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Alberto Costa vs Alison Bennett

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

Photograph of Alberto Costa
Alberto Costa
Con South Leicestershire
vs
Photograph of Alison Bennett
Alison Bennett
LD Mid Sussex

Voting alignment

Alberto Costa and Alison Bennett voted the same way 78% of the time, based on 269 shared comparable votes.

209 same votes 60 different votes 269 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
10 Aye 14 No
Education 96% aligned 24 shared votes
11 Aye 13 No
23 Aye 39 No
Tax 95% aligned 62 shared votes
26 Aye 36 No
3 Aye 14 No
Devolution / Local Government 94% aligned 17 shared votes
2 Aye 15 No
5 Aye 21 No
Work / Employment 88% aligned 26 shared votes
6 Aye 20 No
14 Aye 8 No
Defence 82% aligned 22 shared votes
12 Aye 10 No
Most different by topic
0 Aye 6 No
Energy 0% aligned 6 shared votes
6 Aye 0 No
2 Aye 3 No
Democracy / Parliament 0% aligned 5 shared votes
3 Aye 2 No
2 Aye 5 No
Environment / Climate 29% aligned 7 shared votes
7 Aye 0 No
2 Aye 2 No
Digital / Online Safety 50% aligned 4 shared votes
2 Aye 2 No
4 Aye 7 No
Benefits 64% aligned 11 shared votes
4 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 183 of 650
Participation
72.0 %
1 % below average
Rank 387 of 650
1,906
2,350 eligible divisions
Total votes
406
564 eligible divisions
901
47.3 % of votes cast
Aye votes
217
53.4 % of votes cast
1,005
52.7 % of votes cast
No votes
189
46.6 % of votes cast
9
0.5 % of votes cast
Against party
0
0.0 % of votes cast
11 years, 2 months
Since 7 May 2015
Commons service
2 years, 0 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

13
-57.9 vs Commons average
Rank 609 of 650
Appearances
131
+60.1 vs Commons average
Rank 66 of 650
14
-111.8 vs Commons average
Rank 613 of 650
Contributions
149
+23.2 vs Commons average
Rank 165 of 650

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

Financials and interests

£2,033,867
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£141,775
all imported IPSA years
£291,572
29 % above average
Latest expenses
£141,775
37 % below average
29
7 registered categories
Registered interests
4
3 registered categories
3
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
2
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
Devolution / Local Government
24 of 24 votes
Foreign Affairs
64 of 69 votes
#2
Environment / Climate
9 of 9 votes
Environment / Climate
44 of 48 votes
#3
Trade
5 of 5 votes
Work / Employment
68 of 75 votes
#4
Housing
26 of 31 votes
Trade
78 of 89 votes
#5
Defence
28 of 34 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No
National Security (State Threats) Bill: motion to agree to Lords Amendment 1 6 Jul 2026
Defence
Aye
No
Draft Climate Change Act 2008 (Credit Limit) Order 2026 24 Jun 2026
Environment / Climate
Aye
No
Draft Climate Change Act 2008 (International Aviation and International Shipping) Regulations 2026 24 Jun 2026
Environment / Climate Transport
Aye
No
Draft Carbon Budget Order 2026 24 Jun 2026
Environment / Climate
Aye
Aye
Armed Forces Bill Report Stage: New Clause 11 22 Jun 2026
Defence
No
Aye
National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: Amendment 3 17 Jun 2026
Defence
No
Aye
Armed Forces Bill Committee: New Clause 6 2 Jun 2026
Defence
No
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (l) 20 May 2026
Aye
No
Draft Employment Rights Act 2025 (Investigatory Powers) (Consequential Amendments) Regulations 2026 18 Mar 2026
Crime / Justice Digital / Online Safety Work / Employment
Aye
Aye
Representation of the People Bill: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 2 Mar 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
Where they voted the same
No
Customs (Tariff and Miscellaneous Amendments) (No. 4) Regulations 2026 24 Jun 2026
Trade
No
Aye
Armed Forces Bill Report Stage: Amendment 11 22 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
Aye
Armed Forces Bill Report Stage: New Clause 4 22 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
Aye
National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: New Clause 3 17 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
Aye
National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: Amendment 13 17 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
Aye
National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: Amendment 8 17 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
Aye
Cyber Security and Resilience (Network and Information Systems) Bill Remaining Stages: Amendment 3 16 Jun 2026
Aye
Aye
Cyber Security and Resilience (Network and Information Systems) Bill Remaining Stages: New Clause 14 16 Jun 2026
Aye
No
Railways Bill: Third Reading 10 Jun 2026
Transport
No
Aye
Railways Bill Remaining Stages: Amendment 148 10 Jun 2026
Transport
Aye
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