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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
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Alison Bennett
LD Mid Sussex

Voting alignment

Alberto Costa and Alison Bennett voted the same way 75% of the time, based on 281 shared comparable votes.

212 same votes 69 different votes 281 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
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
10 Aye 15 No
Education 92% aligned 25 shared votes
12 Aye 13 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
6 Aye 16 No
Housing 64% aligned 22 shared votes
8 Aye 14 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
71.5%
1% below average
Rank 392 of 649
1,927
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
422
590 eligible divisions
912
47.3% of votes cast
Aye votes
226
53.6% of votes cast
1,015
52.7% of votes cast
No votes
196
46.4% 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

22
-60.3 vs Commons average
Rank 587 of 649
Appearances
135
+52.7 vs Commons average
Rank 87 of 649
23
-120.5 vs Commons average
Rank 594 of 649
Contributions
157
+13.5 vs Commons average
Rank 189 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
£141,775
all imported IPSA years
£291,572
29% above average
Latest expenses
£141,775
37% below average
29
7 registered categories
Registered interests
5
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
Housing
27 of 32 votes
Work / Employment
70 of 77 votes
#4
Defence
28 of 34 votes
Trade
80 of 91 votes
#5
Education
40 of 50 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading 11 Sept 2026
Aye
No
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
Aye
Aye
Social Housing Bill [Lords]: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 10 Sept 2026
Housing
No
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: New Clause 142 8 Sept 2026
No
Aye
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 19 14 Jul 2026
No
Aye
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 199 14 Jul 2026
No
Aye
Immigration and Asylum Bill: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 13 Jul 2026
Migration
No
No
Draft Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Act 2026 (Establishment of Schools) (Consequential Amendments) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
Education
Aye
No
National Security (State Threats) Bill: motion to agree to Lords Amendment 1 6 Jul 2026
Defence
Aye
Where they voted the same
Aye
Health Bill: Report Stage: Amendment 1 8 Sept 2026
Aye
Aye
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 145 7 Sept 2026
Aye
No
Draft Town and Country Planning (Discharge of Local Planning Authority Functions) (England) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
No
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
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