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Alberto Costa vs Rupert Lowe

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


Voting alignment

Alberto Costa and Rupert Lowe voted the same way 99% of the time, based on 161 shared comparable votes.

160 same votes 1 different votes 161 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
21 Aye 28 No
Tax 100% aligned 49 shared votes
21 Aye 28 No
1 Aye 15 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 16 shared votes
1 Aye 15 No
9 Aye 6 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 15 shared votes
9 Aye 6 No
7 Aye 5 No
Defence 100% aligned 12 shared votes
7 Aye 5 No
3 Aye 6 No
Education 100% aligned 9 shared votes
3 Aye 6 No
Most different by topic
21 Aye 28 No
Tax 100% aligned 49 shared votes
21 Aye 28 No
1 Aye 15 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 16 shared votes
1 Aye 15 No
9 Aye 6 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 15 shared votes
9 Aye 6 No
7 Aye 5 No
Defence 100% aligned 12 shared votes
7 Aye 5 No
3 Aye 6 No
Education 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
33.1%
40% below average
Rank 638 of 649
1,927
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
195
590 eligible divisions
912
47.3% of votes cast
Aye votes
93
47.7% of votes cast
1,015
52.7% of votes cast
No votes
102
52.3% of votes cast
9
0.5% of votes cast
Against party
1
0.5% of votes cast
11 years, 4 months
Since 7 May 2015
Commons service
2 years, 3 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

23
-60.7 vs Commons average
Rank 585 of 649
Appearances
34
-49.7 vs Commons average
Rank 533 of 649
24
-121.9 vs Commons average
Rank 597 of 649
Contributions
43
-102.9 vs Commons average
Rank 535 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
£147,223
all imported IPSA years
£291,572
29% above average
Latest expenses
£147,223
35% below average
29
7 registered categories
Registered interests
51
8 registered categories
3
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
1
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
Foreign Affairs
3 of 4 votes
Foreign Affairs
64 of 69 votes
#2
NHS / Health
6 of 11 votes
Environment / Climate
44 of 48 votes
#3
Tax
55 of 112 votes
Work / Employment
70 of 77 votes
#4
Energy
9 of 20 votes
Trade
80 of 91 votes
#5
Trade
3 of 7 votes
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API