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Dame Chi Onwurah vs Alberto Costa

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

Photograph of Dame Chi Onwurah
Dame Chi Onwurah
Lab Newcastle upon Tyne Central and West
vs
Photograph of Alberto Costa
Alberto Costa
Con South Leicestershire

Voting alignment

Dame Chi Onwurah and Alberto Costa voted the same way 6% of the time, based on 1,514 shared comparable votes.

85 same votes 1,429 different votes 1,514 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
104 Aye 63 No
Brexit / EU 7% aligned 167 shared votes
66 Aye 101 No
21 Aye 11 No
NHS / Health 6% aligned 32 shared votes
13 Aye 19 No
25 Aye 17 No
Energy 5% aligned 42 shared votes
19 Aye 23 No
73 Aye 73 No
Crime / Justice 3% aligned 146 shared votes
74 Aye 72 No
41 Aye 19 No
Education 3% aligned 60 shared votes
21 Aye 39 No
Most different by topic
40 Aye 22 No
Foreign Affairs 0% aligned 62 shared votes
22 Aye 40 No
29 Aye 31 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 60 shared votes
31 Aye 29 No
23 Aye 28 No
Defence 0% aligned 51 shared votes
28 Aye 23 No
24 Aye 20 No
Housing 0% aligned 44 shared votes
20 Aye 24 No
19 Aye 17 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 36 shared votes
17 Aye 19 No

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

Voting record

76.3%
4% above average
Rank 279 of 649
Participation
81.1%
8% above average
Rank 179 of 649
1,812
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,927
2,376 eligible divisions
1,005
55.5% of votes cast
Aye votes
912
47.3% of votes cast
807
44.5% of votes cast
No votes
1,015
52.7% of votes cast
18
1.0% of votes cast
Against party
9
0.5% of votes cast
16 years, 4 months
Since 6 May 2010
Commons service
11 years, 4 months
Since 7 May 2015

Debates

109
+26.7 vs Commons average
Rank 137 of 649
Appearances
22
-60.3 vs Commons average
Rank 587 of 649
158
+14.5 vs Commons average
Rank 183 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

£2,938,496
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,033,867
all imported IPSA years
£303,201
34% above average
Latest expenses
£291,572
29% above average
14
5 registered categories
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
67 of 69 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
199 of 211 votes
Democracy / Parliament
43 of 47 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
64 of 69 votes
Environment / Climate
43 of 48 votes
#3
Environment / Climate
44 of 48 votes
Work / Employment
67 of 77 votes
#4
Work / Employment
70 of 77 votes
Defence
61 of 71 votes
#5
Trade
80 of 91 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No
Social Housing Bill [Lords]: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 10 Sept 2026
Housing
Aye
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
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 145 7 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
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading 11 Sept 2026
No
No
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
No
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 Independent Payment Bill Committee: Amendment 39 9 Jul 2025
Benefits
No
Aye
Terrorism Act 2000 (Proscribed Organisations) (Amendment) Order 2025 2 Jul 2025
Crime / Justice
Aye
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Third Reading 20 Jun 2025
No
No
Crime and Policing Bill Report Stage: Amendment 160 17 Jun 2025
Crime / Justice
No
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill Report Stage: Amendment (a) to New Clause 10 16 May 2025
Aye
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