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Alberto Costa vs Josh Babarinde

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


Voting alignment

Alberto Costa and Josh Babarinde voted the same way 76% of the time, based on 274 shared comparable votes.

207 same votes 67 different votes 274 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
4 Aye 0 No
NHS / Health 100% aligned 4 shared votes
4 Aye 0 No
25 Aye 39 No
Tax 95% aligned 64 shared votes
28 Aye 36 No
3 Aye 14 No
Devolution / Local Government 94% aligned 17 shared votes
2 Aye 15 No
4 Aye 21 No
Work / Employment 92% aligned 25 shared votes
6 Aye 19 No
10 Aye 7 No
Education 88% aligned 17 shared votes
12 Aye 5 No
Most different by topic
0 Aye 6 No
Energy 0% aligned 6 shared votes
6 Aye 0 No
4 Aye 2 No
Democracy / Parliament 17% aligned 6 shared votes
3 Aye 3 No
2 Aye 5 No
Environment / Climate 29% aligned 7 shared votes
7 Aye 0 No
2 Aye 6 No
Digital / Online Safety 50% aligned 8 shared votes
4 Aye 4 No
4 Aye 8 No
Benefits 58% aligned 12 shared votes
5 Aye 7 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
70.3%
2% below average
Rank 425 of 649
1,927
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
415
590 eligible divisions
912
47.3% of votes cast
Aye votes
224
54.0% of votes cast
1,015
52.7% of votes cast
No votes
191
46.0% of votes cast
9
0.5% of votes cast
Against party
2
0.5% of votes cast
11 years, 4 months
Since 7 May 2015
Commons service
2 years, 2 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

22
-60.3 vs Commons average
Rank 587 of 649
Appearances
115
+32.7 vs Commons average
Rank 127 of 649
23
-120.5 vs Commons average
Rank 594 of 649
Contributions
132
-11.5 vs Commons average
Rank 231 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
£181,159
all imported IPSA years
£291,572
29% above average
Latest expenses
£181,159
20% below average
29
7 registered categories
Registered interests
9
2 registered categories
3
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
2
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
Foreign Affairs
64 of 69 votes
#2
Digital / Online Safety
11 of 11 votes
Environment / Climate
44 of 48 votes
#3
Environment / Climate
9 of 9 votes
Work / Employment
70 of 77 votes
#4
NHS / Health
10 of 11 votes
Trade
80 of 91 votes
#5
Benefits
26 of 30 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