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Alberto Costa vs Gareth Bacon

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


Voting alignment

Alberto Costa and Gareth Bacon voted the same way 100% of the time, based on 1,255 shared comparable votes.

1,254 same votes 1 different votes 1,255 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
64 Aye 99 No
Tax 100% aligned 163 shared votes
64 Aye 99 No
79 Aye 67 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 146 shared votes
79 Aye 67 No
88 Aye 42 No
Migration 100% aligned 130 shared votes
88 Aye 42 No
32 Aye 29 No
Brexit / EU 100% aligned 61 shared votes
32 Aye 29 No
25 Aye 36 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 61 shared votes
25 Aye 36 No
Most different by topic
64 Aye 99 No
Tax 100% aligned 163 shared votes
64 Aye 99 No
79 Aye 67 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 146 shared votes
79 Aye 67 No
88 Aye 42 No
Migration 100% aligned 130 shared votes
88 Aye 42 No
32 Aye 29 No
Brexit / EU 100% aligned 61 shared votes
32 Aye 29 No
25 Aye 36 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 61 shared votes
25 Aye 36 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
87.8 %
15 % above average
Rank 49 of 649
1,915
2,361 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,442
1,643 eligible divisions
905
47.3 % of votes cast
Aye votes
707
49.0 % of votes cast
1,010
52.7 % of votes cast
No votes
735
51.0 % of votes cast
9
0.5 % of votes cast
Against party
5
0.3 % of votes cast
11 years, 3 months
Since 7 May 2015
Commons service
6 years, 8 months
Since 12 Dec 2019

Debates

20
-57.9 vs Commons average
Rank 587 of 650
Appearances
52
-25.9 vs Commons average
Rank 412 of 650
21
-117.3 vs Commons average
Rank 594 of 650
Contributions
65
-73.3 vs Commons average
Rank 437 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
£1,123,891
all imported IPSA years
£291,572
29 % above average
Latest expenses
£268,955
19 % above average
29
7 registered categories
Registered interests
2
2 registered categories
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
63 of 63 votes
Foreign Affairs
64 of 69 votes
#2
Trade
52 of 53 votes
Environment / Climate
44 of 48 votes
#3
Work / Employment
64 of 67 votes
Work / Employment
70 of 77 votes
#4
Environment / Climate
42 of 44 votes
Trade
80 of 91 votes
#5
Migration
146 of 154 votes
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API