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Alberto Costa vs Brian Mathew

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


Voting alignment

Alberto Costa and Brian Mathew voted the same way 79% of the time, based on 253 shared comparable votes.

200 same votes 53 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
24 Aye 30 No
Tax 100% aligned 54 shared votes
24 Aye 30 No
4 Aye 0 No
NHS / Health 100% aligned 4 shared votes
4 Aye 0 No
7 Aye 13 No
Education 95% aligned 20 shared votes
8 Aye 12 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
Most different by topic
3 Aye 2 No
Democracy / Parliament 20% aligned 5 shared votes
3 Aye 2 No
1 Aye 4 No
Environment / Climate 20% aligned 5 shared votes
5 Aye 0 No
2 Aye 5 No
Digital / Online Safety 57% aligned 7 shared votes
3 Aye 4 No
4 Aye 7 No
Benefits 64% aligned 11 shared votes
4 Aye 7 No
6 Aye 17 No
Housing 65% aligned 23 shared votes
8 Aye 15 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
65.8%
7% below average
Rank 505 of 649
1,927
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
388
590 eligible divisions
912
47.3% of votes cast
Aye votes
196
50.5% of votes cast
1,015
52.7% of votes cast
No votes
192
49.5% of votes cast
9
0.5% of votes cast
Against party
13
3.4% of votes cast
11 years, 4 months
Since 7 May 2015
Commons service
2 years, 3 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

23
-60.7 vs Commons average
Rank 585 of 649
Appearances
82
-1.7 vs Commons average
Rank 254 of 649
24
-121.9 vs Commons average
Rank 597 of 649
Contributions
92
-53.9 vs Commons average
Rank 364 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
£157,740
all imported IPSA years
£291,572
29% above average
Latest expenses
£157,740
30% below average
29
7 registered categories
Registered interests
4
3 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
Foreign Affairs
64 of 69 votes
#2
Digital / Online Safety
10 of 11 votes
Environment / Climate
44 of 48 votes
#3
NHS / Health
10 of 11 votes
Work / Employment
70 of 77 votes
#4
Housing
28 of 32 votes
Trade
80 of 91 votes
#5
Benefits
25 of 30 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