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Derek Twigg vs Alberto Costa

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

Photograph of Derek Twigg
Derek Twigg
Lab Widnes and Halewood
vs
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Alberto Costa
Con South Leicestershire

Voting alignment

Derek Twigg and Alberto Costa voted the same way 6% of the time, based on 1,129 shared comparable votes.

67 same votes 1,062 different votes 1,129 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
94 Aye 45 No
Brexit / EU 6% aligned 139 shared votes
50 Aye 89 No
22 Aye 14 No
Benefits 6% aligned 36 shared votes
12 Aye 24 No
25 Aye 50 No
Migration 5% aligned 75 shared votes
46 Aye 29 No
58 Aye 52 No
Crime / Justice 5% aligned 110 shared votes
53 Aye 57 No
12 Aye 14 No
Democracy / Parliament 4% aligned 26 shared votes
13 Aye 13 No
Most different by topic
34 Aye 15 No
Foreign Affairs 0% aligned 49 shared votes
15 Aye 34 No
17 Aye 25 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 42 shared votes
25 Aye 17 No
15 Aye 24 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 39 shared votes
24 Aye 15 No
27 Aye 12 No
Energy 0% aligned 39 shared votes
12 Aye 27 No
17 Aye 18 No
Defence 0% aligned 35 shared votes
18 Aye 17 No

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

Voting record

58.0%
15% below average
Rank 587 of 649
Participation
81.1%
8% above average
Rank 179 of 649
1,377
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,927
2,376 eligible divisions
793
57.6% of votes cast
Aye votes
912
47.3% of votes cast
584
42.4% of votes cast
No votes
1,015
52.7% of votes cast
27
2.0% of votes cast
Against party
9
0.5% of votes cast
29 years, 4 months
Since 1 May 1997
Commons service
11 years, 4 months
Since 7 May 2015

Debates

52
-30.3 vs Commons average
Rank 433 of 649
Appearances
22
-60.3 vs Commons average
Rank 587 of 649
39
-104.5 vs Commons average
Rank 548 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

£2,034,454
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,033,867
all imported IPSA years
£227,917
1% above average
Latest expenses
£291,572
29% above average
1
1 registered category
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

Devolution / Local Government
51 of 66 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
199 of 211 votes
Foreign Affairs
51 of 69 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
64 of 69 votes
NHS / Health
39 of 56 votes
#3
Environment / Climate
44 of 48 votes
Brexit / EU
144 of 211 votes
#4
Work / Employment
70 of 77 votes
Democracy / Parliament
32 of 47 votes
#5
Trade
80 of 91 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
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
Aye
Draft Supply of Machinery (Safety) (Amendment etc.) and the EU Machinery Regulation (Enforcement etc. in Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
No
Aye
Draft Town and Country Planning (Discharge of Local Planning Authority Functions) (England) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
No
Where they voted the same
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading 11 Sept 2026
No
No
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
No
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 88 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
No
Sentencing Bill Committee: New Clause 30 21 Oct 2025
Crime / Justice
No
No
Universal Credit and Personal Independence Payment Bill: Third Reading 9 Jul 2025
Benefits
No
Aye
Terrorism Act 2000 (Proscribed Organisations) (Amendment) Order 2025 2 Jul 2025
Crime / Justice
Aye
No
Universal Credit and Personal Independent Payment Bill: Second Reading 1 Jul 2025
Benefits
No
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
No
Border Security, Asylum and Immigration Bill Report Stage: New Clause 21 12 May 2025
Migration
No
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