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David Burton-Sampson vs Alberto Costa

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


Voting alignment

David Burton-Sampson and Alberto Costa voted the same way 2% of the time, based on 357 shared comparable votes.

8 same votes 349 different votes 357 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
6 Aye 6 No
Benefits 17% aligned 12 shared votes
4 Aye 8 No
3 Aye 5 No
Migration 13% aligned 8 shared votes
4 Aye 4 No
4 Aye 7 No
Democracy / Parliament 9% aligned 11 shared votes
6 Aye 5 No
17 Aye 24 No
Crime / Justice 7% aligned 41 shared votes
23 Aye 18 No
47 Aye 35 No
Tax 0% aligned 82 shared votes
35 Aye 47 No
Most different by topic
47 Aye 35 No
Tax 0% aligned 82 shared votes
35 Aye 47 No
17 Aye 12 No
Education 0% aligned 29 shared votes
12 Aye 17 No
10 Aye 17 No
Defence 0% aligned 27 shared votes
17 Aye 10 No
22 Aye 2 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 24 shared votes
2 Aye 22 No
12 Aye 8 No
Housing 0% aligned 20 shared votes
8 Aye 12 No

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

Voting record

87.3%
15% above average
Rank 58 of 649
Participation
81.1%
8% above average
Rank 179 of 649
515
590 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,927
2,376 eligible divisions
268
52.0% of votes cast
Aye votes
912
47.3% of votes cast
247
48.0% of votes cast
No votes
1,015
52.7% of votes cast
3
0.6% of votes cast
Against party
9
0.5% of votes cast
2 years, 2 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
11 years, 4 months
Since 7 May 2015

Debates

54
-27.7 vs Commons average
Rank 420 of 649
Appearances
21
-60.7 vs Commons average
Rank 587 of 649
56
-86.3 vs Commons average
Rank 482 of 649
Contributions
22
-120.3 vs Commons average
Rank 594 of 649

Debate figures cover imported Hansard debate appearances from the last 12 months.

Financials and interests

£191,962
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,033,867
all imported IPSA years
£191,962
15% below average
Latest expenses
£291,572
29% above average
3
2 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

Defence
34 of 34 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
199 of 211 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
64 of 69 votes
Energy
20 of 20 votes
#3
Environment / Climate
44 of 48 votes
Democracy / Parliament
14 of 14 votes
#4
Work / Employment
70 of 77 votes
Migration
13 of 13 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
No
Closure motion 16 May 2025
No
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API