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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 376 shared comparable votes.

8 same votes 368 different votes 376 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
22 Aye 21 No
Crime / Justice 7% aligned 43 shared votes
20 Aye 23 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

80.8%
8% above average
Rank 177 of 650
Participation
87.1%
15% above average
Rank 54 of 650
1,944
2,406 eligible divisions
Total votes
540
620 eligible divisions
923
47.5% of votes cast
Aye votes
288
53.3% of votes cast
1,021
52.5% of votes cast
No votes
252
46.7% of votes cast
9
0.5% of votes cast
Against party
4
0.7% of votes cast
11 years, 5 months
Since 7 May 2015
Commons service
2 years, 3 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

23
-70.0 vs Commons average
Rank 598 of 650
Appearances
130
+37.0 vs Commons average
Rank 127 of 650
24
-138.0 vs Commons average
Rank 607 of 650
Contributions
167
+5.0 vs Commons average
Rank 203 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
£212,620
all imported IPSA years
£291,572
29% above average
Latest expenses
£212,620
6% below average
30
7 registered categories
Registered interests
0
0 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
200 of 212 votes
#1
Housing
32 of 32 votes
Foreign Affairs
76 of 82 votes
#2
Energy
20 of 20 votes
Environment / Climate
44 of 49 votes
#3
Democracy / Parliament
14 of 14 votes
Work / Employment
70 of 80 votes
#4
Digital / Online Safety
11 of 11 votes
Energy
61 of 70 votes
#5
NHS / Health
11 of 11 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
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
Aye
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: New Clause 7 20 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
Aye
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: Amendment 32 20 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
Aye
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: Amendment 51 20 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
Aye
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: New Clause 21 19 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
Aye
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: Amendment 47 19 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
Aye
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: Amendment 4 19 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
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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