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Alan Strickland vs Alberto Costa

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

Photograph of Alan Strickland
Alan Strickland
Lab Newton Aycliffe and Spennymoor
vs
Photograph of Alberto Costa
Alberto Costa
Con South Leicestershire

Voting alignment

Alan Strickland and Alberto Costa voted the same way 2% of the time, based on 341 shared comparable votes.

8 same votes 333 different votes 341 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
2 Aye 4 No
Migration 17% aligned 6 shared votes
3 Aye 3 No
6 Aye 7 No
Benefits 15% aligned 13 shared votes
5 Aye 8 No
18 Aye 23 No
Crime / Justice 7% aligned 41 shared votes
22 Aye 19 No
47 Aye 36 No
Tax 0% aligned 83 shared votes
36 Aye 47 No
16 Aye 12 No
Education 0% aligned 28 shared votes
12 Aye 16 No
Most different by topic
47 Aye 36 No
Tax 0% aligned 83 shared votes
36 Aye 47 No
16 Aye 12 No
Education 0% aligned 28 shared votes
12 Aye 16 No
19 Aye 7 No
Housing 0% aligned 26 shared votes
7 Aye 19 No
16 Aye 8 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 24 shared votes
8 Aye 16 No
7 Aye 15 No
Defence 0% aligned 22 shared votes
15 Aye 7 No

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

Voting record

88.0 %
15 % above average
Rank 49 of 650
Participation
81.3 %
9 % above average
Rank 178 of 650
491
558 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,905
2,344 eligible divisions
250
50.9 % of votes cast
Aye votes
901
47.3 % of votes cast
241
49.1 % of votes cast
No votes
1,004
52.7 % of votes cast
10
2.0 % of votes cast
Against party
9
0.5 % of votes cast
1 years, 11 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
11 years, 1 months
Since 7 May 2015

Debates

28
-41.8 vs Commons average
Rank 542 of 650
Appearances
13
-56.8 vs Commons average
Rank 610 of 650
31
-92.9 vs Commons average
Rank 550 of 650
Contributions
14
-109.9 vs Commons average
Rank 613 of 650

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

Financials and interests

£174,611
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,033,867
all imported IPSA years
£174,611
23 % below average
Latest expenses
£291,572
29 % above average
0
0 registered categories
Registered interests
27
7 registered categories
0
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
3
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

Housing
31 of 31 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
199 of 211 votes
Transport
26 of 26 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
64 of 69 votes
Energy
17 of 17 votes
#3
Environment / Climate
44 of 48 votes
NHS / Health
11 of 11 votes
#4
Energy
61 of 67 votes
Environment / Climate
9 of 9 votes
#5
Work / Employment
68 of 75 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Draft Climate Change Act 2008 (Credit Limit) Order 2026 24 Jun 2026
Environment / Climate
No
Aye
Draft Climate Change Act 2008 (International Aviation and International Shipping) Regulations 2026 24 Jun 2026
Environment / Climate Transport
No
Aye
Draft Carbon Budget Order 2026 24 Jun 2026
Environment / Climate
No
Aye
Customs (Tariff and Miscellaneous Amendments) (No. 4) Regulations 2026 24 Jun 2026
Trade
No
No
Opposition Day: Puberty blockers 23 Jun 2026
Aye
Aye
Opposition Day Motion: Defence spending and readiness - Prime Minister's Amendment 23 Jun 2026
Defence
No
No
Opposition day: Defence spending and readiness 23 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
No
Armed Forces Bill Report Stage: Amendment 11 22 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
No
Armed Forces Bill Report Stage: New Clause 11 22 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
No
Armed Forces Bill Report Stage: New Clause 4 22 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
Where they voted the same
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
Aye
Terrorism Act 2000 (Proscribed Organisations) (Amendment) Order 2025 2 Jul 2025
Crime / Justice
Aye
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Third Reading 20 Jun 2025
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
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading 29 Nov 2024
No
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