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Alberto Costa vs Dr Beccy Cooper

A side-by-side comparison of voting participation, party rebellion, topic focus, and recent voting overlap.


Voting alignment

Alberto Costa and Dr Beccy Cooper voted the same way 2% of the time, based on 306 shared comparable votes.

7 same votes 299 different votes 306 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
1 Aye 4 No
Migration 20% aligned 5 shared votes
3 Aye 2 No
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 18 No
Crime / Justice 8% aligned 40 shared votes
17 Aye 23 No
15 Aye 34 No
Tax 0% aligned 49 shared votes
34 Aye 15 No
Most different by topic
15 Aye 34 No
Tax 0% aligned 49 shared votes
34 Aye 15 No
8 Aye 30 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 38 shared votes
30 Aye 8 No
17 Aye 10 No
Defence 0% aligned 27 shared votes
10 Aye 17 No
3 Aye 14 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 17 shared votes
14 Aye 3 No
7 Aye 8 No
Transport 0% aligned 15 shared votes
8 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 179 of 649
Participation
74.1%
1% above average
Rank 332 of 649
1,927
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
437
590 eligible divisions
912
47.3% of votes cast
Aye votes
224
51.3% of votes cast
1,015
52.7% of votes cast
No votes
213
48.7% of votes cast
9
0.5% of votes cast
Against party
0
0.0% of votes cast
11 years, 4 months
Since 7 May 2015
Commons service
2 years, 2 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

22
-59.8 vs Commons average
Rank 585 of 649
Appearances
45
-36.8 vs Commons average
Rank 480 of 649
23
-119.5 vs Commons average
Rank 594 of 649
Contributions
64
-78.5 vs Commons average
Rank 460 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
£235,147
all imported IPSA years
£291,572
29% above average
Latest expenses
£235,147
4% above average
29
7 registered categories
Registered interests
10
3 registered categories
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
Work / Employment
39 of 39 votes
Foreign Affairs
64 of 69 votes
#2
Defence
34 of 34 votes
Environment / Climate
44 of 48 votes
#3
Democracy / Parliament
14 of 14 votes
Work / Employment
70 of 77 votes
#4
Foreign Affairs
4 of 4 votes
Trade
80 of 91 votes
#5

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
Aye
Where they voted the same
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API