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Andy McDonald vs Alberto Costa

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

Photograph of Andy McDonald
Andy McDonald
Lab Middlesbrough and Thornaby East
vs
Photograph of Alberto Costa
Alberto Costa
Con South Leicestershire

Voting alignment

Andy McDonald and Alberto Costa voted the same way 5% of the time, based on 1,482 shared comparable votes.

81 same votes 1,401 different votes 1,482 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
106 Aye 65 No
Brexit / EU 8% aligned 171 shared votes
70 Aye 101 No
26 Aye 18 No
Benefits 7% aligned 44 shared votes
15 Aye 29 No
23 Aye 10 No
NHS / Health 6% aligned 33 shared votes
12 Aye 21 No
40 Aye 18 No
Education 3% aligned 58 shared votes
20 Aye 38 No
25 Aye 5 No
Digital / Online Safety 3% aligned 30 shared votes
6 Aye 24 No
Most different by topic
33 Aye 31 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 64 shared votes
31 Aye 33 No
24 Aye 30 No
Defence 0% aligned 54 shared votes
30 Aye 24 No
19 Aye 25 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 44 shared votes
25 Aye 19 No
23 Aye 17 No
Foreign Affairs 0% aligned 40 shared votes
17 Aye 23 No
19 Aye 17 No
Environment / Climate 0% aligned 36 shared votes
17 Aye 19 No

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

Voting record

75.5%
3% above average
Rank 298 of 649
Participation
81.1%
8% above average
Rank 179 of 649
1,794
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,927
2,376 eligible divisions
996
55.5% of votes cast
Aye votes
912
47.3% of votes cast
798
44.5% of votes cast
No votes
1,015
52.7% of votes cast
23
1.3% of votes cast
Against party
9
0.5% of votes cast
13 years, 9 months
Since 29 Nov 2012
Commons service
11 years, 4 months
Since 7 May 2015

Debates

89
+6.7 vs Commons average
Rank 216 of 649
Appearances
22
-60.3 vs Commons average
Rank 587 of 649
118
-25.5 vs Commons average
Rank 275 of 649
Contributions
23
-120.5 vs Commons average
Rank 594 of 649

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

Financials and interests

£2,505,391
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,033,867
all imported IPSA years
£296,890
31% above average
Latest expenses
£291,572
29% above average
4
2 registered categories
Registered interests
29
7 registered categories
2
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

Work / Employment
71 of 77 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
199 of 211 votes
Defence
65 of 71 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
64 of 69 votes
Democracy / Parliament
42 of 47 votes
#3
Environment / Climate
44 of 48 votes
Brexit / EU
182 of 211 votes
#4
Work / Employment
70 of 77 votes
Transport
81 of 95 votes
#5
Trade
80 of 91 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 145 7 Sept 2026
Aye
Aye
Representation of the People Bill: Third Reading 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 67 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
Aye
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 65 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
Aye
Aye
Draft Trade Unions (Permissible Means of Voting) and Employment Rights (Unfair Dismissal) (Amendment) Order 2026 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
No
Aye
Draft Code of Practice on Electronic and Workplace Ballots for Statutory Trade Union Ballots 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
No
No
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 19 14 Jul 2026
Aye
No
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 199 14 Jul 2026
Aye
No
Immigration and Asylum Bill: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 13 Jul 2026
Migration
Aye
Aye
Draft Supply of Machinery (Safety) (Amendment etc.) and the EU Machinery Regulation (Enforcement etc. in Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
No
Where they voted the same
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading 11 Sept 2026
No
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 88 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
No
Draft Town and Country Planning (Discharge of Local Planning Authority Functions) (England) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
No
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (l) 20 May 2026
No
No
Sentencing Bill Committee: New Clause 30 21 Oct 2025
Crime / Justice
No
No
Universal Credit and Personal Independence Payment Bill: Third Reading 9 Jul 2025
Benefits
No
No
Universal Credit and Personal Independent Payment Bill Committee: Amendment 39 9 Jul 2025
Benefits
No
No
Universal Credit and Personal Independent Payment Bill: Second Reading 1 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
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