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Debbie Abrahams vs Alberto Costa

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

Photograph of Debbie Abrahams
Debbie Abrahams
Lab Oldham East and Saddleworth
vs
Photograph of Alberto Costa
Alberto Costa
Con South Leicestershire

Voting alignment

Debbie Abrahams and Alberto Costa voted the same way 5% of the time, based on 1,410 shared comparable votes.

73 same votes 1,337 different votes 1,410 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
104 Aye 59 No
Brexit / EU 8% aligned 163 shared votes
64 Aye 99 No
23 Aye 15 No
Benefits 8% aligned 38 shared votes
14 Aye 24 No
23 Aye 10 No
NHS / Health 6% aligned 33 shared votes
12 Aye 21 No
19 Aye 16 No
Education 6% aligned 35 shared votes
18 Aye 17 No
21 Aye 17 No
Environment / Climate 5% aligned 38 shared votes
19 Aye 19 No
Most different by topic
30 Aye 32 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 62 shared votes
32 Aye 30 No
39 Aye 20 No
Foreign Affairs 0% aligned 59 shared votes
20 Aye 39 No
19 Aye 24 No
Defence 0% aligned 43 shared votes
24 Aye 19 No
20 Aye 19 No
Housing 0% aligned 39 shared votes
19 Aye 20 No
23 Aye 13 No
Energy 0% aligned 36 shared votes
13 Aye 23 No

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

Voting record

70.4%
2% below average
Rank 421 of 649
Participation
81.1%
8% above average
Rank 179 of 649
1,673
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,927
2,376 eligible divisions
907
54.2% of votes cast
Aye votes
912
47.3% of votes cast
766
45.8% of votes cast
No votes
1,015
52.7% of votes cast
5
0.3% of votes cast
Against party
9
0.5% of votes cast
15 years, 8 months
Since 13 Jan 2011
Commons service
11 years, 4 months
Since 7 May 2015

Debates

68
-14.3 vs Commons average
Rank 321 of 649
Appearances
22
-60.3 vs Commons average
Rank 587 of 649
83
-60.5 vs Commons average
Rank 388 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

£2,973,233
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,033,867
all imported IPSA years
£290,169
28% above average
Latest expenses
£291,572
29% above average
0
0 registered categories
Registered interests
29
7 registered categories
4
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

Foreign Affairs
63 of 69 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
199 of 211 votes
Work / Employment
69 of 77 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
64 of 69 votes
Brexit / EU
174 of 211 votes
#3
Environment / Climate
44 of 48 votes
NHS / Health
46 of 56 votes
#4
Work / Employment
70 of 77 votes
Transport
78 of 95 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 145 7 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
No
Immigration and Asylum Bill: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 13 Jul 2026
Migration
Aye
Where they voted the same
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 88 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (l) 20 May 2026
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
No
Border Security, Asylum and Immigration Bill Report Stage: New Clause 21 12 May 2025
Migration
No
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