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Alberto Costa vs Peter Dowd

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

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Alberto Costa
Con South Leicestershire
vs
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Peter Dowd
Lab Bootle

Voting alignment

Alberto Costa and Peter Dowd voted the same way 6% of the time, based on 1,388 shared comparable votes.

78 same votes 1,310 different votes 1,388 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
65 Aye 95 No
Brexit / EU 8% aligned 160 shared votes
100 Aye 60 No
12 Aye 22 No
Benefits 6% aligned 34 shared votes
20 Aye 14 No
50 Aye 39 No
Migration 6% aligned 89 shared votes
36 Aye 53 No
13 Aye 7 No
Democracy / Parliament 5% aligned 20 shared votes
6 Aye 14 No
37 Aye 28 No
Trade 5% aligned 65 shared votes
29 Aye 36 No
Most different by topic
28 Aye 30 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 58 shared votes
30 Aye 28 No
29 Aye 23 No
Defence 0% aligned 52 shared votes
23 Aye 29 No
18 Aye 31 No
Foreign Affairs 0% aligned 49 shared votes
31 Aye 18 No
10 Aye 23 No
Housing 0% aligned 33 shared votes
23 Aye 10 No
24 Aye 5 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 29 shared votes
5 Aye 24 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
68.9%
4% below average
Rank 449 of 649
1,927
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,637
2,376 eligible divisions
912
47.3% of votes cast
Aye votes
916
56.0% of votes cast
1,015
52.7% of votes cast
No votes
721
44.0% of votes cast
9
0.5% of votes cast
Against party
5
0.3% of votes cast
11 years, 4 months
Since 7 May 2015
Commons service
11 years, 4 months
Since 7 May 2015

Debates

22
-60.3 vs Commons average
Rank 587 of 649
Appearances
40
-42.3 vs Commons average
Rank 503 of 649
23
-120.5 vs Commons average
Rank 594 of 649
Contributions
28
-115.5 vs Commons average
Rank 582 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
£2,122,879
all imported IPSA years
£291,572
29% above average
Latest expenses
£243,077
7% above average
29
7 registered categories
Registered interests
1
1 registered category
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
Defence
63 of 71 votes
Foreign Affairs
64 of 69 votes
#2
Work / Employment
64 of 77 votes
Environment / Climate
44 of 48 votes
#3
Environment / Climate
39 of 48 votes
Work / Employment
70 of 77 votes
#4
Brexit / EU
171 of 211 votes
Trade
80 of 91 votes
#5
Trade
72 of 91 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No
Representation of the People Bill: Third Reading 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
Aye
Aye
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 67 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
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
Immigration and Asylum Bill: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 13 Jul 2026
Migration
No
No
Customs (Tariff and Miscellaneous Amendments) (No. 4) Regulations 2026 24 Jun 2026
Trade
Aye
Aye
Opposition Day: Puberty blockers 23 Jun 2026
No
No
Opposition Day Motion: Defence spending and readiness - Prime Minister's Amendment 23 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
Aye
Opposition day: Defence spending and readiness 23 Jun 2026
Defence
No
Where they voted the same
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 88 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (l) 20 May 2026
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
Aye
Terrorism Act 2000 (Proscribed Organisations) (Amendment) Order 2025 2 Jul 2025
Crime / Justice
Aye
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
No
Border Security, Asylum and Immigration Bill Report Stage: New Clause 21 12 May 2025
Migration
No
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
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