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Alberto Costa vs Dan Carden

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 Dan Carden
Dan Carden
Lab Liverpool Walton

Voting alignment

Alberto Costa and Dan Carden voted the same way 5% of the time, based on 1,236 shared comparable votes.

59 same votes 1,177 different votes 1,236 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
64 Aye 89 No
Brexit / EU 7% aligned 153 shared votes
91 Aye 62 No
69 Aye 27 No
Migration 6% aligned 96 shared votes
23 Aye 73 No
16 Aye 23 No
Benefits 5% aligned 39 shared votes
21 Aye 18 No
9 Aye 11 No
NHS / Health 5% aligned 20 shared votes
12 Aye 8 No
31 Aye 25 No
Transport 4% aligned 56 shared votes
27 Aye 29 No
Most different by topic
20 Aye 37 No
Foreign Affairs 0% aligned 57 shared votes
37 Aye 20 No
20 Aye 21 No
Defence 0% aligned 41 shared votes
21 Aye 20 No
21 Aye 19 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 40 shared votes
19 Aye 21 No
13 Aye 25 No
Energy 0% aligned 38 shared votes
25 Aye 13 No
8 Aye 25 No
Digital / Online Safety 0% aligned 33 shared votes
25 Aye 8 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
68.8%
4% below average
Rank 450 of 649
1,927
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,460
2,121 eligible divisions
912
47.3% of votes cast
Aye votes
808
55.3% of votes cast
1,015
52.7% of votes cast
No votes
652
44.7% of votes cast
9
0.5% of votes cast
Against party
10
0.7% of votes cast
11 years, 4 months
Since 7 May 2015
Commons service
9 years, 3 months
Since 8 Jun 2017

Debates

22
-60.3 vs Commons average
Rank 587 of 649
Appearances
26
-56.3 vs Commons average
Rank 572 of 649
23
-120.5 vs Commons average
Rank 594 of 649
Contributions
37
-106.5 vs Commons average
Rank 558 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
£1,875,223
all imported IPSA years
£291,572
29% above average
Latest expenses
£298,675
32% above average
29
7 registered categories
Registered interests
19
5 registered categories
3
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
1
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
62 of 69 votes
Foreign Affairs
64 of 69 votes
#2
Brexit / EU
162 of 188 votes
Environment / Climate
44 of 48 votes
#3
Digital / Online Safety
41 of 49 votes
Work / Employment
70 of 77 votes
#4
Devolution / Local Government
52 of 63 votes
Trade
80 of 91 votes
#5
Trade
70 of 87 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
Aye
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 142 8 Sept 2026
No
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
Aye
Immigration and Asylum Bill: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 13 Jul 2026
Migration
No
No
National Security (State Threats) Bill: motion to agree to Lords Amendment 1 6 Jul 2026
Defence
Aye
No
Customs (Tariff and Miscellaneous Amendments) (No. 4) Regulations 2026 24 Jun 2026
Trade
Aye
Aye
Opposition Day: Puberty blockers 23 Jun 2026
No
Where they voted the same
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
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
No
Safety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) Bill Committee: Amendment 23 17 Jan 2024
Migration
No
No
Safety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) Bill Committee: Amendment 19 16 Jan 2024
Migration
No
No
Safety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) Bill Committee: Amendment 10 16 Jan 2024
Migration
No
No
Scotland (Self-Determination): Ten Minute Rule Motion 16 Jan 2024
No
Aye
Draft Equality Act 2010 (Amendment) Regulations 2023 13 Dec 2023
Aye
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