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Alberto Costa vs Sir Mel Stride

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


Voting alignment

Alberto Costa and Sir Mel Stride voted the same way 100% of the time, based on 1,651 shared comparable votes.

1,643 same votes 8 different votes 1,651 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
84 Aye 128 No
Tax 100% aligned 212 shared votes
84 Aye 128 No
78 Aye 117 No
Brexit / EU 100% aligned 195 shared votes
78 Aye 117 No
73 Aye 82 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 155 shared votes
73 Aye 82 No
98 Aye 43 No
Migration 100% aligned 141 shared votes
98 Aye 43 No
33 Aye 27 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 60 shared votes
33 Aye 27 No
Most different by topic
41 Aye 29 No
Trade 99% aligned 70 shared votes
40 Aye 30 No
39 Aye 33 No
Transport 99% aligned 72 shared votes
38 Aye 34 No
84 Aye 128 No
Tax 100% aligned 212 shared votes
84 Aye 128 No
78 Aye 117 No
Brexit / EU 100% aligned 195 shared votes
78 Aye 117 No
73 Aye 82 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 155 shared votes
73 Aye 82 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
78.1 %
5 % above average
Rank 245 of 649
1,915
2,361 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,843
2,361 eligible divisions
905
47.3 % of votes cast
Aye votes
892
48.4 % of votes cast
1,010
52.7 % of votes cast
No votes
951
51.6 % of votes cast
9
0.5 % of votes cast
Against party
7
0.4 % of votes cast
11 years, 3 months
Since 7 May 2015
Commons service
16 years, 3 months
Since 6 May 2010

Debates

20
-57.9 vs Commons average
Rank 587 of 650
Appearances
28
-49.9 vs Commons average
Rank 552 of 650
21
-117.3 vs Commons average
Rank 594 of 650
Contributions
46
-92.3 vs Commons average
Rank 510 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
£2,344,654
all imported IPSA years
£291,572
29 % above average
Latest expenses
£236,671
5 % above average
29
7 registered categories
Registered interests
20
6 registered categories
3
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
9
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
204 of 211 votes
Foreign Affairs
64 of 69 votes
#2
Migration
157 of 171 votes
Environment / Climate
44 of 48 votes
#3
Environment / Climate
40 of 48 votes
Work / Employment
70 of 77 votes
#4
Foreign Affairs
57 of 69 votes
Trade
80 of 91 votes
#5
Trade
75 of 91 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye rebel
No
Aye rebel
No
Where they voted the same
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API