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Alberto Costa vs Alice Macdonald

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


Voting alignment

Alberto Costa and Alice Macdonald voted the same way 2% of the time, based on 352 shared comparable votes.

7 same votes 345 different votes 352 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
3 Aye 4 No
Migration 14% aligned 7 shared votes
3 Aye 4 No
6 Aye 5 No
Democracy / Parliament 9% aligned 11 shared votes
4 Aye 7 No
24 Aye 19 No
Crime / Justice 5% aligned 43 shared votes
19 Aye 24 No
36 Aye 33 No
Tax 0% aligned 69 shared votes
33 Aye 36 No
Most different by topic
36 Aye 33 No
Tax 0% aligned 69 shared votes
33 Aye 36 No
5 Aye 27 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 32 shared votes
27 Aye 5 No
16 Aye 9 No
Defence 0% aligned 25 shared votes
9 Aye 16 No
9 Aye 16 No
Education 0% aligned 25 shared votes
16 Aye 9 No
7 Aye 12 No
Housing 0% aligned 19 shared votes
12 Aye 7 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
84.7%
12% above average
Rank 99 of 649
1,927
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
500
590 eligible divisions
912
47.3% of votes cast
Aye votes
244
48.8% of votes cast
1,015
52.7% of votes cast
No votes
256
51.2% of votes cast
9
0.5% of votes cast
Against party
0
0.0% of votes cast
11 years, 4 months
Since 7 May 2015
Commons service
2 years, 2 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

21
-60.7 vs Commons average
Rank 588 of 649
Appearances
29
-52.7 vs Commons average
Rank 559 of 649
22
-120.3 vs Commons average
Rank 595 of 649
Contributions
35
-107.3 vs Commons average
Rank 561 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
£186,253
all imported IPSA years
£291,572
29% above average
Latest expenses
£186,253
18% below average
29
7 registered categories
Registered interests
7
3 registered categories
3
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
1
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
Benefits
30 of 30 votes
Foreign Affairs
64 of 69 votes
#2
Environment / Climate
44 of 48 votes
#3
Democracy / Parliament
14 of 14 votes
Work / Employment
70 of 77 votes
#4
Digital / Online Safety
11 of 11 votes
Trade
80 of 91 votes
#5
Crime / Justice
60 of 62 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
Aye
Where they voted the same
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API