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Alberto Costa vs Chris Ward

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 Ward
Chris Ward
Lab Brighton Kemptown and Peacehaven

Voting alignment

Alberto Costa and Chris Ward voted the same way 2% of the time, based on 323 shared comparable votes.

7 same votes 316 different votes 323 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 8 No
Benefits 15% aligned 13 shared votes
6 Aye 7 No
3 Aye 4 No
Migration 14% aligned 7 shared votes
3 Aye 4 No
16 Aye 12 No
Crime / Justice 11% aligned 28 shared votes
11 Aye 17 No
35 Aye 45 No
Tax 0% aligned 80 shared votes
45 Aye 35 No
8 Aye 29 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 37 shared votes
29 Aye 8 No
Most different by topic
35 Aye 45 No
Tax 0% aligned 80 shared votes
45 Aye 35 No
8 Aye 29 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 37 shared votes
29 Aye 8 No
9 Aye 17 No
Education 0% aligned 26 shared votes
17 Aye 9 No
11 Aye 8 No
Defence 0% aligned 19 shared votes
8 Aye 11 No
9 Aye 9 No
Transport 0% aligned 18 shared votes
9 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
72.2%
same as average
Rank 376 of 649
1,927
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
426
590 eligible divisions
912
47.3% of votes cast
Aye votes
222
52.1% of votes cast
1,015
52.7% of votes cast
No votes
204
47.9% of votes cast
9
0.5% of votes cast
Against party
0
0.0% of votes cast
11 years, 4 months
Since 7 May 2015
Commons service
2 years, 2 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

22
-60.2 vs Commons average
Rank 587 of 649
Appearances
61
-21.2 vs Commons average
Rank 366 of 649
23
-120.3 vs Commons average
Rank 594 of 649
Contributions
239
+95.7 vs Commons average
Rank 96 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
£203,111
all imported IPSA years
£291,572
29% above average
Latest expenses
£203,111
10% below average
29
7 registered categories
Registered interests
0
0 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
Environment / Climate
9 of 9 votes
Foreign Affairs
64 of 69 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
4 of 4 votes
Environment / Climate
44 of 48 votes
#3
Work / Employment
38 of 39 votes
Work / Employment
70 of 77 votes
#4
Benefits
29 of 30 votes
Trade
80 of 91 votes
#5
Transport
27 of 29 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading 11 Sept 2026
Aye
No
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
Aye
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: New Clause 145 7 Sept 2026
No
No
Draft Trade Unions (Permissible Means of Voting) and Employment Rights (Unfair Dismissal) (Amendment) Order 2026 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
Aye
No
Draft Code of Practice on Electronic and Workplace Ballots for Statutory Trade Union Ballots 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
Aye
Aye
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 19 14 Jul 2026
No
Aye
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 199 14 Jul 2026
No
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
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
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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