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Alberto Costa vs Sir Gavin Williamson

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


Voting alignment

Alberto Costa and Sir Gavin Williamson voted the same way 100% of the time, based on 1,672 shared comparable votes.

1,667 same votes 5 different votes 1,672 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
87 Aye 141 No
Tax 100% aligned 228 shared votes
87 Aye 141 No
79 Aye 81 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 160 shared votes
79 Aye 81 No
94 Aye 45 No
Migration 100% aligned 139 shared votes
94 Aye 45 No
38 Aye 33 No
Trade 100% aligned 71 shared votes
38 Aye 33 No
21 Aye 43 No
Education 100% aligned 64 shared votes
21 Aye 43 No
Most different by topic
43 Aye 34 No
Transport 97% aligned 77 shared votes
41 Aye 36 No
72 Aye 115 No
Brexit / EU 99% aligned 187 shared votes
71 Aye 116 No
87 Aye 141 No
Tax 100% aligned 228 shared votes
87 Aye 141 No
79 Aye 81 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 160 shared votes
79 Aye 81 No
94 Aye 45 No
Migration 100% aligned 139 shared votes
94 Aye 45 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
78.3%
6% above average
Rank 235 of 649
1,927
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,860
2,376 eligible divisions
912
47.3% of votes cast
Aye votes
889
47.8% of votes cast
1,015
52.7% of votes cast
No votes
971
52.2% of votes cast
9
0.5% of votes cast
Against party
8
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
73
-10.7 vs Commons average
Rank 303 of 649
24
-121.9 vs Commons average
Rank 597 of 649
Contributions
90
-55.9 vs Commons average
Rank 371 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
£2,645,311
all imported IPSA years
£291,572
29% above average
Latest expenses
£278,816
23% above average
29
7 registered categories
Registered interests
10
5 registered categories
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
Brexit / EU
200 of 211 votes
Foreign Affairs
64 of 69 votes
#2
Migration
155 of 171 votes
Environment / Climate
44 of 48 votes
#3
Transport
83 of 95 votes
Work / Employment
70 of 77 votes
#4
Trade
78 of 91 votes
Trade
80 of 91 votes
#5
Housing
57 of 67 votes
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API