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Alberto Costa vs Nigel Farage

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


Voting alignment

Alberto Costa and Nigel Farage voted the same way 98% of the time, based on 132 shared comparable votes.

130 same votes 2 different votes 132 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
5 Aye 22 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 27 shared votes
5 Aye 22 No
13 Aye 12 No
Tax 100% aligned 25 shared votes
13 Aye 12 No
3 Aye 6 No
Defence 100% aligned 9 shared votes
3 Aye 6 No
6 Aye 1 No
Education 100% aligned 7 shared votes
6 Aye 1 No
4 Aye 2 No
Democracy / Parliament 100% aligned 6 shared votes
4 Aye 2 No
Most different by topic
4 Aye 10 No
Housing 93% aligned 14 shared votes
3 Aye 11 No
11 Aye 4 No
Crime / Justice 93% aligned 15 shared votes
12 Aye 3 No
5 Aye 22 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 27 shared votes
5 Aye 22 No
13 Aye 12 No
Tax 100% aligned 25 shared votes
13 Aye 12 No
3 Aye 6 No
Defence 100% aligned 9 shared votes
3 Aye 6 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
40.0%
33% below average
Rank 634 of 649
1,927
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
6
15 eligible divisions
912
47.3% of votes cast
Aye votes
4
66.7% of votes cast
1,015
52.7% of votes cast
No votes
2
33.3% of votes cast
9
0.5% of votes cast
Against party
0
0.0% of votes cast
11 years, 4 months
Since 7 May 2015
Commons service
1 months
Since 13 Aug 2026

Debates

23
-60.7 vs Commons average
Rank 585 of 649
Appearances
13
-70.7 vs Commons average
Rank 615 of 649
24
-121.9 vs Commons average
Rank 597 of 649
Contributions
15
-130.9 vs Commons average
Rank 617 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
£162,580
all imported IPSA years
£291,572
29% above average
Latest expenses
£162,580
28% below average
29
7 registered categories
Registered interests
35
7 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
Democracy / Parliament
4 of 4 votes
Foreign Affairs
64 of 69 votes
#2
No topic data
Environment / Climate
44 of 48 votes
#3
No topic data
Work / Employment
70 of 77 votes
#4
No topic data
Trade
80 of 91 votes
#5
No topic data
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API