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Blake Stephenson vs Alberto Costa

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

Photograph of Blake Stephenson
Blake Stephenson
Con Mid Bedfordshire
vs
Photograph of Alberto Costa
Alberto Costa
Con South Leicestershire

Voting alignment

Blake Stephenson and Alberto Costa voted the same way 100% of the time, based on 339 shared comparable votes.

339 same votes 0 different votes 339 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
34 Aye 40 No
Tax 100% aligned 74 shared votes
34 Aye 40 No
21 Aye 19 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 40 shared votes
21 Aye 19 No
8 Aye 23 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 31 shared votes
8 Aye 23 No
9 Aye 17 No
Education 100% aligned 26 shared votes
9 Aye 17 No
16 Aye 9 No
Defence 100% aligned 25 shared votes
16 Aye 9 No
Most different by topic
34 Aye 40 No
Tax 100% aligned 74 shared votes
34 Aye 40 No
21 Aye 19 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 40 shared votes
21 Aye 19 No
8 Aye 23 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 31 shared votes
8 Aye 23 No
9 Aye 17 No
Education 100% aligned 26 shared votes
9 Aye 17 No
16 Aye 9 No
Defence 100% aligned 25 shared votes
16 Aye 9 No

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

Voting record

71.4%
1% below average
Rank 397 of 649
Participation
81.1%
8% above average
Rank 179 of 649
421
590 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,927
2,376 eligible divisions
191
45.4% of votes cast
Aye votes
912
47.3% of votes cast
230
54.6% of votes cast
No votes
1,015
52.7% of votes cast
1
0.2% of votes cast
Against party
9
0.5% of votes cast
2 years, 3 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
11 years, 5 months
Since 7 May 2015

Debates

85
+1.4 vs Commons average
Rank 241 of 650
Appearances
23
-60.6 vs Commons average
Rank 585 of 650
165
+19.3 vs Commons average
Rank 177 of 650
Contributions
24
-121.7 vs Commons average
Rank 597 of 650

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

Financials and interests

£203,629
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,033,867
all imported IPSA years
£203,629
10% below average
Latest expenses
£291,572
29% above average
6
4 registered categories
Registered interests
29
7 registered categories
1
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
Defence
28 of 34 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
64 of 69 votes
Crime / Justice
51 of 62 votes
#3
Environment / Climate
44 of 48 votes
Tax
92 of 112 votes
#4
Work / Employment
70 of 77 votes
Work / Employment
31 of 39 votes
#5
Trade
80 of 91 votes

Recent voting overlap

These MPs agreed on every division where both voted in the current comparison sample.

Where they voted the same
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading 11 Sept 2026
No
No
Draft Plant Health, Seeds, Seed Potatoes and Plant Propagating Material (Amendment) (Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026 9 Sept 2026
No
Aye
Health Bill: Report Stage: Amendment 1 8 Sept 2026
Aye
Aye
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 143 8 Sept 2026
Aye
Aye
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 142 8 Sept 2026
Aye
Aye
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 145 7 Sept 2026
Aye
No
Representation of the People Bill: Third Reading 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 88 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
Aye
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 67 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
Aye
Aye
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 65 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
Aye
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Voting source Commons Votes API