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Alberto Costa vs Sarah Pochin

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


Voting alignment

Alberto Costa and Sarah Pochin voted the same way 96% of the time, based on 159 shared comparable votes.

153 same votes 6 different votes 159 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
7 Aye 18 No
Tax 100% aligned 25 shared votes
7 Aye 18 No
0 Aye 16 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 16 shared votes
0 Aye 16 No
5 Aye 7 No
Defence 100% aligned 12 shared votes
5 Aye 7 No
3 Aye 5 No
Benefits 100% aligned 8 shared votes
3 Aye 5 No
2 Aye 5 No
Digital / Online Safety 100% aligned 7 shared votes
2 Aye 5 No
Most different by topic
5 Aye 2 No
Transport 86% aligned 7 shared votes
6 Aye 1 No
4 Aye 16 No
Housing 95% aligned 20 shared votes
3 Aye 17 No
13 Aye 14 No
Crime / Justice 96% aligned 27 shared votes
14 Aye 13 No
7 Aye 18 No
Tax 100% aligned 25 shared votes
7 Aye 18 No
0 Aye 16 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 16 shared votes
0 Aye 16 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 182 of 649
Participation
56.8 %
16 % below average
Rank 598 of 649
1,915
2,361 eligible divisions
Total votes
221
389 eligible divisions
905
47.3 % of votes cast
Aye votes
97
43.9 % of votes cast
1,010
52.7 % of votes cast
No votes
124
56.1 % of votes cast
9
0.5 % of votes cast
Against party
7
3.2 % of votes cast
11 years, 3 months
Since 7 May 2015
Commons service
1 years, 3 months
Since 1 May 2025

Debates

20
-57.9 vs Commons average
Rank 587 of 650
Appearances
96
+18.1 vs Commons average
Rank 160 of 650
21
-117.3 vs Commons average
Rank 594 of 650
Contributions
115
-23.3 vs Commons average
Rank 248 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
£0
all imported IPSA years
£291,572
29 % above average
Latest expenses
n/a
average unavailable
29
7 registered categories
Registered interests
7
5 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
Trade
7 of 7 votes
Foreign Affairs
64 of 69 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
4 of 4 votes
Environment / Climate
44 of 48 votes
#3
Housing
22 of 24 votes
Work / Employment
70 of 77 votes
#4
Digital / Online Safety
9 of 10 votes
Trade
80 of 91 votes
#5
Energy
6 of 8 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Where they voted the same
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API