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Andrew Western vs Alberto Costa
A side-by-side comparison of voting participation, party rebellion, topic focus, and recent voting overlap.
Voting alignment
Andrew Western and Alberto Costa voted the same way 5% of the time, based on 526 shared comparable votes.
24 same votes
502 different votes
526 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
Most different by topic
Topic alignment uses local topic tags, so a division can count towards more than one topic.
Voting record
73.2%
1% above average
Participation
81.1%
8% above average
712
973 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,927
2,376 eligible divisions
348
48.9% of votes cast
Aye votes
912
47.3% of votes cast
364
51.1% of votes cast
No votes
1,015
52.7% of votes cast
1
0.1% of votes cast
Against party
9
0.5% of votes cast
3 years, 9 months
Since 15 Dec 2022
Commons service
11 years, 4 months
Since 7 May 2015
Debates
45
-38.7 vs Commons average
Appearances
23
-60.7 vs Commons average
298
+152.1 vs Commons average
Contributions
24
-121.9 vs Commons average
Debate figures cover imported Hansard debate appearances from the last 12 months.
Financials and interests
£577,200
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,033,867
all imported IPSA years
£255,721
13% above average
Latest expenses
£291,572
29% above average
8
1 registered category
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
Recent voting overlap
Where they voted differently
Aye
No
Where they voted the same
Member source
UK Parliament Members API
Voting source
Commons Votes API