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Alberto Costa vs Pat McFadden

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 Pat McFadden
Pat McFadden
Lab Wolverhampton South East

Voting alignment

Alberto Costa and Pat McFadden voted the same way 5% of the time, based on 1,323 shared comparable votes.

72 same votes 1,251 different votes 1,323 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
15 Aye 24 No
Energy 8% aligned 39 shared votes
27 Aye 12 No
71 Aye 102 No
Brexit / EU 7% aligned 173 shared votes
106 Aye 67 No
12 Aye 21 No
NHS / Health 6% aligned 33 shared votes
23 Aye 10 No
11 Aye 27 No
Education 5% aligned 38 shared votes
29 Aye 9 No
14 Aye 28 No
Benefits 5% aligned 42 shared votes
26 Aye 16 No
Most different by topic
20 Aye 35 No
Foreign Affairs 0% aligned 55 shared votes
35 Aye 20 No
19 Aye 22 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 41 shared votes
22 Aye 19 No
17 Aye 20 No
Defence 0% aligned 37 shared votes
20 Aye 17 No
12 Aye 25 No
Housing 0% aligned 37 shared votes
25 Aye 12 No
19 Aye 17 No
Environment / Climate 0% aligned 36 shared votes
17 Aye 19 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
65.5%
7% below average
Rank 508 of 649
1,927
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,557
2,376 eligible divisions
912
47.3% of votes cast
Aye votes
898
57.7% of votes cast
1,015
52.7% of votes cast
No votes
659
42.3% 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
21 years, 4 months
Since 5 May 2005

Debates

22
-60.3 vs Commons average
Rank 587 of 649
Appearances
35
-47.3 vs Commons average
Rank 526 of 649
23
-120.5 vs Commons average
Rank 594 of 649
Contributions
255
+111.5 vs Commons average
Rank 84 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
£2,498,186
all imported IPSA years
£291,572
29% above average
Latest expenses
£225,631
same as average
29
7 registered categories
Registered interests
1
1 registered category
3
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
4
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
Brexit / EU
184 of 211 votes
Foreign Affairs
64 of 69 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
58 of 69 votes
Environment / Climate
44 of 48 votes
#3
Trade
75 of 91 votes
Work / Employment
70 of 77 votes
#4
NHS / Health
46 of 56 votes
Trade
80 of 91 votes
#5
Environment / Climate
38 of 48 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading 11 Sept 2026
Aye
No
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
Aye
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
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
Where they voted the same
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (l) 20 May 2026
No
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
High Speed Rail (Crewe - Manchester) Bill: Instruction (No. 3) 21 May 2024
Transport
Aye
Aye
Tobacco and Vapes Bill: Second Reading 16 Apr 2024
NHS / Health
Aye
No
Safety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) Bill Committee: Amendment 23 17 Jan 2024
Migration
No
No
Safety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) Bill Committee: Amendment 19 16 Jan 2024
Migration
No
No
Safety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) Bill Committee: Amendment 10 16 Jan 2024
Migration
No
No
Scotland (Self-Determination): Ten Minute Rule Motion 16 Jan 2024
No
Aye
Misuse of Drugs Act 1971 (Amendment) Order 2023 12 Sept 2023
Aye
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