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Alberto Costa vs James Murray

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


Voting alignment

Alberto Costa and James Murray voted the same way 4% of the time, based on 985 shared comparable votes.

41 same votes 944 different votes 985 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
9 Aye 7 No
NHS / Health 13% aligned 16 shared votes
9 Aye 7 No
9 Aye 22 No
Energy 6% aligned 31 shared votes
24 Aye 7 No
13 Aye 19 No
Benefits 6% aligned 32 shared votes
17 Aye 15 No
72 Aye 39 No
Migration 4% aligned 111 shared votes
35 Aye 76 No
18 Aye 10 No
Democracy / Parliament 4% aligned 28 shared votes
9 Aye 19 No
Most different by topic
63 Aye 50 No
Crime / Justice 0% aligned 113 shared votes
50 Aye 63 No
26 Aye 24 No
Brexit / EU 0% aligned 50 shared votes
24 Aye 26 No
16 Aye 29 No
Foreign Affairs 0% aligned 45 shared votes
29 Aye 16 No
18 Aye 23 No
Defence 0% aligned 41 shared votes
23 Aye 18 No
11 Aye 30 No
Housing 0% aligned 41 shared votes
30 Aye 11 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
73.4%
1% above average
Rank 348 of 649
1,927
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,217
1,658 eligible divisions
912
47.3% of votes cast
Aye votes
647
53.2% of votes cast
1,015
52.7% of votes cast
No votes
570
46.8% of votes cast
9
0.5% of votes cast
Against party
0
0.0% of votes cast
11 years, 5 months
Since 7 May 2015
Commons service
6 years, 9 months
Since 12 Dec 2019

Debates

23
-60.6 vs Commons average
Rank 585 of 650
Appearances
97
+13.4 vs Commons average
Rank 191 of 650
24
-121.7 vs Commons average
Rank 597 of 650
Contributions
757
+611.3 vs Commons average
Rank 6 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
£1,325,130
all imported IPSA years
£291,572
29% above average
Latest expenses
£293,355
30% above average
29
7 registered categories
Registered interests
4
1 registered category
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

Brexit / EU
199 of 211 votes
#1
Environment / Climate
42 of 44 votes
Foreign Affairs
64 of 69 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
45 of 50 votes
Environment / Climate
44 of 48 votes
#3
Housing
48 of 54 votes
Work / Employment
70 of 77 votes
#4
Migration
132 of 154 votes
Trade
80 of 91 votes
#5
Education
58 of 69 votes

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