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Dame Siobhain McDonagh vs Alberto Costa

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

Photograph of Dame Siobhain McDonagh
Dame Siobhain McDonagh
Lab Mitcham and Morden
vs
Photograph of Alberto Costa
Alberto Costa
Con South Leicestershire

Voting alignment

Dame Siobhain McDonagh and Alberto Costa voted the same way 5% of the time, based on 1,103 shared comparable votes.

60 same votes 1,043 different votes 1,103 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
21 Aye 39 No
Migration 7% aligned 60 shared votes
35 Aye 25 No
90 Aye 48 No
Brexit / EU 7% aligned 138 shared votes
51 Aye 87 No
25 Aye 13 No
Benefits 5% aligned 38 shared votes
11 Aye 27 No
14 Aye 7 No
NHS / Health 5% aligned 21 shared votes
8 Aye 13 No
9 Aye 15 No
Democracy / Parliament 4% aligned 24 shared votes
14 Aye 10 No
Most different by topic
88 Aye 55 No
Tax 0% aligned 143 shared votes
55 Aye 88 No
23 Aye 17 No
Defence 0% aligned 40 shared votes
17 Aye 23 No
24 Aye 16 No
Foreign Affairs 0% aligned 40 shared votes
16 Aye 24 No
25 Aye 13 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 38 shared votes
13 Aye 25 No
16 Aye 15 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 31 shared votes
15 Aye 16 No

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

Voting record

55.2%
17% below average
Rank 606 of 649
Participation
81.1%
8% above average
Rank 179 of 649
1,312
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,927
2,376 eligible divisions
749
57.1% of votes cast
Aye votes
912
47.3% of votes cast
563
42.9% of votes cast
No votes
1,015
52.7% of votes cast
21
1.6% 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

39
-43.3 vs Commons average
Rank 505 of 649
Appearances
22
-60.3 vs Commons average
Rank 587 of 649
33
-110.5 vs Commons average
Rank 564 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

£2,918,854
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,033,867
all imported IPSA years
£292,669
29% above average
Latest expenses
£291,572
29% above average
0
0 registered categories
Registered interests
29
7 registered categories
9
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

Brexit / EU
147 of 211 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
199 of 211 votes
Transport
64 of 95 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
64 of 69 votes
Education
64 of 96 votes
#3
Environment / Climate
44 of 48 votes
Foreign Affairs
45 of 69 votes
#4
Work / Employment
70 of 77 votes
Trade
59 of 91 votes
#5
Trade
80 of 91 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
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: New Clause 143 8 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 Trade Unions (Permissible Means of Voting) and Employment Rights (Unfair Dismissal) (Amendment) Order 2026 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
No
Aye
Draft Code of Practice on Electronic and Workplace Ballots for Statutory Trade Union Ballots 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
No
No
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 19 14 Jul 2026
Aye
No
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 199 14 Jul 2026
Aye
Aye
Draft Town and Country Planning (Discharge of Local Planning Authority Functions) (England) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
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
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
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
No
Closure motion 16 May 2025
No
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