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Andrew Pakes vs Alberto Costa

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

Photograph of Andrew Pakes
Andrew Pakes
Lab Peterborough
vs
Photograph of Alberto Costa
Alberto Costa
Con South Leicestershire

Voting alignment

Andrew Pakes and Alberto Costa voted the same way 3% of the time, based on 275 shared comparable votes.

8 same votes 267 different votes 275 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
1 Aye 3 No
Migration 25% aligned 4 shared votes
2 Aye 2 No
5 Aye 6 No
Benefits 18% aligned 11 shared votes
4 Aye 7 No
15 Aye 14 No
Crime / Justice 3% aligned 29 shared votes
13 Aye 16 No
30 Aye 30 No
Tax 0% aligned 60 shared votes
30 Aye 30 No
25 Aye 5 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 30 shared votes
5 Aye 25 No
Most different by topic
30 Aye 30 No
Tax 0% aligned 60 shared votes
30 Aye 30 No
25 Aye 5 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 30 shared votes
5 Aye 25 No
7 Aye 15 No
Defence 0% aligned 22 shared votes
15 Aye 7 No
7 Aye 12 No
Education 0% aligned 19 shared votes
12 Aye 7 No
11 Aye 6 No
Housing 0% aligned 17 shared votes
6 Aye 11 No

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

Voting record

70.3 %
2 % below average
Rank 426 of 650
Participation
81.1 %
8 % above average
Rank 183 of 650
396
563 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,905
2,349 eligible divisions
192
48.5 % of votes cast
Aye votes
901
47.3 % of votes cast
204
51.5 % of votes cast
No votes
1,004
52.7 % of votes cast
11
2.8 % of votes cast
Against party
9
0.5 % of votes cast
2 years, 0 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
11 years, 1 months
Since 7 May 2015

Debates

63
-7.9 vs Commons average
Rank 297 of 650
Appearances
13
-57.9 vs Commons average
Rank 609 of 650
75
-50.8 vs Commons average
Rank 373 of 650
Contributions
14
-111.8 vs Commons average
Rank 613 of 650

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

Financials and interests

£183,790
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,033,867
all imported IPSA years
£183,790
19 % below average
Latest expenses
£291,572
29 % above average
5
4 registered categories
Registered interests
29
7 registered categories
1
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

Democracy / Parliament
10 of 10 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
199 of 211 votes
NHS / Health
10 of 11 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
64 of 69 votes
Defence
29 of 33 votes
#3
Environment / Climate
44 of 48 votes
Transport
25 of 29 votes
#4
Work / Employment
68 of 75 votes
Work / Employment
31 of 37 votes
#5
Trade
78 of 89 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Customs (Tariff and Miscellaneous Amendments) (No. 4) Regulations 2026 24 Jun 2026
Trade
No
No
Opposition Day: Puberty blockers 23 Jun 2026
Aye
Aye
Opposition Day Motion: Defence spending and readiness - Prime Minister's Amendment 23 Jun 2026
Defence
No
No
Opposition day: Defence spending and readiness 23 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
No
Armed Forces Bill Report Stage: Amendment 11 22 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
No
Armed Forces Bill Report Stage: New Clause 11 22 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
No
Armed Forces Bill Report Stage: New Clause 4 22 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
No
National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: New Clause 3 17 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
No
National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: Amendment 13 17 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
No
National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: Amendment 8 17 Jun 2026
Defence
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
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
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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