Deirdre Costigan

Labour · Ealing Southall

FULL PROFILE

Deirdre Costigan is the Labour MP for Ealing Southall, first elected in 2024. She currently serves as Assistant Whip. As a government backbencher seeking advancement, they are likely to vote loyally.

Ideology

Economiccentre-left -0.4

LEFTRIGHT

Socialno data

LIBERALCONSERVATIVE

Sovereigntyno data

PRO-EUNATIONALIST

Voting Behaviour

Rebellion Rate0.5% loyal

Attendance97.1%

Key Interests

Disability rights and employment · Welfare reform · Healthcare and community care · Housing and renters' rights · Child poverty

Positions

Welfare reform — Supportive of increasing universal credit and fixing welfare system

moderate

Disability rights — Strong advocate for disabled workers' employment rights

strong

Child poverty — Critical of Conservative policies that increased child poverty

moderate

Healthcare — Supports shifting care from hospitals to community settings

moderate

Housing — Welcomes Renters' Rights Bill

weak

Windrush compensation — Supportive of victims accessing deserved compensation

weak

Reasoning Style

Constituency-focused and advocacy-based, drawing on trade union background to highlight practical impacts on working people, particularly disabled workers and families in poverty

Background

Deirdre Costigan worked as a disability officer at the country's biggest trade union before entering Parliament, where she advocated for disabled workers' rights and witnessed union members being forced out of jobs due to disability discrimination.