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Dame Nia Griffith vs Alberto Costa

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

Photograph of Dame Nia Griffith
Dame Nia Griffith
Lab Llanelli
vs
Photograph of Alberto Costa
Alberto Costa
Con South Leicestershire

Voting alignment

Dame Nia Griffith and Alberto Costa voted the same way 6% of the time, based on 1,557 shared comparable votes.

88 same votes 1,469 different votes 1,557 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
106 Aye 65 No
Brexit / EU 8% aligned 171 shared votes
70 Aye 101 No
34 Aye 17 No
Energy 6% aligned 51 shared votes
20 Aye 31 No
25 Aye 16 No
Benefits 5% aligned 41 shared votes
14 Aye 27 No
19 Aye 12 No
NHS / Health 3% aligned 31 shared votes
13 Aye 18 No
14 Aye 18 No
Democracy / Parliament 3% aligned 32 shared votes
17 Aye 15 No
Most different by topic
33 Aye 31 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 64 shared votes
31 Aye 33 No
39 Aye 23 No
Foreign Affairs 0% aligned 62 shared votes
23 Aye 39 No
24 Aye 28 No
Defence 0% aligned 52 shared votes
28 Aye 24 No
32 Aye 16 No
Housing 0% aligned 48 shared votes
16 Aye 32 No
7 Aye 24 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 31 shared votes
24 Aye 7 No

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

Voting record

77.8%
5% above average
Rank 249 of 649
Participation
81.1%
8% above average
Rank 179 of 649
1,849
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,927
2,376 eligible divisions
1,023
55.3% of votes cast
Aye votes
912
47.3% of votes cast
826
44.7% of votes cast
No votes
1,015
52.7% of votes cast
16
0.9% of votes cast
Against party
9
0.5% of votes cast
21 years, 4 months
Since 5 May 2005
Commons service
11 years, 4 months
Since 7 May 2015

Debates

70
-12.3 vs Commons average
Rank 310 of 649
Appearances
22
-60.3 vs Commons average
Rank 587 of 649
83
-60.5 vs Commons average
Rank 387 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

£2,805,379
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,033,867
all imported IPSA years
£279,114
23% above average
Latest expenses
£291,572
29% above average
5
4 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

Foreign Affairs
67 of 69 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
199 of 211 votes
Work / Employment
71 of 77 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
64 of 69 votes
Democracy / Parliament
42 of 47 votes
#3
Environment / Climate
44 of 48 votes
Defence
62 of 71 votes
#4
Work / Employment
70 of 77 votes
Migration
148 of 171 votes
#5
Trade
80 of 91 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
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 Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Act 2026 (Establishment of Schools) (Consequential Amendments) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
Education
No
Aye
Draft Supply of Machinery (Safety) (Amendment etc.) and the EU Machinery Regulation (Enforcement etc. in Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
No
Aye
Draft Town and Country Planning (Discharge of Local Planning Authority Functions) (England) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
No
Aye
National Security (State Threats) Bill: motion to agree to Lords Amendment 1 6 Jul 2026
Defence
No
Aye
Draft Climate Change Act 2008 (Credit Limit) Order 2026 24 Jun 2026
Environment / Climate
No
Aye
Draft Climate Change Act 2008 (International Aviation and International Shipping) Regulations 2026 24 Jun 2026
Environment / Climate Transport
No
Aye
Draft Carbon Budget Order 2026 24 Jun 2026
Environment / Climate
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
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
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
No
Border Security, Asylum and Immigration Bill Report Stage: New Clause 21 12 May 2025
Migration
No
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