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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.


Voting alignment

Alex Ballinger and Alberto Costa voted the same way 2% of the time, based on 309 shared comparable votes.

6 same votes 303 different votes 309 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
11 Aye 20 No
Crime / Justice 6% aligned 31 shared votes
20 Aye 11 No
34 Aye 33 No
Tax 0% aligned 67 shared votes
33 Aye 34 No
25 Aye 4 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 29 shared votes
4 Aye 25 No
Most different by topic
34 Aye 33 No
Tax 0% aligned 67 shared votes
33 Aye 34 No
25 Aye 4 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 29 shared votes
4 Aye 25 No
15 Aye 8 No
Education 0% aligned 23 shared votes
8 Aye 15 No
17 Aye 5 No
Housing 0% aligned 22 shared votes
5 Aye 17 No
6 Aye 10 No
Defence 0% aligned 16 shared votes
10 Aye 6 No

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

Voting record

76.0 %
3 % above average
Rank 292 of 650
Participation
81.1 %
8 % above average
Rank 183 of 650
428
563 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,905
2,349 eligible divisions
203
47.4 % of votes cast
Aye votes
901
47.3 % of votes cast
225
52.6 % of votes cast
No votes
1,004
52.7 % of votes cast
0
0.0 % of votes cast
Against party
9
0.5 % of votes cast
1 years, 11 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
11 years, 1 months
Since 7 May 2015

Debates

68
-2.3 vs Commons average
Rank 264 of 650
Appearances
13
-57.3 vs Commons average
Rank 608 of 650
122
-2.9 vs Commons average
Rank 208 of 650
Contributions
14
-110.9 vs Commons average
Rank 613 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
4
2 registered categories
Registered interests
29
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

Migration
11 of 11 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
199 of 211 votes
NHS / Health
11 of 11 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
64 of 69 votes
Democracy / Parliament
10 of 10 votes
#3
Environment / Climate
44 of 48 votes
Environment / Climate
9 of 9 votes
#4
Work / Employment
68 of 75 votes
Foreign Affairs
4 of 4 votes
#5
Trade
78 of 89 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Where they voted the same
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API