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Clive Efford vs Alberto Costa

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


Voting alignment

Clive Efford and Alberto Costa voted the same way 5% of the time, based on 1,492 shared comparable votes.

76 same votes 1,416 different votes 1,492 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
101 Aye 63 No
Brexit / EU 7% aligned 164 shared votes
67 Aye 97 No
23 Aye 9 No
NHS / Health 6% aligned 32 shared votes
11 Aye 21 No
26 Aye 16 No
Benefits 5% aligned 42 shared votes
14 Aye 28 No
66 Aye 65 No
Crime / Justice 4% aligned 131 shared votes
66 Aye 65 No
37 Aye 21 No
Education 3% aligned 58 shared votes
23 Aye 35 No
Most different by topic
40 Aye 22 No
Foreign Affairs 0% aligned 62 shared votes
22 Aye 40 No
25 Aye 30 No
Defence 0% aligned 55 shared votes
30 Aye 25 No
26 Aye 22 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 48 shared votes
22 Aye 26 No
27 Aye 17 No
Housing 0% aligned 44 shared votes
17 Aye 27 No
19 Aye 22 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 41 shared votes
22 Aye 19 No

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

Voting record

76.1%
4% above average
Rank 282 of 649
Participation
81.1%
8% above average
Rank 179 of 649
1,809
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,927
2,376 eligible divisions
1,019
56.3% of votes cast
Aye votes
912
47.3% of votes cast
790
43.7% of votes cast
No votes
1,015
52.7% of votes cast
4
0.2% of votes cast
Against party
9
0.5% of votes cast
29 years, 4 months
Since 1 May 1997
Commons service
11 years, 4 months
Since 7 May 2015

Debates

98
+15.7 vs Commons average
Rank 174 of 649
Appearances
22
-60.3 vs Commons average
Rank 587 of 649
87
-56.5 vs Commons average
Rank 374 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

£2,722,645
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,033,867
all imported IPSA years
£265,723
17% above average
Latest expenses
£291,572
29% above average
3
2 registered categories
Registered interests
29
7 registered categories
4
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
67 of 69 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
199 of 211 votes
Migration
150 of 171 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
64 of 69 votes
Education
84 of 96 votes
#3
Environment / Climate
44 of 48 votes
Defence
62 of 71 votes
#4
Work / Employment
70 of 77 votes
Environment / Climate
41 of 48 votes
#5
Trade
80 of 91 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Where they voted the same
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API