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Alberto Costa vs Chris Kane

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 Chris Kane
Chris Kane
Lab Stirling and Strathallan

Voting alignment

Alberto Costa and Chris Kane voted the same way 2% of the time, based on 350 shared comparable votes.

7 same votes 343 different votes 350 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
5 Aye 6 No
Benefits 18% aligned 11 shared votes
4 Aye 7 No
2 Aye 4 No
Migration 17% aligned 6 shared votes
3 Aye 3 No
6 Aye 5 No
Democracy / Parliament 9% aligned 11 shared votes
4 Aye 7 No
12 Aye 14 No
Crime / Justice 8% aligned 26 shared votes
14 Aye 12 No
35 Aye 44 No
Tax 0% aligned 79 shared votes
44 Aye 35 No
Most different by topic
35 Aye 44 No
Tax 0% aligned 79 shared votes
44 Aye 35 No
7 Aye 27 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 34 shared votes
27 Aye 7 No
12 Aye 18 No
Education 0% aligned 30 shared votes
18 Aye 12 No
14 Aye 9 No
Defence 0% aligned 23 shared votes
9 Aye 14 No
8 Aye 10 No
Housing 0% aligned 18 shared votes
10 Aye 8 No

Topic alignment uses local topic tags, so a division can count towards more than one topic.

Voting record

80.8%
8% above average
Rank 179 of 650
Participation
76.9%
4% above average
Rank 268 of 650
1,950
2,413 eligible divisions
Total votes
482
627 eligible divisions
923
47.3% of votes cast
Aye votes
240
49.8% of votes cast
1,027
52.7% of votes cast
No votes
242
50.2% of votes cast
9
0.5% of votes cast
Against party
0
0.0% of votes cast
11 years, 5 months
Since 7 May 2015
Commons service
2 years, 4 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

23
-70.6 vs Commons average
Rank 598 of 650
Appearances
88
-5.6 vs Commons average
Rank 272 of 650
24
-138.9 vs Commons average
Rank 607 of 650
Contributions
116
-46.9 vs Commons average
Rank 343 of 650

Debate figures cover imported Hansard debate appearances from the last 12 months.

Financials and interests

£2,033,867
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£221,638
all imported IPSA years
£291,572
29% above average
Latest expenses
£221,638
2% below average
30
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
200 of 212 votes
#1
Democracy / Parliament
14 of 14 votes
Foreign Affairs
76 of 82 votes
#2
Digital / Online Safety
11 of 11 votes
Environment / Climate
44 of 49 votes
#3
Foreign Affairs
16 of 17 votes
Work / Employment
70 of 80 votes
#4
Work / Employment
38 of 42 votes
Energy
61 of 70 votes
#5
Tax
100 of 114 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No
Budget Resolution No. 86: High value council tax surcharge 3 Nov 2026
Aye
No
Budget Resolution No. 76: Rates of alcohol duty 3 Nov 2026
Aye
No
Budget Resolution No. 15: Charges in connection with employment visas 3 Nov 2026
Aye
No
Budget Resolution No. 8: Capital gains tax (business asset disposal relief) 3 Nov 2026
Aye
No
Budget Resolution No.7: Increase in rate of banking surcharge for temporary period 3 Nov 2026
Aye
No
Budget Resolution No. 3: Income tax (default, property and savings rates) 3 Nov 2026
Aye
No
Withdrawal Agreement (Windsor Framework and Governance) (Amendment) Regulations 2026 21 Oct 2026
Brexit / EU Foreign Affairs
Aye
No
Draft Railways (Interoperability in Northern Ireland) (Convention on International Carriage by Rail) (Amendment) Regulations 2026 21 Oct 2026
Transport
Aye
No
Draft Code of Practice on Access and Unfair Practices During the Recognition and Derecognition Process 21 Oct 2026
Aye
Aye
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: New Clause 12 20 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
Where they voted the same
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
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
Crime and Policing Bill Report Stage: Amendment 160 17 Jun 2025
Crime / Justice
No
No
Border Security, Asylum and Immigration Bill Report Stage: New Clause 21 12 May 2025
Migration
No
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