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Alberto Costa vs Samantha Dixon

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 Samantha Dixon
Samantha Dixon
Lab Chester North and Neston

Voting alignment

Alberto Costa and Samantha Dixon voted the same way 4% of the time, based on 542 shared comparable votes.

23 same votes 519 different votes 542 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 11 No
Benefits 13% aligned 16 shared votes
9 Aye 7 No
9 Aye 5 No
Democracy / Parliament 7% aligned 14 shared votes
4 Aye 10 No
9 Aye 6 No
Environment / Climate 7% aligned 15 shared votes
7 Aye 8 No
12 Aye 6 No
Transport 6% aligned 18 shared votes
7 Aye 11 No
52 Aye 21 No
Migration 5% aligned 73 shared votes
17 Aye 56 No
Most different by topic
20 Aye 22 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 42 shared votes
22 Aye 20 No
7 Aye 22 No
Housing 0% aligned 29 shared votes
22 Aye 7 No
12 Aye 14 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 26 shared votes
14 Aye 12 No
12 Aye 10 No
Defence 0% aligned 22 shared votes
10 Aye 12 No
2 Aye 20 No
Digital / Online Safety 0% aligned 22 shared votes
20 Aye 2 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
73.6%
1% above average
Rank 341 of 649
1,927
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
735
999 eligible divisions
912
47.3% of votes cast
Aye votes
361
49.1% of votes cast
1,015
52.7% of votes cast
No votes
374
50.9% of votes cast
9
0.5% of votes cast
Against party
0
0.0% of votes cast
11 years, 5 months
Since 7 May 2015
Commons service
3 years, 10 months
Since 1 Dec 2022

Debates

23
-60.6 vs Commons average
Rank 585 of 650
Appearances
75
-8.6 vs Commons average
Rank 294 of 650
24
-121.7 vs Commons average
Rank 597 of 650
Contributions
288
+142.3 vs Commons average
Rank 65 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
£667,714
all imported IPSA years
£291,572
29% above average
Latest expenses
£311,379
38% above average
29
7 registered categories
Registered interests
0
0 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
Brexit / EU
11 of 11 votes
Foreign Affairs
64 of 69 votes
#2
Democracy / Parliament
16 of 17 votes
Environment / Climate
44 of 48 votes
#3
Devolution / Local Government
45 of 50 votes
Work / Employment
70 of 77 votes
#4
Trade
20 of 23 votes
Trade
80 of 91 votes
#5
Migration
83 of 97 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
Aye
Social Housing Bill [Lords]: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 10 Sept 2026
Housing
No
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: New Clause 145 7 Sept 2026
No
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
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 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
Terrorism Act 2000 (Proscribed Organisations) (Amendment) Order 2025 2 Jul 2025
Crime / Justice
Aye
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
Aye
High Speed Rail (Crewe - Manchester) Bill: Instruction (No. 3) 21 May 2024
Transport
Aye
No
Safety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) Bill Committee: Amendment 23 17 Jan 2024
Migration
No
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