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Alberto Costa vs Sir Alec Shelbrooke

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


Voting alignment

Alberto Costa and Sir Alec Shelbrooke voted the same way 100% of the time, based on 1,556 shared comparable votes.

1,549 same votes 7 different votes 1,556 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
74 Aye 116 No
Brexit / EU 100% aligned 190 shared votes
74 Aye 116 No
66 Aye 120 No
Tax 100% aligned 186 shared votes
66 Aye 120 No
65 Aye 73 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 138 shared votes
65 Aye 73 No
66 Aye 40 No
Migration 100% aligned 106 shared votes
66 Aye 40 No
20 Aye 40 No
Foreign Affairs 100% aligned 60 shared votes
20 Aye 40 No
Most different by topic
9 Aye 13 No
NHS / Health 95% aligned 22 shared votes
8 Aye 14 No
35 Aye 31 No
Transport 97% aligned 66 shared votes
33 Aye 33 No
43 Aye 35 No
Trade 99% aligned 78 shared votes
42 Aye 36 No
74 Aye 116 No
Brexit / EU 100% aligned 190 shared votes
74 Aye 116 No
66 Aye 120 No
Tax 100% aligned 186 shared votes
66 Aye 120 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
72.4%
same as average
Rank 370 of 649
1,927
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,720
2,376 eligible divisions
912
47.3% of votes cast
Aye votes
790
45.9% of votes cast
1,015
52.7% of votes cast
No votes
930
54.1% of votes cast
9
0.5% of votes cast
Against party
7
0.4% of votes cast
11 years, 4 months
Since 7 May 2015
Commons service
16 years, 5 months
Since 6 May 2010

Debates

23
-60.7 vs Commons average
Rank 585 of 649
Appearances
146
+62.3 vs Commons average
Rank 75 of 649
24
-121.9 vs Commons average
Rank 597 of 649
Contributions
182
+36.1 vs Commons average
Rank 158 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
£2,686,484
all imported IPSA years
£291,572
29% above average
Latest expenses
£274,658
21% above average
29
7 registered categories
Registered interests
4
2 registered categories
3
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
3
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
202 of 211 votes
Foreign Affairs
64 of 69 votes
#2
Trade
86 of 91 votes
Environment / Climate
44 of 48 votes
#3
Foreign Affairs
65 of 69 votes
Work / Employment
70 of 77 votes
#4
Housing
62 of 67 votes
Trade
80 of 91 votes
#5
Defence
65 of 71 votes
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API