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Alberto Costa vs Dave Robertson

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 Dave Robertson
Dave Robertson
Lab Lichfield

Voting alignment

Alberto Costa and Dave Robertson voted the same way 2% of the time, based on 359 shared comparable votes.

8 same votes 351 different votes 359 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
4 Aye 9 No
Benefits 15% aligned 13 shared votes
7 Aye 6 No
6 Aye 5 No
Democracy / Parliament 9% aligned 11 shared votes
4 Aye 7 No
21 Aye 20 No
Crime / Justice 7% aligned 41 shared votes
19 Aye 22 No
36 Aye 44 No
Tax 0% aligned 80 shared votes
44 Aye 36 No
12 Aye 17 No
Education 0% aligned 29 shared votes
17 Aye 12 No
Most different by topic
36 Aye 44 No
Tax 0% aligned 80 shared votes
44 Aye 36 No
12 Aye 17 No
Education 0% aligned 29 shared votes
17 Aye 12 No
8 Aye 19 No
Housing 0% aligned 27 shared votes
19 Aye 8 No
5 Aye 22 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 27 shared votes
22 Aye 5 No
13 Aye 8 No
Defence 0% aligned 21 shared votes
8 Aye 13 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
86.8%
14% above average
Rank 63 of 649
1,927
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
512
590 eligible divisions
912
47.3% of votes cast
Aye votes
276
53.9% of votes cast
1,015
52.7% of votes cast
No votes
236
46.1% of votes cast
9
0.5% of votes cast
Against party
4
0.8% of votes cast
11 years, 4 months
Since 7 May 2015
Commons service
2 years, 2 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

21
-60.7 vs Commons average
Rank 587 of 649
Appearances
103
+21.3 vs Commons average
Rank 153 of 649
22
-120.3 vs Commons average
Rank 594 of 649
Contributions
136
-6.3 vs Commons average
Rank 219 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
£212,620
all imported IPSA years
£291,572
29% above average
Latest expenses
£212,620
6% below average
29
7 registered categories
Registered interests
2
1 registered category
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
Housing
32 of 32 votes
Foreign Affairs
64 of 69 votes
#2
Energy
20 of 20 votes
Environment / Climate
44 of 48 votes
#3
Democracy / Parliament
14 of 14 votes
Work / Employment
70 of 77 votes
#4
Digital / Online Safety
11 of 11 votes
Trade
80 of 91 votes
#5
NHS / Health
11 of 11 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
Aye
Social Housing Bill [Lords]: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 10 Sept 2026
Housing
No
No
Draft Plant Health, Seeds, Seed Potatoes and Plant Propagating Material (Amendment) (Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026 9 Sept 2026
Aye
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
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
Immigration and Asylum Bill: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 13 Jul 2026
Migration
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
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
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill Report Stage: Amendment (a) to New Clause 10 16 May 2025
Aye
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