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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 3% of the time, based on 351 shared comparable votes.

10 same votes 341 different votes 351 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
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
11 Aye 17 No
Education 0% aligned 28 shared votes
17 Aye 11 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
17 Aye 9 No
Defence 0% aligned 26 shared votes
9 Aye 17 No
7 Aye 19 No
Housing 0% aligned 26 shared votes
19 Aye 7 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 182 of 649
Participation
88.2 %
15 % above average
Rank 46 of 649
1,915
2,361 eligible divisions
Total votes
507
575 eligible divisions
905
47.3 % of votes cast
Aye votes
255
50.3 % of votes cast
1,010
52.7 % of votes cast
No votes
252
49.7 % of votes cast
9
0.5 % of votes cast
Against party
15
3.0 % of votes cast
11 years, 2 months
Since 7 May 2015
Commons service
2 years, 0 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

19
-58.6 vs Commons average
Rank 589 of 649
Appearances
110
+32.4 vs Commons average
Rank 122 of 649
20
-117.6 vs Commons average
Rank 599 of 649
Contributions
130
-7.6 vs Commons average
Rank 215 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
£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
31 of 31 votes
Foreign Affairs
64 of 69 votes
#2
Democracy / Parliament
10 of 10 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
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
Aye
Immigration and Asylum Bill: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 13 Jul 2026
Migration
No
No
Draft Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Act 2026 (Establishment of Schools) (Consequential Amendments) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
Education
Aye
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
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
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
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill Report Stage: Amendment (a) to New Clause 10 16 May 2025
Aye
No
Closure motion 16 May 2025
No
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading 29 Nov 2024
No
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