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Catherine West vs Alberto Costa

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


Voting alignment

Catherine West and Alberto Costa voted the same way 5% of the time, based on 1,460 shared comparable votes.

69 same votes 1,391 different votes 1,460 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
22 Aye 12 No
NHS / Health 6% aligned 34 shared votes
14 Aye 20 No
108 Aye 67 No
Brexit / EU 6% aligned 175 shared votes
69 Aye 106 No
29 Aye 16 No
Benefits 4% aligned 45 shared votes
14 Aye 31 No
10 Aye 15 No
Democracy / Parliament 4% aligned 25 shared votes
14 Aye 11 No
20 Aye 9 No
Digital / Online Safety 3% aligned 29 shared votes
10 Aye 19 No
Most different by topic
34 Aye 20 No
Foreign Affairs 0% aligned 54 shared votes
20 Aye 34 No
20 Aye 25 No
Defence 0% aligned 45 shared votes
25 Aye 20 No
24 Aye 21 No
Housing 0% aligned 45 shared votes
21 Aye 24 No
13 Aye 23 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 36 shared votes
23 Aye 13 No
16 Aye 18 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 34 shared votes
18 Aye 16 No

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

Voting record

73.5%
1% above average
Rank 343 of 649
Participation
81.1%
8% above average
Rank 179 of 649
1,747
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,927
2,376 eligible divisions
947
54.2% of votes cast
Aye votes
912
47.3% of votes cast
800
45.8% of votes cast
No votes
1,015
52.7% of votes cast
8
0.5% 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

48
-34.3 vs Commons average
Rank 461 of 649
Appearances
22
-60.3 vs Commons average
Rank 587 of 649
59
-84.5 vs Commons average
Rank 476 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

£2,012,777
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,033,867
all imported IPSA years
£264,778
17% above average
Latest expenses
£291,572
29% above average
3
3 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

Education
86 of 96 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
199 of 211 votes
Migration
153 of 171 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
64 of 69 votes
Brexit / EU
186 of 211 votes
#3
Environment / Climate
44 of 48 votes
Environment / Climate
41 of 48 votes
#4
Work / Employment
70 of 77 votes
Foreign Affairs
57 of 69 votes
#5
Trade
80 of 91 votes

Recent voting overlap

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