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Alberto Costa vs Edward Argar

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


Voting alignment

Alberto Costa and Edward Argar voted the same way 100% of the time, based on 1,878 shared comparable votes.

1,872 same votes 6 different votes 1,878 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
95 Aye 147 No
Tax 100% aligned 242 shared votes
95 Aye 147 No
81 Aye 118 No
Brexit / EU 100% aligned 199 shared votes
81 Aye 118 No
93 Aye 86 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 179 shared votes
93 Aye 86 No
100 Aye 46 No
Migration 100% aligned 146 shared votes
100 Aye 46 No
34 Aye 36 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 70 shared votes
34 Aye 36 No
Most different by topic
43 Aye 34 No
Trade 99% aligned 77 shared votes
42 Aye 35 No
43 Aye 36 No
Transport 99% aligned 79 shared votes
42 Aye 37 No
95 Aye 147 No
Tax 100% aligned 242 shared votes
95 Aye 147 No
81 Aye 118 No
Brexit / EU 100% aligned 199 shared votes
81 Aye 118 No
93 Aye 86 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 179 shared votes
93 Aye 86 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
89.9%
17% above average
Rank 20 of 649
1,927
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
2,136
2,376 eligible divisions
912
47.3% of votes cast
Aye votes
1,016
47.6% of votes cast
1,015
52.7% of votes cast
No votes
1,120
52.4% of votes cast
9
0.5% of votes cast
Against party
2
0.1% of votes cast
11 years, 4 months
Since 7 May 2015
Commons service
11 years, 4 months
Since 7 May 2015

Debates

23
-60.7 vs Commons average
Rank 585 of 649
Appearances
83
-0.7 vs Commons average
Rank 251 of 649
24
-121.9 vs Commons average
Rank 597 of 649
Contributions
129
-16.9 vs Commons average
Rank 243 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
£1,201,891
all imported IPSA years
£291,572
29% above average
Latest expenses
£201,413
11% below average
29
7 registered categories
Registered interests
1
1 registered category
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
199 of 211 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
209 of 211 votes
Foreign Affairs
64 of 69 votes
#2
Migration
164 of 171 votes
Environment / Climate
44 of 48 votes
#3
Environment / Climate
46 of 48 votes
Work / Employment
70 of 77 votes
#4
Democracy / Parliament
45 of 47 votes
Trade
80 of 91 votes
#5
Digital / Online Safety
57 of 60 votes
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API