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Alex Ballinger vs Alberto Costa

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

Photograph of Alex Ballinger
Alex Ballinger
Lab Halesowen
vs
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Alberto Costa
Con South Leicestershire

Voting alignment

Alex Ballinger and Alberto Costa voted the same way 2% of the time, based on 347 shared comparable votes.

6 same votes 341 different votes 347 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
6 Aye 7 No
Benefits 15% aligned 13 shared votes
5 Aye 8 No
3 Aye 4 No
Migration 14% aligned 7 shared votes
3 Aye 4 No
12 Aye 21 No
Crime / Justice 6% aligned 33 shared votes
21 Aye 12 No
38 Aye 33 No
Tax 0% aligned 71 shared votes
33 Aye 38 No
27 Aye 4 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 31 shared votes
4 Aye 27 No
Most different by topic
38 Aye 33 No
Tax 0% aligned 71 shared votes
33 Aye 38 No
27 Aye 4 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 31 shared votes
4 Aye 27 No
16 Aye 8 No
Education 0% aligned 24 shared votes
8 Aye 16 No
17 Aye 5 No
Housing 0% aligned 22 shared votes
5 Aye 17 No
12 Aye 7 No
Transport 0% aligned 19 shared votes
7 Aye 12 No

Topic alignment uses local topic tags, so a division can count towards more than one topic.

Voting record

76.5%
4% above average
Rank 271 of 650
Participation
80.8%
8% above average
Rank 179 of 650
483
631 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,953
2,417 eligible divisions
230
47.6% of votes cast
Aye votes
925
47.4% of votes cast
253
52.4% of votes cast
No votes
1,028
52.6% of votes cast
0
0.0% of votes cast
Against party
9
0.5% of votes cast
2 years, 4 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
11 years, 5 months
Since 7 May 2015

Debates

93
-1.6 vs Commons average
Rank 252 of 650
Appearances
23
-71.6 vs Commons average
Rank 601 of 650
172
+7.2 vs Commons average
Rank 200 of 650
Contributions
24
-140.8 vs Commons average
Rank 609 of 650

Debate figures cover imported Hansard debate appearances from the last 12 months.

Financials and interests

£211,093
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,033,867
all imported IPSA years
£211,093
7% below average
Latest expenses
£291,572
29% above average
6
4 registered categories
Registered interests
30
7 registered categories
0
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

Foreign Affairs
17 of 17 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
200 of 212 votes
NHS / Health
11 of 11 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
76 of 82 votes
Environment / Climate
10 of 10 votes
#3
Environment / Climate
44 of 49 votes
Benefits
29 of 30 votes
#4
Work / Employment
70 of 80 votes
Trade
9 of 10 votes
#5
Energy
61 of 70 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Railways Bill: Carry-over extension (Motion) 4 Nov 2026
Transport
No
No
Sporting Events Bill [Lords] Report: Amendment 8 4 Nov 2026
Aye
No
Sporting Events Bill [Lords] Report: Amendment 6 4 Nov 2026
Aye
Aye
Budget Resolution No. 15: Charges in connection with employment visas 3 Nov 2026
Tax
No
Aye
Budget Resolution No. 8: Capital gains tax (business asset disposal relief) 3 Nov 2026
Tax Transport
No
Aye
Budget Resolution No.7: Increase in rate of banking surcharge for temporary period 3 Nov 2026
Tax
No
Aye
Budget Resolution No. 3: Income tax (default, property and savings rates) 3 Nov 2026
Tax
No
Aye
Withdrawal Agreement (Windsor Framework and Governance) (Amendment) Regulations 2026 21 Oct 2026
Brexit / EU Foreign Affairs
No
Aye
Draft Railways (Interoperability in Northern Ireland) (Convention on International Carriage by Rail) (Amendment) Regulations 2026 21 Oct 2026
Transport
No
Aye
Draft Code of Practice on Access and Unfair Practices During the Recognition and Derecognition Process 21 Oct 2026
No
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
Crime and Policing Bill Report Stage: Amendment 160 17 Jun 2025
Crime / Justice
No
No
Border Security, Asylum and Immigration Bill Report Stage: New Clause 21 12 May 2025
Migration
No
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