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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.

Photograph of David Simmonds
David Simmonds
Con Ruislip, Northwood and Pinner
vs
Photograph of Alberto Costa
Alberto Costa
Con South Leicestershire

Voting alignment

David Simmonds and Alberto Costa voted the same way 100% of the time, based on 1,144 shared comparable votes.

1,139 same votes 5 different votes 1,144 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

83.4 %
11 % above average
Rank 132 of 649
Participation
81.1 %
8 % above average
Rank 182 of 649
1,370
1,643 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,915
2,361 eligible divisions
660
48.2 % of votes cast
Aye votes
905
47.3 % of votes cast
710
51.8 % of votes cast
No votes
1,010
52.7 % of votes cast
9
0.7 % of votes cast
Against party
9
0.5 % of votes cast
6 years, 8 months
Since 12 Dec 2019
Commons service
11 years, 3 months
Since 7 May 2015

Debates

105
+27.1 vs Commons average
Rank 137 of 650
Appearances
20
-57.9 vs Commons average
Rank 587 of 650
258
+119.7 vs Commons average
Rank 71 of 650
Contributions
21
-117.3 vs Commons average
Rank 594 of 650

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
35 of 37 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
199 of 211 votes
Migration
145 of 154 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
64 of 69 votes
Housing
48 of 53 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

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No rebel
Illegal Migration Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 56 11 Jul 2023
Migration
Aye
No rebel
Illegal Migration Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 31 11 Jul 2023
Migration
Aye
Aye rebel
Health and Care Bill Report Stage: Amendment 10 23 Nov 2021
NHS / Health
No
Aye rebel
Chris Bryant's amendment (a) to the motion on the independent expert panel 23 Jun 2020
No
Aye rebel
Agriculture Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 2 (Neil Parish) 13 May 2020
No
Where they voted the same
No
Draft Trade Unions (Permissible Means of Voting) and Employment Rights (Unfair Dismissal) (Amendment) Order 2026 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
No
No
Draft Code of Practice on Electronic and Workplace Ballots for Statutory Trade Union Ballots 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
No
Aye
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 19 14 Jul 2026
Aye
Aye
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 199 14 Jul 2026
Aye
Aye
Immigration and Asylum Bill: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 13 Jul 2026
Migration
Aye
No
Draft Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Act 2026 (Establishment of Schools) (Consequential Amendments) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
Education
No
No
Draft Supply of Machinery (Safety) (Amendment etc.) and the EU Machinery Regulation (Enforcement etc. in Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
No
No
Draft Town and Country Planning (Discharge of Local Planning Authority Functions) (England) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
No
No
Customs (Tariff and Miscellaneous Amendments) (No. 4) Regulations 2026 24 Jun 2026
Trade
No
No
Opposition Day Motion: Defence spending and readiness - Prime Minister's Amendment 23 Jun 2026
Defence
No
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