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Aphra Brandreth vs Alberto Costa

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

Photograph of Aphra Brandreth
Aphra Brandreth
Con Chester South and Eddisbury
vs
Photograph of Alberto Costa
Alberto Costa
Con South Leicestershire

Voting alignment

Aphra Brandreth and Alberto Costa voted the same way 99% of the time, based on 309 shared comparable votes.

305 same votes 4 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
32 Aye 31 No
Tax 100% aligned 63 shared votes
32 Aye 31 No
8 Aye 29 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 37 shared votes
8 Aye 29 No
21 Aye 12 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 33 shared votes
21 Aye 12 No
15 Aye 9 No
Defence 100% aligned 24 shared votes
15 Aye 9 No
8 Aye 14 No
Education 100% aligned 22 shared votes
8 Aye 14 No
Most different by topic
32 Aye 31 No
Tax 100% aligned 63 shared votes
32 Aye 31 No
8 Aye 29 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 37 shared votes
8 Aye 29 No
21 Aye 12 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 33 shared votes
21 Aye 12 No
15 Aye 9 No
Defence 100% aligned 24 shared votes
15 Aye 9 No
8 Aye 14 No
Education 100% aligned 22 shared votes
8 Aye 14 No

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

Voting record

65.7 %
7 % below average
Rank 506 of 649
Participation
81.1 %
8 % above average
Rank 182 of 649
378
575 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,915
2,361 eligible divisions
177
46.8 % of votes cast
Aye votes
905
47.3 % of votes cast
201
53.2 % of votes cast
No votes
1,010
52.7 % of votes cast
13
3.4 % of votes cast
Against party
9
0.5 % of votes cast
2 years, 1 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
11 years, 3 months
Since 7 May 2015

Debates

80
+2.1 vs Commons average
Rank 240 of 650
Appearances
20
-57.9 vs Commons average
Rank 587 of 650
90
-48.3 vs Commons average
Rank 352 of 650
Contributions
21
-117.3 vs Commons average
Rank 594 of 650

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

Financials and interests

£250,031
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,033,867
all imported IPSA years
£250,031
11 % above average
Latest expenses
£291,572
29 % above average
12
5 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

Foreign Affairs
4 of 4 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
199 of 211 votes
Work / Employment
37 of 39 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
64 of 69 votes
Democracy / Parliament
8 of 10 votes
#3
Environment / Climate
44 of 48 votes
Trade
5 of 7 votes
#4
Work / Employment
70 of 77 votes
Tax
79 of 111 votes
#5
Trade
80 of 91 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye rebel
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Third Reading 20 Jun 2025
No
No rebel
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill Report Stage: Amendment (a) to New Clause 10 16 May 2025
Aye
Aye rebel
Closure motion 16 May 2025
No
Aye rebel
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading 29 Nov 2024
No
Where they voted the same
No
Draft Trade Unions (Permissible Means of Voting) and Employment Rights (Unfair Dismissal) (Amendment) Order 2026 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
No
No
Draft Code of Practice on Electronic and Workplace Ballots for Statutory Trade Union Ballots 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
No
Aye
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 19 14 Jul 2026
Aye
Aye
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 199 14 Jul 2026
Aye
Aye
Immigration and Asylum Bill: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 13 Jul 2026
Migration
Aye
No
Draft Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Act 2026 (Establishment of Schools) (Consequential Amendments) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
Education
No
No
Draft Supply of Machinery (Safety) (Amendment etc.) and the EU Machinery Regulation (Enforcement etc. in Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
No
No
Draft Town and Country Planning (Discharge of Local Planning Authority Functions) (England) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
No
Aye
Opposition Day: Early release of prisoners 7 Jul 2026
Crime / Justice
Aye
No
National Security (State Threats) Bill: motion to agree to Lords Amendment 1 6 Jul 2026
Defence
No
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