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Alberto Costa vs Taiwo Owatemi

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
Photograph of Taiwo Owatemi
Taiwo Owatemi
Lab Coventry North West

Voting alignment

Alberto Costa and Taiwo Owatemi voted the same way 4% of the time, based on 863 shared comparable votes.

38 same votes 825 different votes 863 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
4 Aye 12 No
NHS / Health 13% aligned 16 shared votes
14 Aye 2 No
14 Aye 20 No
Benefits 6% aligned 34 shared votes
18 Aye 16 No
52 Aye 34 No
Migration 5% aligned 86 shared votes
30 Aye 56 No
8 Aye 18 No
Energy 4% aligned 26 shared votes
19 Aye 7 No
25 Aye 12 No
Transport 3% aligned 37 shared votes
13 Aye 24 No
Most different by topic
14 Aye 33 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 47 shared votes
33 Aye 14 No
22 Aye 24 No
Brexit / EU 0% aligned 46 shared votes
24 Aye 22 No
21 Aye 21 No
Defence 0% aligned 42 shared votes
21 Aye 21 No
14 Aye 25 No
Foreign Affairs 0% aligned 39 shared votes
25 Aye 14 No
20 Aye 18 No
Environment / Climate 0% aligned 38 shared votes
18 Aye 20 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
74.6%
2% above average
Rank 320 of 649
1,927
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,237
1,658 eligible divisions
912
47.3% of votes cast
Aye votes
659
53.3% of votes cast
1,015
52.7% of votes cast
No votes
578
46.7% of votes cast
9
0.5% of votes cast
Against party
13
1.1% of votes cast
11 years, 5 months
Since 7 May 2015
Commons service
6 years, 9 months
Since 12 Dec 2019

Debates

23
-60.6 vs Commons average
Rank 585 of 650
Appearances
5
-78.6 vs Commons average
Rank 631 of 650
24
-121.7 vs Commons average
Rank 597 of 650
Contributions
5
-140.7 vs Commons average
Rank 629 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
£1,264,566
all imported IPSA years
£291,572
29% above average
Latest expenses
£280,621
24% above average
29
7 registered categories
Registered interests
3
3 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
Environment / Climate
41 of 44 votes
Foreign Affairs
64 of 69 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
46 of 50 votes
Environment / Climate
44 of 48 votes
#3
NHS / Health
42 of 47 votes
Work / Employment
70 of 77 votes
#4
Crime / Justice
152 of 174 votes
Trade
80 of 91 votes
#5
Devolution / Local Government
46 of 55 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No
Draft Trade Unions (Permissible Means of Voting) and Employment Rights (Unfair Dismissal) (Amendment) Order 2026 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
Aye
No
Draft Code of Practice on Electronic and Workplace Ballots for Statutory Trade Union Ballots 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
Aye
Aye
Immigration and Asylum Bill: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 13 Jul 2026
Migration
No
No
Draft Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Act 2026 (Establishment of Schools) (Consequential Amendments) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
Education
Aye
No
Draft Supply of Machinery (Safety) (Amendment etc.) and the EU Machinery Regulation (Enforcement etc. in Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
Aye
No
Draft Town and Country Planning (Discharge of Local Planning Authority Functions) (England) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
Aye
No
National Security (State Threats) Bill: motion to agree to Lords Amendment 1 6 Jul 2026
Defence
Aye
No
Draft Climate Change Act 2008 (Credit Limit) Order 2026 24 Jun 2026
Environment / Climate
Aye
No
Draft Climate Change Act 2008 (International Aviation and International Shipping) Regulations 2026 24 Jun 2026
Environment / Climate Transport
Aye
No
Draft Carbon Budget Order 2026 24 Jun 2026
Environment / Climate
Aye
Where they voted the same
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (l) 20 May 2026
No
No
Universal Credit and Personal Independence Payment Bill Committee: New Clause 8 9 Jul 2025
Benefits
No
No
Universal Credit and Personal Independent Payment Bill Committee: Amendment 39 9 Jul 2025
Benefits
No
Aye
Terrorism Act 2000 (Proscribed Organisations) (Amendment) Order 2025 2 Jul 2025
Crime / Justice
Aye
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Third Reading 20 Jun 2025
No
No
Crime and Policing Bill Report Stage: Amendment 160 17 Jun 2025
Crime / Justice
No
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill Report Stage: Amendment (a) to New Clause 10 16 May 2025
Aye
No
Closure motion 16 May 2025
No
No
Border Security, Asylum and Immigration Bill Report Stage: New Clause 21 12 May 2025
Migration
No
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading 29 Nov 2024
No
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