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Alberto Costa vs Kevin McKenna

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

Photograph of Alberto Costa
Alberto Costa
Con South Leicestershire
vs
Photograph of Kevin McKenna
Kevin McKenna
Lab Sittingbourne and Sheppey

Voting alignment

Alberto Costa and Kevin McKenna voted the same way 2% of the time, based on 328 shared comparable votes.

5 same votes 323 different votes 328 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
2 Aye 4 No
Migration 17% aligned 6 shared votes
3 Aye 3 No
5 Aye 9 No
Benefits 14% aligned 14 shared votes
7 Aye 7 No
20 Aye 17 No
Crime / Justice 5% aligned 37 shared votes
17 Aye 20 No
36 Aye 45 No
Tax 0% aligned 81 shared votes
45 Aye 36 No
8 Aye 26 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 34 shared votes
26 Aye 8 No
Most different by topic
36 Aye 45 No
Tax 0% aligned 81 shared votes
45 Aye 36 No
8 Aye 26 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 34 shared votes
26 Aye 8 No
12 Aye 16 No
Education 0% aligned 28 shared votes
16 Aye 12 No
7 Aye 19 No
Housing 0% aligned 26 shared votes
19 Aye 7 No
3 Aye 13 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 16 shared votes
13 Aye 3 No

Topic alignment uses local topic tags, so a division can count towards more than one topic.

Voting record

81.4 %
8 % above average
Rank 182 of 648
Participation
88.2 %
15 % above average
Rank 54 of 648
1,882
2,312 eligible divisions
Total votes
464
526 eligible divisions
886
47.1 % of votes cast
Aye votes
244
52.6 % of votes cast
996
52.9 % of votes cast
No votes
220
47.4 % of votes cast
9
0.5 % of votes cast
Against party
0
0.0 % of votes cast
11 years, 0 months
Since 7 May 2015
Commons service
1 years, 11 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

14
-46.4 vs Commons average
Rank 603 of 648
Appearances
23
-37.4 vs Commons average
Rank 550 of 648
15
-93.9 vs Commons average
Rank 610 of 648
Contributions
27
-81.9 vs Commons average
Rank 561 of 648

Debate figures cover imported Hansard debate appearances from the last 12 months.

Financials and interests

£2,033,867
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£177,255
all imported IPSA years
£291,572
29 % above average
Latest expenses
£177,255
22 % below average
27
7 registered categories
Registered interests
4
2 registered categories
0
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
0
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
Housing
31 of 31 votes
Foreign Affairs
64 of 69 votes
#2
Benefits
30 of 30 votes
Environment / Climate
41 of 45 votes
#3
Democracy / Parliament
10 of 10 votes
Energy
61 of 67 votes
#4
Foreign Affairs
4 of 4 votes
Work / Employment
68 of 75 votes
#5
Devolution / Local Government
22 of 23 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No
Draft Agriculture (Delinked Payments) (Reductions) (England) Regulations 2026 3 Jun 2026
Aye
Aye
Armed Forces Bill Committee: New Clause 6 2 Jun 2026
Defence
No
Aye
Armed Forces Bill Committee: New Clause 5 2 Jun 2026
Defence
No
Aye
Armed Forces Bill Committee: New Clause 2 2 Jun 2026
Defence
No
No
Pension Schemes Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendments 15 to 24, 27, 30 to 34, 36, 38 to 42, 83 and 88, insist on Amendments 88C, 88E to 88P, 88R, 88S and 88W, and propose Amendments (a) to (j) in lieu of Amendments 88A, 88T, 88U and 88V 28 Apr 2026
Benefits
Aye
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill: Carry-over motion 27 Apr 2026
Foreign Affairs
Aye
No
Pension Schemes Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendments 15 to 24, 27, 30 to 34, 36, 38 to 42, 83 and 88, insist on its Amendments 88A, 88C and 88E to 88P and propose Amendments (a) to (f) 27 Apr 2026
Benefits
Aye
No
English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill: Amendments (a) to (h) in lieu of Lords Amendments 85 and 86, 97 to 116, 120, 121 and 123 27 Apr 2026
Devolution / Local Government
Aye
No
English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendments 94B and 94C 27 Apr 2026
Devolution / Local Government
Aye
No
English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendments 36, 90 and 155, insist on Amendments 155A to 155F and propose Amendment (a) 27 Apr 2026
Devolution / Local Government
Aye
Where they voted the same
No
Universal Credit and Personal Independence Payment Bill Committee: New Clause 8 9 Jul 2025
Benefits
No
No
Universal Credit and Personal Independent Payment Bill Committee: Amendment 39 9 Jul 2025
Benefits
No
Aye
Terrorism Act 2000 (Proscribed Organisations) (Amendment) Order 2025 2 Jul 2025
Crime / Justice
Aye
No
Crime and Policing Bill Report Stage: Amendment 160 17 Jun 2025
Crime / Justice
No
No
Border Security, Asylum and Immigration Bill Report Stage: New Clause 21 12 May 2025
Migration
No
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