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Barry Gardiner vs Alberto Costa

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


Voting alignment

Barry Gardiner and Alberto Costa voted the same way 5% of the time, based on 1,323 shared comparable votes.

72 same votes 1,251 different votes 1,323 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
92 Aye 63 No
Brexit / EU 8% aligned 155 shared votes
68 Aye 87 No
25 Aye 59 No
Migration 6% aligned 84 shared votes
56 Aye 28 No
34 Aye 31 No
Transport 5% aligned 65 shared votes
34 Aye 31 No
54 Aye 61 No
Crime / Justice 4% aligned 115 shared votes
62 Aye 53 No
11 Aye 14 No
Democracy / Parliament 4% aligned 25 shared votes
13 Aye 12 No
Most different by topic
28 Aye 21 No
Foreign Affairs 0% aligned 49 shared votes
21 Aye 28 No
21 Aye 25 No
Defence 0% aligned 46 shared votes
25 Aye 21 No
22 Aye 20 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 42 shared votes
20 Aye 22 No
16 Aye 22 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 38 shared votes
22 Aye 16 No
18 Aye 16 No
Environment / Climate 0% aligned 34 shared votes
16 Aye 18 No

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

Voting record

67.4%
5% below average
Rank 473 of 649
Participation
81.1%
8% above average
Rank 179 of 649
1,601
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,927
2,376 eligible divisions
891
55.7% of votes cast
Aye votes
912
47.3% of votes cast
710
44.3% of votes cast
No votes
1,015
52.7% of votes cast
18
1.1% of votes cast
Against party
9
0.5% of votes cast
29 years, 4 months
Since 1 May 1997
Commons service
11 years, 4 months
Since 7 May 2015

Debates

58
-24.3 vs Commons average
Rank 387 of 649
Appearances
22
-60.3 vs Commons average
Rank 587 of 649
94
-49.5 vs Commons average
Rank 356 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

£2,795,864
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,033,867
all imported IPSA years
£268,850
19% above average
Latest expenses
£291,572
29% above average
13
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

Trade
77 of 91 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
199 of 211 votes
Transport
78 of 95 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
64 of 69 votes
Defence
57 of 71 votes
#3
Environment / Climate
44 of 48 votes
Brexit / EU
166 of 211 votes
#4
Work / Employment
70 of 77 votes
Foreign Affairs
54 of 69 votes
#5
Trade
80 of 91 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Where they voted the same
No
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
No
No
Closure motion 16 May 2025
No
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API