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Alberto Costa vs Kim Johnson

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
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Kim Johnson
Lab Liverpool Riverside

Voting alignment

Alberto Costa and Kim Johnson voted the same way 5% of the time, based on 947 shared comparable votes.

45 same votes 902 different votes 947 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
14 Aye 14 No
NHS / Health 7% aligned 28 shared votes
16 Aye 12 No
15 Aye 19 No
Benefits 6% aligned 34 shared votes
17 Aye 17 No
74 Aye 18 No
Migration 4% aligned 92 shared votes
14 Aye 78 No
7 Aye 19 No
Energy 4% aligned 26 shared votes
20 Aye 6 No
16 Aye 11 No
Democracy / Parliament 4% aligned 27 shared votes
10 Aye 17 No
Most different by topic
26 Aye 24 No
Brexit / EU 0% aligned 50 shared votes
24 Aye 26 No
24 Aye 19 No
Defence 0% aligned 43 shared votes
19 Aye 24 No
28 Aye 15 No
Transport 0% aligned 43 shared votes
15 Aye 28 No
20 Aye 21 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 41 shared votes
21 Aye 20 No
15 Aye 24 No
Foreign Affairs 0% aligned 39 shared votes
24 Aye 15 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
70.7%
2% below average
Rank 414 of 649
1,927
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,173
1,658 eligible divisions
912
47.3% of votes cast
Aye votes
595
50.7% of votes cast
1,015
52.7% of votes cast
No votes
578
49.3% of votes cast
9
0.5% of votes cast
Against party
14
1.2% of votes cast
11 years, 4 months
Since 7 May 2015
Commons service
6 years, 9 months
Since 12 Dec 2019

Debates

22
-60.3 vs Commons average
Rank 587 of 649
Appearances
99
+16.7 vs Commons average
Rank 171 of 649
23
-120.5 vs Commons average
Rank 594 of 649
Contributions
109
-34.5 vs Commons average
Rank 312 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
£1,233,187
all imported IPSA years
£291,572
29% above average
Latest expenses
£286,858
27% above average
29
7 registered categories
Registered interests
7
3 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
Devolution / Local Government
48 of 55 votes
Foreign Affairs
64 of 69 votes
#2
Transport
55 of 64 votes
Environment / Climate
44 of 48 votes
#3
Brexit / EU
52 of 63 votes
Work / Employment
70 of 77 votes
#4
Education
56 of 69 votes
Trade
80 of 91 votes
#5
Democracy / Parliament
33 of 41 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No
Draft Plant Health, Seeds, Seed Potatoes and Plant Propagating Material (Amendment) (Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026 9 Sept 2026
Aye
Aye
Health Bill: Report Stage: Amendment 1 8 Sept 2026
No
Aye
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 143 8 Sept 2026
No
Aye
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 142 8 Sept 2026
No
Aye
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 145 7 Sept 2026
No
No
Representation of the People Bill: Third Reading 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
Aye
Aye
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 65 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
No
Draft Trade Unions (Permissible Means of Voting) and Employment Rights (Unfair Dismissal) (Amendment) Order 2026 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
Aye
No
Draft Code of Practice on Electronic and Workplace Ballots for Statutory Trade Union Ballots 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
Aye
Aye
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 19 14 Jul 2026
No
Where they voted the same
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 88 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
No
Draft Town and Country Planning (Discharge of Local Planning Authority Functions) (England) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
No
Aye
Opposition Day: Early release of prisoners 7 Jul 2026
Crime / Justice
Aye
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (l) 20 May 2026
No
No
Courts and Tribunals Bill: Second Reading 10 Mar 2026
Crime / Justice
No
No
Sentencing Bill Committee: New Clause 30 21 Oct 2025
Crime / Justice
No
No
Universal Credit and Personal Independence Payment Bill: Third Reading 9 Jul 2025
Benefits
No
No
Universal Credit and Personal Independent Payment Bill: Second Reading 1 Jul 2025
Benefits
No
No
Crime and Policing Bill Report Stage: Amendment 160 17 Jun 2025
Crime / Justice
No
Aye
Planning and Infrastructure Bill Report Stage: Amendment 69 9 Jun 2025
Housing
Aye
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