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Alberto Costa vs Catherine McKinnell

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 Catherine McKinnell
Catherine McKinnell
Lab Newcastle upon Tyne North

Voting alignment

Alberto Costa and Catherine McKinnell voted the same way 5% of the time, based on 1,387 shared comparable votes.

72 same votes 1,315 different votes 1,387 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
12 Aye 16 No
NHS / Health 7% aligned 28 shared votes
18 Aye 10 No
38 Aye 25 No
Trade 6% aligned 63 shared votes
29 Aye 34 No
67 Aye 97 No
Brexit / EU 6% aligned 164 shared votes
99 Aye 65 No
13 Aye 26 No
Benefits 5% aligned 39 shared votes
24 Aye 15 No
14 Aye 28 No
Energy 5% aligned 42 shared votes
30 Aye 12 No
Most different by topic
26 Aye 33 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 59 shared votes
33 Aye 26 No
20 Aye 33 No
Foreign Affairs 0% aligned 53 shared votes
33 Aye 20 No
16 Aye 33 No
Housing 0% aligned 49 shared votes
33 Aye 16 No
23 Aye 22 No
Defence 0% aligned 45 shared votes
22 Aye 23 No
24 Aye 10 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 34 shared votes
10 Aye 24 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
68.2%
4% below average
Rank 458 of 649
1,927
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,621
2,376 eligible divisions
912
47.3% of votes cast
Aye votes
888
54.8% of votes cast
1,015
52.7% of votes cast
No votes
733
45.2% of votes cast
9
0.5% of votes cast
Against party
17
1.0% of votes cast
11 years, 4 months
Since 7 May 2015
Commons service
16 years, 4 months
Since 6 May 2010

Debates

22
-60.3 vs Commons average
Rank 587 of 649
Appearances
34
-48.3 vs Commons average
Rank 533 of 649
23
-120.5 vs Commons average
Rank 594 of 649
Contributions
70
-73.5 vs Commons average
Rank 444 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
£2,918,801
all imported IPSA years
£291,572
29% above average
Latest expenses
£312,180
38% above average
29
7 registered categories
Registered interests
7
4 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
Brexit / EU
173 of 211 votes
Foreign Affairs
64 of 69 votes
#2
Work / Employment
63 of 77 votes
Environment / Climate
44 of 48 votes
#3
Foreign Affairs
55 of 69 votes
Work / Employment
70 of 77 votes
#4
Housing
53 of 67 votes
Trade
80 of 91 votes
#5
Defence
55 of 71 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
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
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
Draft Supply of Machinery (Safety) (Amendment etc.) and the EU Machinery Regulation (Enforcement etc. in Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
Aye
No
Draft Town and Country Planning (Discharge of Local Planning Authority Functions) (England) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
Aye
Where they voted the same
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading 11 Sept 2026
No
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 88 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (l) 20 May 2026
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
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
No
Border Security, Asylum and Immigration Bill Report Stage: New Clause 21 12 May 2025
Migration
No
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