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Alberto Costa vs Dr Ben Spencer
A side-by-side comparison of voting participation, party rebellion, topic focus, and recent voting overlap.
Voting alignment
Alberto Costa and Dr Ben Spencer voted the same way 100% of the time, based on 1,173 shared comparable votes.
1,171 same votes
2 different votes
1,173 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
Most different by topic
Topic alignment uses local topic tags, so a division can count towards more than one topic.
Voting record
81.1%
8% above average
Participation
82.1%
10% above average
1,927
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,362
1,658 eligible divisions
912
47.3% of votes cast
Aye votes
655
48.1% of votes cast
1,015
52.7% of votes cast
No votes
707
51.9% of votes cast
9
0.5% of votes cast
Against party
13
1.0% of votes cast
11 years, 4 months
Since 7 May 2015
Commons service
6 years, 9 months
Since 12 Dec 2019
Debates
23
-60.7 vs Commons average
Appearances
107
+23.3 vs Commons average
24
-121.9 vs Commons average
Contributions
220
+74.1 vs Commons average
Debate figures cover imported Hansard debate appearances from the last 12 months.
Financials and interests
£2,033,867
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£1,246,190
all imported IPSA years
£291,572
29% above average
Latest expenses
£263,058
16% above average
29
7 registered categories
Registered interests
5
3 registered categories
3
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
3
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
Recent voting overlap
Where they voted differently
Aye
No
rebel
Where they voted the same
No
No
Member source
UK Parliament Members API
Voting source
Commons Votes API