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Alberto Costa vs Helen Whately
A side-by-side comparison of voting participation, party rebellion, topic focus, and recent voting overlap.
Voting alignment
Alberto Costa and Helen Whately voted the same way 99% of the time, based on 1,756 shared comparable votes.
1,747 same votes
9 different votes
1,756 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
80.9%
8% above average
Participation
83.4%
11% above average
1,930
2,387 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,991
2,387 eligible divisions
913
47.3% of votes cast
Aye votes
952
47.8% of votes cast
1,017
52.7% of votes cast
No votes
1,039
52.2% of votes cast
9
0.5% of votes cast
Against party
4
0.2% of votes cast
11 years, 5 months
Since 7 May 2015
Commons service
11 years, 5 months
Since 7 May 2015
Debates
24
-61.2 vs Commons average
Appearances
50
-35.2 vs Commons average
25
-123.4 vs Commons average
Contributions
74
-74.4 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
£1,969,279
all imported IPSA years
£291,572
29% above average
Latest expenses
£269,510
19% above average
29
7 registered categories
Registered interests
9
2 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
Where they voted the same
No
No
Member source
UK Parliament Members API
Voting source
Commons Votes API