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Alberto Costa vs Paula Barker

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


Voting alignment

Alberto Costa and Paula Barker voted the same way 4% of the time, based on 1,055 shared comparable votes.

44 same votes 1,011 different votes 1,055 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 22 No
Benefits 8% aligned 37 shared votes
19 Aye 18 No
14 Aye 16 No
NHS / Health 7% aligned 30 shared votes
18 Aye 12 No
9 Aye 17 No
Energy 4% aligned 26 shared votes
18 Aye 8 No
16 Aye 12 No
Democracy / Parliament 4% aligned 28 shared votes
11 Aye 17 No
67 Aye 59 No
Crime / Justice 3% aligned 126 shared votes
59 Aye 67 No
Most different by topic
30 Aye 26 No
Defence 0% aligned 56 shared votes
26 Aye 30 No
19 Aye 35 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 54 shared votes
35 Aye 19 No
22 Aye 24 No
Brexit / EU 0% aligned 46 shared votes
24 Aye 22 No
13 Aye 31 No
Housing 0% aligned 44 shared votes
31 Aye 13 No
20 Aye 19 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 39 shared votes
19 Aye 20 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
79.1%
6% above average
Rank 222 of 649
1,927
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,311
1,658 eligible divisions
912
47.3% of votes cast
Aye votes
683
52.1% of votes cast
1,015
52.7% of votes cast
No votes
628
47.9% of votes cast
9
0.5% of votes cast
Against party
9
0.7% of votes cast
11 years, 5 months
Since 7 May 2015
Commons service
6 years, 9 months
Since 12 Dec 2019

Debates

23
-60.6 vs Commons average
Rank 585 of 650
Appearances
80
-3.6 vs Commons average
Rank 273 of 650
24
-121.7 vs Commons average
Rank 597 of 650
Contributions
82
-63.7 vs Commons average
Rank 399 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
£1,383,596
all imported IPSA years
£291,572
29% above average
Latest expenses
£322,425
43% above average
29
7 registered categories
Registered interests
2
2 registered categories
3
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
2
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
52 of 54 votes
Foreign Affairs
64 of 69 votes
#2
NHS / Health
45 of 47 votes
Environment / Climate
44 of 48 votes
#3
Defence
67 of 70 votes
Work / Employment
70 of 77 votes
#4
Environment / Climate
41 of 44 votes
Trade
80 of 91 votes
#5
Work / Employment
60 of 67 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
Aye
Where they voted the same
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API