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Alberto Costa vs Douglas McAllister

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 Douglas McAllister
Douglas McAllister
Lab West Dunbartonshire

Voting alignment

Alberto Costa and Douglas McAllister voted the same way 4% of the time, based on 363 shared comparable votes.

13 same votes 350 different votes 363 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
6 Aye 5 No
Democracy / Parliament 9% aligned 11 shared votes
4 Aye 7 No
22 Aye 20 No
Crime / Justice 7% aligned 42 shared votes
19 Aye 23 No
29 Aye 43 No
Tax 0% aligned 72 shared votes
43 Aye 29 No
8 Aye 25 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 33 shared votes
25 Aye 8 No
Most different by topic
29 Aye 43 No
Tax 0% aligned 72 shared votes
43 Aye 29 No
8 Aye 25 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 33 shared votes
25 Aye 8 No
11 Aye 17 No
Education 0% aligned 28 shared votes
17 Aye 11 No
8 Aye 19 No
Housing 0% aligned 27 shared votes
19 Aye 8 No
17 Aye 9 No
Defence 0% aligned 26 shared votes
9 Aye 17 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
88.3%
16% above average
Rank 41 of 649
1,927
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
521
590 eligible divisions
912
47.3% of votes cast
Aye votes
257
49.3% of votes cast
1,015
52.7% of votes cast
No votes
264
50.7% of votes cast
9
0.5% of votes cast
Against party
17
3.3% of votes cast
11 years, 5 months
Since 7 May 2015
Commons service
2 years, 3 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

23
-60.6 vs Commons average
Rank 585 of 650
Appearances
110
+26.4 vs Commons average
Rank 141 of 650
24
-121.7 vs Commons average
Rank 597 of 650
Contributions
131
-14.7 vs Commons average
Rank 238 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
£142,257
all imported IPSA years
£291,572
29% above average
Latest expenses
£142,257
37% below average
29
7 registered categories
Registered interests
5
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
Democracy / Parliament
14 of 14 votes
Environment / Climate
44 of 48 votes
#3
Defence
33 of 34 votes
Work / Employment
70 of 77 votes
#4
Benefits
29 of 30 votes
Trade
80 of 91 votes
#5
Crime / Justice
59 of 62 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
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
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
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 145 7 Sept 2026
No
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 Code of Practice on Electronic and Workplace Ballots for Statutory Trade Union Ballots 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
Aye
Where they voted the same
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading 11 Sept 2026
No
No
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
No
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
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
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