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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 1,153 shared comparable votes.

1,148 same votes 5 different votes 1,153 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
62 Aye 86 No
Tax 100% aligned 148 shared votes
62 Aye 86 No
66 Aye 65 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 131 shared votes
66 Aye 65 No
30 Aye 24 No
Defence 100% aligned 54 shared votes
30 Aye 24 No
25 Aye 24 No
Brexit / EU 100% aligned 49 shared votes
25 Aye 24 No
21 Aye 28 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 49 shared votes
21 Aye 28 No
Most different by topic
16 Aye 14 No
NHS / Health 97% aligned 30 shared votes
15 Aye 15 No
83 Aye 44 No
Migration 98% aligned 127 shared votes
85 Aye 42 No
62 Aye 86 No
Tax 100% aligned 148 shared votes
62 Aye 86 No
66 Aye 65 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 131 shared votes
66 Aye 65 No
30 Aye 24 No
Defence 100% aligned 54 shared votes
30 Aye 24 No

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

Voting record

83.2%
11% above average
Rank 133 of 649
Participation
81.1%
8% above average
Rank 179 of 649
1,379
1,658 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,927
2,376 eligible divisions
664
48.2% of votes cast
Aye votes
912
47.3% of votes cast
715
51.8% of votes cast
No votes
1,015
52.7% of votes cast
9
0.7% of votes cast
Against party
9
0.5% of votes cast
6 years, 9 months
Since 12 Dec 2019
Commons service
11 years, 4 months
Since 7 May 2015

Debates

108
+24.3 vs Commons average
Rank 143 of 649
Appearances
23
-60.7 vs Commons average
Rank 585 of 649
244
+98.1 vs Commons average
Rank 93 of 649
Contributions
24
-121.9 vs Commons average
Rank 597 of 649

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
7
3 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

Democracy / Parliament
39 of 41 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
199 of 211 votes
Migration
145 of 154 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
64 of 69 votes
Housing
49 of 54 votes
#3
Environment / Climate
44 of 48 votes
Environment / Climate
39 of 44 votes
#4
Work / Employment
70 of 77 votes
Defence
62 of 70 votes
#5
Trade
80 of 91 votes
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API