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Alberto Costa vs Sir James Cleverly

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
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Sir James Cleverly
Con Braintree

Voting alignment

Alberto Costa and Sir James Cleverly voted the same way 100% of the time, based on 1,488 shared comparable votes.

1,481 same votes 7 different votes 1,488 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
72 Aye 118 No
Tax 100% aligned 190 shared votes
72 Aye 118 No
72 Aye 65 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 137 shared votes
72 Aye 65 No
64 Aye 31 No
Migration 100% aligned 95 shared votes
64 Aye 31 No
17 Aye 34 No
Foreign Affairs 100% aligned 51 shared votes
17 Aye 34 No
21 Aye 30 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 51 shared votes
21 Aye 30 No
Most different by topic
41 Aye 30 No
Trade 99% aligned 71 shared votes
40 Aye 31 No
39 Aye 33 No
Transport 99% aligned 72 shared votes
38 Aye 34 No
70 Aye 112 No
Brexit / EU 99% aligned 182 shared votes
69 Aye 113 No
72 Aye 118 No
Tax 100% aligned 190 shared votes
72 Aye 118 No
72 Aye 65 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 137 shared votes
72 Aye 65 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
69.7 %
3 % below average
Rank 437 of 649
1,915
2,361 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,645
2,361 eligible divisions
905
47.3 % of votes cast
Aye votes
771
46.9 % of votes cast
1,010
52.7 % of votes cast
No votes
874
53.1 % of votes cast
9
0.5 % of votes cast
Against party
1
0.1 % of votes cast
11 years, 3 months
Since 7 May 2015
Commons service
11 years, 3 months
Since 7 May 2015

Debates

20
-57.9 vs Commons average
Rank 587 of 650
Appearances
41
-36.9 vs Commons average
Rank 483 of 650
21
-117.3 vs Commons average
Rank 594 of 650
Contributions
87
-51.3 vs Commons average
Rank 364 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
£2,020,933
all imported IPSA years
£291,572
29 % above average
Latest expenses
£266,795
18 % above average
29
7 registered categories
Registered interests
5
3 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
191 of 211 votes
Foreign Affairs
64 of 69 votes
#2
Transport
79 of 95 votes
Environment / Climate
44 of 48 votes
#3
Trade
73 of 91 votes
Work / Employment
70 of 77 votes
#4
Environment / Climate
37 of 48 votes
Trade
80 of 91 votes
#5
Foreign Affairs
52 of 69 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye rebel
Mr Clarke's motion C (Customs Union) 1 Apr 2019
Trade
No
Aye rebel
Business of the House motion 27 Mar 2019
Transport
No
Aye rebel
George Eustice's motion H (EFTA and EEA) 27 Mar 2019
No
Aye rebel
Nick Boles's motion D (Common market 2.0) 27 Mar 2019
No
Aye rebel
European Union Withdrawal Act main Motion as amended 25 Mar 2019
No
Aye rebel
European Union Withdrawal Act Amendment (a) - Letwin 25 Mar 2019
No
Aye rebel
UK's withdrawal from the EU: Prime Minister's motion 14 Mar 2019
Brexit / EU
No
Where they voted the same
Aye
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 19 14 Jul 2026
Aye
Aye
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 199 14 Jul 2026
Aye
Aye
Immigration and Asylum Bill: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 13 Jul 2026
Migration
Aye
No
Draft Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Act 2026 (Establishment of Schools) (Consequential Amendments) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
Education
No
No
Draft Supply of Machinery (Safety) (Amendment etc.) and the EU Machinery Regulation (Enforcement etc. in Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
No
No
Draft Town and Country Planning (Discharge of Local Planning Authority Functions) (England) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
No
Aye
Opposition Day: Early release of prisoners 7 Jul 2026
Crime / Justice
Aye
No
National Security (State Threats) Bill: motion to agree to Lords Amendment 1 6 Jul 2026
Defence
No
No
Draft Climate Change Act 2008 (Credit Limit) Order 2026 24 Jun 2026
Environment / Climate
No
No
Draft Climate Change Act 2008 (International Aviation and International Shipping) Regulations 2026 24 Jun 2026
Environment / Climate Transport
No
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