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Alberto Costa vs Ben Maguire

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


Voting alignment

Alberto Costa and Ben Maguire voted the same way 76% of the time, based on 253 shared comparable votes.

192 same votes 61 different votes 253 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
1 Aye 13 No
Devolution / Local Government 100% aligned 14 shared votes
1 Aye 13 No
4 Aye 0 No
NHS / Health 100% aligned 4 shared votes
4 Aye 0 No
8 Aye 14 No
Education 95% aligned 22 shared votes
9 Aye 13 No
24 Aye 26 No
Tax 92% aligned 50 shared votes
28 Aye 22 No
5 Aye 21 No
Work / Employment 88% aligned 26 shared votes
6 Aye 20 No
Most different by topic
0 Aye 5 No
Energy 0% aligned 5 shared votes
5 Aye 0 No
4 Aye 5 No
Democracy / Parliament 11% aligned 9 shared votes
6 Aye 3 No
2 Aye 6 No
Digital / Online Safety 50% aligned 8 shared votes
4 Aye 4 No
3 Aye 8 No
Benefits 55% aligned 11 shared votes
4 Aye 7 No
2 Aye 1 No
Trade 67% aligned 3 shared votes
3 Aye 0 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
60.3%
12% below average
Rank 571 of 649
1,927
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
356
590 eligible divisions
912
47.3% of votes cast
Aye votes
194
54.5% of votes cast
1,015
52.7% of votes cast
No votes
162
45.5% of votes cast
9
0.5% of votes cast
Against party
1
0.3% 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
97
+14.7 vs Commons average
Rank 182 of 649
23
-120.5 vs Commons average
Rank 594 of 649
Contributions
113
-30.5 vs Commons average
Rank 296 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
£178,125
all imported IPSA years
£291,572
29% above average
Latest expenses
£178,125
21% below average
29
7 registered categories
Registered interests
6
5 registered categories
3
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
5
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
Digital / Online Safety
11 of 11 votes
Foreign Affairs
64 of 69 votes
#2
Housing
27 of 32 votes
Environment / Climate
44 of 48 votes
#3
NHS / Health
9 of 11 votes
Work / Employment
70 of 77 votes
#4
Defence
27 of 34 votes
Trade
80 of 91 votes
#5
Democracy / Parliament
11 of 14 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