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Ashley Dalton vs Alberto Costa

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

Photograph of Ashley Dalton
Ashley Dalton
Lab West Lancashire
vs
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Alberto Costa
Con South Leicestershire

Voting alignment

Ashley Dalton and Alberto Costa voted the same way 5% of the time, based on 456 shared comparable votes.

25 same votes 431 different votes 456 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
5 Aye 1 No
Environment / Climate 17% aligned 6 shared votes
2 Aye 4 No
8 Aye 6 No
Benefits 14% aligned 14 shared votes
4 Aye 10 No
3 Aye 6 No
NHS / Health 11% aligned 9 shared votes
7 Aye 2 No
4 Aye 8 No
Democracy / Parliament 8% aligned 12 shared votes
7 Aye 5 No
20 Aye 26 No
Crime / Justice 4% aligned 46 shared votes
26 Aye 20 No
Most different by topic
44 Aye 26 No
Tax 0% aligned 70 shared votes
26 Aye 44 No
21 Aye 10 No
Education 0% aligned 31 shared votes
10 Aye 21 No
16 Aye 12 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 28 shared votes
12 Aye 16 No
16 Aye 4 No
Housing 0% aligned 20 shared votes
4 Aye 16 No
16 Aye 2 No
Digital / Online Safety 0% aligned 18 shared votes
2 Aye 16 No

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

Voting record

63.6%
9% below average
Rank 532 of 649
Participation
81.1%
8% above average
Rank 179 of 649
590
928 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,927
2,376 eligible divisions
277
46.9% of votes cast
Aye votes
912
47.3% of votes cast
313
53.1% of votes cast
No votes
1,015
52.7% of votes cast
5
0.8% of votes cast
Against party
9
0.5% of votes cast
3 years, 7 months
Since 9 Feb 2023
Commons service
11 years, 4 months
Since 7 May 2015

Debates

47
-36.7 vs Commons average
Rank 472 of 649
Appearances
23
-60.7 vs Commons average
Rank 585 of 649
111
-34.9 vs Commons average
Rank 310 of 649
Contributions
24
-121.9 vs Commons average
Rank 597 of 649

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

Financials and interests

£607,098
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,033,867
all imported IPSA years
£323,917
43% above average
Latest expenses
£291,572
29% above average
1
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

Brexit / EU
6 of 6 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
199 of 211 votes
NHS / Health
16 of 17 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
64 of 69 votes
Migration
79 of 96 votes
#3
Environment / Climate
44 of 48 votes
Trade
15 of 19 votes
#4
Work / Employment
70 of 77 votes
Energy
23 of 32 votes
#5
Trade
80 of 91 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No
Social Housing Bill [Lords]: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 10 Sept 2026
Housing
Aye
Aye
Draft Plant Health, Seeds, Seed Potatoes and Plant Propagating Material (Amendment) (Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026 9 Sept 2026
No
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: Amendment 1 8 Sept 2026
Aye
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 143 8 Sept 2026
Aye
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 142 8 Sept 2026
Aye
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 Town and Country Planning (Discharge of Local Planning Authority Functions) (England) 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
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 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
Aye
Terrorism Act 2000 (Proscribed Organisations) (Amendment) Order 2025 2 Jul 2025
Crime / Justice
Aye
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Third Reading 20 Jun 2025
No
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill Report Stage: Amendment (a) to New Clause 10 16 May 2025
Aye
No
Closure motion 16 May 2025
No
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