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Alberto Costa vs Adam Thompson

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

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Alberto Costa
Con South Leicestershire
vs
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Adam Thompson
Lab Erewash

Voting alignment

Alberto Costa and Adam Thompson voted the same way 2% of the time, based on 376 shared comparable votes.

8 same votes 368 different votes 376 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
5 Aye 9 No
Benefits 14% aligned 14 shared votes
7 Aye 7 No
4 Aye 4 No
Migration 13% aligned 8 shared votes
3 Aye 5 No
6 Aye 5 No
Democracy / Parliament 9% aligned 11 shared votes
4 Aye 7 No
24 Aye 20 No
Crime / Justice 7% aligned 44 shared votes
19 Aye 25 No
29 Aye 45 No
Tax 0% aligned 74 shared votes
45 Aye 29 No
Most different by topic
29 Aye 45 No
Tax 0% aligned 74 shared votes
45 Aye 29 No
12 Aye 18 No
Education 0% aligned 30 shared votes
18 Aye 12 No
17 Aye 10 No
Defence 0% aligned 27 shared votes
10 Aye 17 No
7 Aye 19 No
Housing 0% aligned 26 shared votes
19 Aye 7 No
8 Aye 18 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 26 shared votes
18 Aye 8 No

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

Voting record

81.1%
8% above average
Rank 179 of 649
Participation
92.5%
20% above average
Rank 9 of 649
1,927
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
546
590 eligible divisions
912
47.3% of votes cast
Aye votes
270
49.5% of votes cast
1,015
52.7% of votes cast
No votes
276
50.5% of votes cast
9
0.5% of votes cast
Against party
2
0.4% of votes cast
11 years, 4 months
Since 7 May 2015
Commons service
2 years, 3 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

23
-60.7 vs Commons average
Rank 585 of 649
Appearances
97
+13.3 vs Commons average
Rank 187 of 649
24
-121.9 vs Commons average
Rank 597 of 649
Contributions
112
-33.9 vs Commons average
Rank 302 of 649

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

Financials and interests

£2,033,867
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£179,664
all imported IPSA years
£291,572
29% above average
Latest expenses
£179,664
21% below average
29
7 registered categories
Registered interests
4
1 registered category
3
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
199 of 211 votes
#1
Defence
34 of 34 votes
Foreign Affairs
64 of 69 votes
#2
Benefits
30 of 30 votes
Environment / Climate
44 of 48 votes
#3
Transport
29 of 29 votes
Work / Employment
70 of 77 votes
#4
Devolution / Local Government
24 of 24 votes
Trade
80 of 91 votes
#5
Energy
20 of 20 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No
Draft Plant Health, Seeds, Seed Potatoes and Plant Propagating Material (Amendment) (Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026 9 Sept 2026
Aye
Aye
Health Bill: Report Stage: Amendment 1 8 Sept 2026
No
Aye
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 143 8 Sept 2026
No
Aye
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 142 8 Sept 2026
No
Aye
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 145 7 Sept 2026
No
No
Representation of the People Bill: Third Reading 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
Aye
Aye
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 67 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
Aye
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 65 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
No
Draft Trade Unions (Permissible Means of Voting) and Employment Rights (Unfair Dismissal) (Amendment) Order 2026 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
Aye
No
Draft Code of Practice on Electronic and Workplace Ballots for Statutory Trade Union Ballots 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
Aye
Where they voted the same
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 88 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (l) 20 May 2026
No
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
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
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