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Dr Marie Tidball vs Alberto Costa

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

Photograph of Dr Marie Tidball
Dr Marie Tidball
Lab Penistone and Stocksbridge
vs
Photograph of Alberto Costa
Alberto Costa
Con South Leicestershire

Voting alignment

Dr Marie Tidball and Alberto Costa voted the same way 2% of the time, based on 352 shared comparable votes.

6 same votes 346 different votes 352 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
3 Aye 4 No
Migration 14% aligned 7 shared votes
3 Aye 4 No
5 Aye 5 No
Benefits 10% aligned 10 shared votes
4 Aye 6 No
4 Aye 7 No
Democracy / Parliament 9% aligned 11 shared votes
6 Aye 5 No
11 Aye 23 No
Crime / Justice 6% aligned 34 shared votes
21 Aye 13 No
46 Aye 31 No
Tax 0% aligned 77 shared votes
31 Aye 46 No
Most different by topic
46 Aye 31 No
Tax 0% aligned 77 shared votes
31 Aye 46 No
25 Aye 8 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 33 shared votes
8 Aye 25 No
8 Aye 13 No
Defence 0% aligned 21 shared votes
13 Aye 8 No
18 Aye 3 No
Housing 0% aligned 21 shared votes
3 Aye 18 No
11 Aye 9 No
Education 0% aligned 20 shared votes
9 Aye 11 No

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

Voting record

78.6%
6% above average
Rank 229 of 650
Participation
80.8%
8% above average
Rank 180 of 650
496
631 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,953
2,417 eligible divisions
240
48.4% of votes cast
Aye votes
925
47.4% of votes cast
256
51.6% of votes cast
No votes
1,028
52.6% of votes cast
1
0.2% of votes cast
Against party
9
0.5% of votes cast
2 years, 4 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
11 years, 5 months
Since 7 May 2015

Debates

51
-43.4 vs Commons average
Rank 483 of 650
Appearances
23
-71.4 vs Commons average
Rank 598 of 650
60
-104.5 vs Commons average
Rank 506 of 650
Contributions
24
-140.5 vs Commons average
Rank 609 of 650

Debate figures cover imported Hansard debate appearances from the last 12 months.

Financials and interests

£221,186
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,033,867
all imported IPSA years
£221,186
2% below average
Latest expenses
£291,572
29% above average
0
0 registered categories
Registered interests
30
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

Energy
20 of 20 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
200 of 212 votes
Democracy / Parliament
14 of 14 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
76 of 82 votes
NHS / Health
11 of 11 votes
#3
Environment / Climate
44 of 49 votes
Devolution / Local Government
23 of 24 votes
#4
Work / Employment
70 of 80 votes
Foreign Affairs
16 of 17 votes
#5
Energy
61 of 70 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Railways Bill: Carry-over extension (Motion) 4 Nov 2026
No
No
Sporting Events Bill [Lords] Report: Amendment 8 4 Nov 2026
Aye
No
Sporting Events Bill [Lords] Report: Amendment 6 4 Nov 2026
Aye
Aye
Budget Resolution No. 86: High value council tax surcharge 3 Nov 2026
Tax
No
Aye
Budget Resolution No. 76: Rates of alcohol duty 3 Nov 2026
Tax
No
Aye
Budget Resolution No. 15: Charges in connection with employment visas 3 Nov 2026
Tax
No
Aye
Budget Resolution No. 8: Capital gains tax (business asset disposal relief) 3 Nov 2026
Tax Transport
No
Aye
Budget Resolution No.7: Increase in rate of banking surcharge for temporary period 3 Nov 2026
Tax
No
Aye
Budget Resolution No. 3: Income tax (default, property and savings rates) 3 Nov 2026
Tax
No
Aye
Draft Code of Practice on Access and Unfair Practices During the Recognition and Derecognition Process 21 Oct 2026
No
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
Sentencing Bill Committee: New Clause 30 21 Oct 2025
Crime / Justice
No
No
Universal Credit and Personal Independent Payment Bill: Second Reading 1 Jul 2025
Benefits
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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