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Alberto Costa vs Michael Payne

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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Michael Payne
Lab Gedling

Voting alignment

Alberto Costa and Michael Payne voted the same way 1% of the time, based on 309 shared comparable votes.

2 same votes 307 different votes 309 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
1 Aye 3 No
Migration 25% aligned 4 shared votes
2 Aye 2 No
14 Aye 13 No
Crime / Justice 4% aligned 27 shared votes
12 Aye 15 No
34 Aye 46 No
Tax 0% aligned 80 shared votes
46 Aye 34 No
7 Aye 29 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 36 shared votes
29 Aye 7 No
12 Aye 16 No
Education 0% aligned 28 shared votes
16 Aye 12 No
Most different by topic
34 Aye 46 No
Tax 0% aligned 80 shared votes
46 Aye 34 No
7 Aye 29 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 36 shared votes
29 Aye 7 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
13 Aye 8 No
Defence 0% aligned 21 shared votes
8 Aye 13 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 182 of 649
Participation
76.9 %
4 % above average
Rank 272 of 649
1,915
2,361 eligible divisions
Total votes
442
575 eligible divisions
905
47.3 % of votes cast
Aye votes
230
52.0 % of votes cast
1,010
52.7 % of votes cast
No votes
212
48.0 % of votes cast
9
0.5 % of votes cast
Against party
0
0.0 % of votes cast
11 years, 3 months
Since 7 May 2015
Commons service
2 years, 1 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

20
-57.9 vs Commons average
Rank 587 of 650
Appearances
25
-52.9 vs Commons average
Rank 564 of 650
21
-117.3 vs Commons average
Rank 594 of 650
Contributions
28
-110.3 vs Commons average
Rank 575 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
£216,868
all imported IPSA years
£291,572
29 % above average
Latest expenses
£216,868
4 % below average
29
7 registered categories
Registered interests
11
2 registered categories
3
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
Democracy / Parliament
10 of 10 votes
Environment / Climate
44 of 48 votes
#3
Foreign Affairs
4 of 4 votes
Work / Employment
70 of 77 votes
#4
Transport
28 of 29 votes
Trade
80 of 91 votes
#5
Education
48 of 50 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
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
Aye
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 199 14 Jul 2026
No
No
National Security (State Threats) Bill: motion to agree to Lords Amendment 1 6 Jul 2026
Defence
Aye
No
Draft Climate Change Act 2008 (Credit Limit) Order 2026 24 Jun 2026
Environment / Climate
Aye
No
Draft Climate Change Act 2008 (International Aviation and International Shipping) Regulations 2026 24 Jun 2026
Environment / Climate Transport
Aye
No
Draft Carbon Budget Order 2026 24 Jun 2026
Environment / Climate
Aye
No
Customs (Tariff and Miscellaneous Amendments) (No. 4) Regulations 2026 24 Jun 2026
Trade
Aye
Aye
National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: New Clause 3 17 Jun 2026
Defence
No
Where they voted the same
No
Sentencing Bill Committee: New Clause 30 21 Oct 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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