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Alberto Costa vs Apsana Begum

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


Voting alignment

Alberto Costa and Apsana Begum voted the same way 5% of the time, based on 921 shared comparable votes.

44 same votes 877 different votes 921 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
2 Aye 7 No
Digital / Online Safety 11% aligned 9 shared votes
6 Aye 3 No
11 Aye 15 No
NHS / Health 8% aligned 26 shared votes
17 Aye 9 No
6 Aye 23 No
Housing 7% aligned 29 shared votes
23 Aye 6 No
64 Aye 48 No
Crime / Justice 5% aligned 112 shared votes
50 Aye 62 No
17 Aye 22 No
Benefits 5% aligned 39 shared votes
20 Aye 19 No
Most different by topic
26 Aye 24 No
Brexit / EU 0% aligned 50 shared votes
24 Aye 26 No
23 Aye 19 No
Defence 0% aligned 42 shared votes
19 Aye 23 No
18 Aye 17 No
Environment / Climate 0% aligned 35 shared votes
17 Aye 18 No
21 Aye 11 No
Trade 0% aligned 32 shared votes
11 Aye 21 No
9 Aye 19 No
Education 0% aligned 28 shared votes
19 Aye 9 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
69.5%
3% below average
Rank 441 of 649
1,927
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,152
1,658 eligible divisions
912
47.3% of votes cast
Aye votes
600
52.1% of votes cast
1,015
52.7% of votes cast
No votes
552
47.9% of votes cast
9
0.5% of votes cast
Against party
24
2.1% of votes cast
11 years, 4 months
Since 7 May 2015
Commons service
6 years, 9 months
Since 12 Dec 2019

Debates

22
-60.3 vs Commons average
Rank 587 of 649
Appearances
83
+0.7 vs Commons average
Rank 245 of 649
23
-120.5 vs Commons average
Rank 594 of 649
Contributions
92
-51.5 vs Commons average
Rank 361 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
£1,215,832
all imported IPSA years
£291,572
29% above average
Latest expenses
£255,110
13% above average
29
7 registered categories
Registered interests
2
2 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
Benefits
57 of 68 votes
Foreign Affairs
64 of 69 votes
#2
Work / Employment
56 of 67 votes
Environment / Climate
44 of 48 votes
#3
Brexit / EU
52 of 63 votes
Work / Employment
70 of 77 votes
#4
Environment / Climate
36 of 44 votes
Trade
80 of 91 votes
#5
Democracy / Parliament
33 of 41 votes

Recent voting overlap

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