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Christian Wakeford vs Alberto Costa

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


Voting alignment

Christian Wakeford and Alberto Costa voted the same way 40% of the time, based on 1,072 shared comparable votes.

426 same votes 646 different votes 1,072 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
28 Aye 26 No
Brexit / EU 87% aligned 54 shared votes
25 Aye 29 No
20 Aye 16 No
Trade 69% aligned 36 shared votes
21 Aye 15 No
8 Aye 18 No
NHS / Health 65% aligned 26 shared votes
11 Aye 15 No
14 Aye 20 No
Democracy / Parliament 62% aligned 34 shared votes
19 Aye 15 No
26 Aye 17 No
Benefits 60% aligned 43 shared votes
19 Aye 24 No
Most different by topic
22 Aye 7 No
Digital / Online Safety 0% aligned 29 shared votes
7 Aye 22 No
3 Aye 0 No
Cost of Living 0% aligned 3 shared votes
0 Aye 3 No
33 Aye 22 No
Work / Employment 2% aligned 55 shared votes
21 Aye 34 No
14 Aye 14 No
Devolution / Local Government 4% aligned 28 shared votes
13 Aye 15 No
23 Aye 12 No
Education 9% aligned 35 shared votes
11 Aye 24 No

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

Voting record

86.2%
14% above average
Rank 73 of 649
Participation
81.1%
8% above average
Rank 179 of 649
1,429
1,658 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,927
2,376 eligible divisions
684
47.9% of votes cast
Aye votes
912
47.3% of votes cast
745
52.1% of votes cast
No votes
1,015
52.7% of votes cast
9
0.6% of votes cast
Against party
9
0.5% of votes cast
6 years, 9 months
Since 12 Dec 2019
Commons service
11 years, 5 months
Since 7 May 2015

Debates

1
-82.6 vs Commons average
Rank 636 of 650
Appearances
23
-60.6 vs Commons average
Rank 585 of 650
1
-144.7 vs Commons average
Rank 633 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

£1,415,566
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,033,867
all imported IPSA years
£335,718
48% above average
Latest expenses
£291,572
29% above average
0
0 registered categories
Registered interests
29
7 registered categories
0
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
50 of 50 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
199 of 211 votes
Defence
69 of 70 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
64 of 69 votes
Work / Employment
63 of 67 votes
#3
Environment / Climate
44 of 48 votes
Environment / Climate
41 of 44 votes
#4
Work / Employment
70 of 77 votes
Democracy / Parliament
38 of 41 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