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Cat Smith vs Alberto Costa

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

Photograph of Cat Smith
Cat Smith
Lab Lancaster and Wyre
vs
Photograph of Alberto Costa
Alberto Costa
Con South Leicestershire

Voting alignment

Cat Smith and Alberto Costa voted the same way 5% of the time, based on 1,418 shared comparable votes.

75 same votes 1,343 different votes 1,418 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
103 Aye 64 No
Brexit / EU 8% aligned 167 shared votes
69 Aye 98 No
24 Aye 20 No
Benefits 7% aligned 44 shared votes
17 Aye 27 No
32 Aye 31 No
Transport 6% aligned 63 shared votes
35 Aye 28 No
24 Aye 10 No
NHS / Health 6% aligned 34 shared votes
12 Aye 22 No
34 Aye 19 No
Education 4% aligned 53 shared votes
21 Aye 32 No
Most different by topic
37 Aye 21 No
Foreign Affairs 0% aligned 58 shared votes
21 Aye 37 No
31 Aye 25 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 56 shared votes
25 Aye 31 No
23 Aye 25 No
Defence 0% aligned 48 shared votes
25 Aye 23 No
16 Aye 21 No
Housing 0% aligned 37 shared votes
21 Aye 16 No
14 Aye 19 No
Environment / Climate 0% aligned 33 shared votes
19 Aye 14 No

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

Voting record

72.5%
same as average
Rank 367 of 649
Participation
81.1%
8% above average
Rank 179 of 649
1,723
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,927
2,376 eligible divisions
931
54.0% of votes cast
Aye votes
912
47.3% of votes cast
792
46.0% of votes cast
No votes
1,015
52.7% of votes cast
5
0.3% of votes cast
Against party
9
0.5% of votes cast
11 years, 4 months
Since 7 May 2015
Commons service
11 years, 4 months
Since 7 May 2015

Debates

19
-63.3 vs Commons average
Rank 597 of 649
Appearances
22
-60.3 vs Commons average
Rank 587 of 649
25
-118.5 vs Commons average
Rank 591 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

£2,077,786
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,033,867
all imported IPSA years
£260,697
15% above average
Latest expenses
£291,572
29% above average
1
1 registered category
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
63 of 69 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
199 of 211 votes
NHS / Health
48 of 56 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
64 of 69 votes
Migration
145 of 171 votes
#3
Environment / Climate
44 of 48 votes
Brexit / EU
178 of 211 votes
#4
Work / Employment
70 of 77 votes
Democracy / Parliament
39 of 47 votes
#5
Trade
80 of 91 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading 11 Sept 2026
No
Aye
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
No
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
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 Code of Practice on Electronic and Workplace Ballots for Statutory Trade Union Ballots 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
No
Where they voted the same
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
No
Universal Credit and Personal Independent Payment Bill: Second Reading 1 Jul 2025
Benefits
No
No
Crime and Policing Bill Report Stage: Amendment 160 17 Jun 2025
Crime / Justice
No
No
Border Security, Asylum and Immigration Bill Report Stage: New Clause 21 12 May 2025
Migration
No
Aye
High Speed Rail (Crewe - Manchester) Bill: Instruction (No. 3) 21 May 2024
Transport
Aye
Aye
Tobacco and Vapes Bill: Second Reading 16 Apr 2024
NHS / Health
Aye
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