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David Simmonds vs Alberto Costa
A side-by-side comparison of voting participation, party rebellion, topic focus, and recent voting overlap.
Voting alignment
David Simmonds and Alberto Costa voted the same way 100% of the time, based on 1,122 shared comparable votes.
1,117 same votes
5 different votes
1,122 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
Most different by topic
Topic alignment uses local topic tags, so a division can count towards more than one topic.
Voting record
83.4 %
10 % above average
Participation
81.2 %
8 % above average
1,339
1,606 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,887
2,324 eligible divisions
644
48.1 % of votes cast
Aye votes
890
47.2 % of votes cast
695
51.9 % of votes cast
No votes
997
52.8 % of votes cast
9
0.7 % of votes cast
Against party
9
0.5 % of votes cast
6 years, 6 months
Since 12 Dec 2019
Commons service
11 years, 1 months
Since 7 May 2015
Debates
86
+21.3 vs Commons average
Appearances
12
-52.7 vs Commons average
236
+120.5 vs Commons average
Contributions
13
-102.5 vs Commons average
Debate figures cover imported Hansard debate appearances from the last 12 months.
Financials and interests
£1,105,547
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,033,867
all imported IPSA years
£252,887
12 % above average
Latest expenses
£291,572
29 % above average
6
2 registered categories
Registered interests
27
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
Recent voting overlap
Where they voted differently
Where they voted the same
Member source
UK Parliament Members API
Voting source
Commons Votes API