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Bob Blackman vs Alberto Costa

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

Photograph of Bob Blackman
Bob Blackman
Con Harrow East
vs
Photograph of Alberto Costa
Alberto Costa
Con South Leicestershire

Voting alignment

Bob Blackman and Alberto Costa voted the same way 97% of the time, based on 1,851 shared comparable votes.

1,802 same votes 49 different votes 1,851 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
93 Aye 152 No
Tax 100% aligned 245 shared votes
93 Aye 152 No
86 Aye 91 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 177 shared votes
86 Aye 91 No
27 Aye 43 No
Foreign Affairs 100% aligned 70 shared votes
27 Aye 43 No
33 Aye 31 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 64 shared votes
33 Aye 31 No
32 Aye 27 No
Defence 100% aligned 59 shared votes
32 Aye 27 No
Most different by topic
37 Aye 40 No
Trade 94% aligned 77 shared votes
40 Aye 37 No
78 Aye 122 No
Brexit / EU 95% aligned 200 shared votes
81 Aye 119 No
23 Aye 21 No
Housing 95% aligned 44 shared votes
21 Aye 23 No
22 Aye 46 No
Education 97% aligned 68 shared votes
24 Aye 44 No
17 Aye 20 No
NHS / Health 97% aligned 37 shared votes
16 Aye 21 No

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

Voting record

87.4%
15% above average
Rank 47 of 650
Participation
80.8%
9% above average
Rank 175 of 650
2,118
2,422 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,958
2,422 eligible divisions
992
46.8% of votes cast
Aye votes
927
47.3% of votes cast
1,126
53.2% of votes cast
No votes
1,031
52.7% of votes cast
54
2.5% of votes cast
Against party
9
0.5% of votes cast
16 years, 6 months
Since 6 May 2010
Commons service
11 years, 6 months
Since 7 May 2015

Debates

161
+65.4 vs Commons average
Rank 81 of 650
Appearances
23
-72.6 vs Commons average
Rank 603 of 650
190
+23.6 vs Commons average
Rank 184 of 650
Contributions
24
-142.4 vs Commons average
Rank 609 of 650

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

Financials and interests

£3,032,116
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,033,867
all imported IPSA years
£312,612
38% above average
Latest expenses
£291,572
29% above average
9
6 registered categories
Registered interests
30
7 registered categories
8
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
212 of 212 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
200 of 212 votes
Trade
90 of 94 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
76 of 82 votes
Defence
66 of 71 votes
#3
Environment / Climate
44 of 49 votes
Foreign Affairs
76 of 82 votes
#4
Work / Employment
70 of 80 votes
Environment / Climate
45 of 49 votes
#5
Energy
61 of 70 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye rebel
Leasehold and Freehold Reform Bill Report Stage: New Clause 39 27 Feb 2024
Housing
No
Aye rebel
Safety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) Bill Committee: Amendment 23 17 Jan 2024
Migration
No
Aye rebel
Safety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) Bill Committee: Amendment 19 16 Jan 2024
Migration
No
Aye rebel
Safety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) Bill Committee: Amendment 10 16 Jan 2024
Migration
No
No rebel
Draft Equality Act 2010 (Amendment) Regulations 2023 13 Dec 2023
Aye
No rebel
Relationships and Sexuality Education (Northern Ireland) (Amendment) Regulations 2023 28 Jun 2023
Education
Aye
No rebel
Abortion (Northern Ireland) Regulations 2022 (SI, 2022, No. 554) 22 Jun 2022
Aye
No rebel
draft Health and Social Care Act 2008 (Regulated Activities) (Amendment) (Coronavirus) (No.2) Regulations 2021 14 Dec 2021
Aye
No rebel
Health Protection (Entry to venues etc) SI No 1416 14 Dec 2021
Aye
No rebel
Health Regulations (Face Coverings) SI No 1400 14 Dec 2021
Aye
Where they voted the same
Aye
Opposition day: Employers 11 Nov 2026
Aye
No
Government Amendment to Opposition day debate on Welfare 11 Nov 2026
Benefits
No
Aye
Opposition day: Welfare 11 Nov 2026
Benefits
Aye
No
Railways Bill: Carry-over extension (Motion) 4 Nov 2026
Transport
No
Aye
Sporting Events Bill [Lords] Report: Amendment 8 4 Nov 2026
Aye
Aye
Sporting Events Bill [Lords] Report: Amendment 6 4 Nov 2026
Aye
No
Draft Private Rented Sector Database Regulations 2026 4 Nov 2026
Tax
No
No
Draft Housing (Tenancy Deposit Schemes) Order 2026 4 Nov 2026
Housing
No
No
Budget Resolution No. 86: High value council tax surcharge 3 Nov 2026
Tax
No
No
Budget Resolution No. 76: Rates of alcohol duty 3 Nov 2026
Tax
No
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