site

Declared interests

MPs must publish certain paid work, gifts, donations and other interests. This is a record of what they declared, not a suggestion that anything is wrong.

No interests are currently registered for Deirdre Costigan.

Source: Register of Members’ Financial Interests · Parliament’s own page

Questions

MPs can ask ministers questions in writing. The questions show what an MP is working on, which votes cannot.

Deirdre Costigan asked 1 written questions in the last 12 months.

Who they asked

Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport1

Latest questions

27 Aug 2026 · to the Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
Answered 3 Sep 2026

Source: Written Questions API · Updated 4 Oct 2026

Expenses

MPs claim back money for running an office and working in two places. An independent body, IPSA, publishes every claim. This is what was paid in 2025-26.

PAID IN 2025-26
£24,739
Office costs · claims for running an office£22,278
Staffing · claims relating to staff£2,461

96 claims. For comparison, across the 657 MPs in IPSA’s file the middle MP was paid £18,469 and the average was £19,699.

Costs depend on many things, such as where an MP’s area is, what premises and staff they need, and whether they joined or left part-way through the year. This page does not say whether any amount is right or wrong. It covers the claims in IPSA’s individual business costs file, so it is not the full cost of an MP’s office.

Source: IPSA, individual business costs data · About this data

Election result and area

Deirdre Costigan represents Ealing Southall. Here is who won there at the last general election, and a few numbers about the area.

WINNER, 2024
Deirdre Costigan

Labour

MAJORITY
15,793

votes ahead of second place

TURNOUT
60%

of people who could vote did

Deirdre Costigan won with 49% of the votes, and Georgie Calle (Conservative) came second with 15%.

Votes for each party

Labour49% · 23,000
Conservative15% · 7,207
Green Party9% · 4,356
Workers Party of Britain9% · 4,237
Liberal Democrat6% · 2,832
Reform UK6% · 2,585
Everyone else6% · 2,599
Every candidate
CandidatePartyVotesShare
Deirdre CostiganLabour23,00049.1%
Georgie CalleConservative7,20715.4%
Neil ReynoldsGreen Party4,3569.3%
Darshan Singh AzadWorkers Party of Britain4,2379.1%
Tariq MahmoodLiberal Democrat2,8326.0%
Steve ChilcottReform UK2,5855.5%
Niko OmilanaIndependent7401.6%
Sangeet Kaur BhailIndependent5571.2%
Peter WardRejoin EU4751.0%
Joe BhanguIndependent3190.7%
Jaginder SinghIndependent2950.6%
Pedro Da ConceicaoIndependent2130.5%

2024 General Election, on today’s boundaries. Source: House of Commons Library via the Members API.

Your area at a glance

Typical pay for full-time workers who live here
£782 a week
This areaUK: £767 a week

Median gross weekly pay, 2025. Source: ONS, Annual Survey of Hours and Earnings.

Working-age people claiming unemployment-related benefits
6.7%
This areaUK: 3.9%

Share of people aged 16 to 64, August 2026. Source: ONS and DWP claimant count.

At a general election each area elects one MP, and the candidate with the most votes wins, even without more than half. The area figures describe the people who live here. They do not show whether any MP or vote is the cause.

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Has this changed over time? 90%95%100%Oct 25Sep 26
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Source: Commons Votes API

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