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Alberto Costa vs Alison Taylor

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 Taylor
Alison Taylor
Lab Paisley and Renfrewshire North

Voting alignment

Alberto Costa and Alison Taylor voted the same way 6% of the time, based on 204 shared comparable votes.

12 same votes 192 different votes 204 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
3 Aye 5 No
Benefits 25% aligned 8 shared votes
3 Aye 5 No
3 Aye 3 No
Migration 17% aligned 6 shared votes
2 Aye 4 No
5 Aye 2 No
Democracy / Parliament 14% aligned 7 shared votes
1 Aye 6 No
10 Aye 5 No
Crime / Justice 13% aligned 15 shared votes
5 Aye 10 No
16 Aye 30 No
Tax 0% aligned 46 shared votes
30 Aye 16 No
Most different by topic
16 Aye 30 No
Tax 0% aligned 46 shared votes
30 Aye 16 No
3 Aye 18 No
Housing 0% aligned 21 shared votes
18 Aye 3 No
4 Aye 12 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 16 shared votes
12 Aye 4 No
9 Aye 3 No
Defence 0% aligned 12 shared votes
3 Aye 9 No
6 Aye 6 No
Transport 0% aligned 12 shared votes
6 Aye 6 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
46.9%
26% below average
Rank 626 of 649
1,927
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
277
590 eligible divisions
912
47.3% of votes cast
Aye votes
118
42.6% of votes cast
1,015
52.7% of votes cast
No votes
159
57.4% of votes cast
9
0.5% of votes cast
Against party
14
5.1% 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
53
-29.3 vs Commons average
Rank 430 of 649
23
-120.5 vs Commons average
Rank 594 of 649
Contributions
76
-67.5 vs Commons average
Rank 418 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
£192,583
all imported IPSA years
£291,572
29% above average
Latest expenses
£192,583
15% below average
29
7 registered categories
Registered interests
9
4 registered categories
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
NHS / Health
8 of 11 votes
Foreign Affairs
64 of 69 votes
#2
Democracy / Parliament
10 of 14 votes
Environment / Climate
44 of 48 votes
#3
Migration
9 of 13 votes
Work / Employment
70 of 77 votes
#4
Housing
22 of 32 votes
Trade
80 of 91 votes
#5
Transport
18 of 29 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
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading 11 Sept 2026
No
No
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
No
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 88 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
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
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Third Reading 20 Jun 2025
No
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill Report Stage: Amendment (a) to New Clause 10 16 May 2025
Aye
No
Closure motion 16 May 2025
No
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