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Dr Neil Shastri-Hurst vs Alberto Costa

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


Voting alignment

Dr Neil Shastri-Hurst and Alberto Costa voted the same way 99% of the time, based on 399 shared comparable votes.

393 same votes 6 different votes 399 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
34 Aye 47 No
Tax 100% aligned 81 shared votes
34 Aye 47 No
26 Aye 20 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 46 shared votes
26 Aye 20 No
8 Aye 30 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 38 shared votes
8 Aye 30 No
12 Aye 18 No
Education 100% aligned 30 shared votes
12 Aye 18 No
17 Aye 10 No
Defence 100% aligned 27 shared votes
17 Aye 10 No
Most different by topic
34 Aye 47 No
Tax 100% aligned 81 shared votes
34 Aye 47 No
26 Aye 20 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 46 shared votes
26 Aye 20 No
8 Aye 30 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 38 shared votes
8 Aye 30 No
12 Aye 18 No
Education 100% aligned 30 shared votes
12 Aye 18 No
17 Aye 10 No
Defence 100% aligned 27 shared votes
17 Aye 10 No

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

Voting record

78.7%
6% above average
Rank 225 of 650
Participation
80.8%
8% above average
Rank 177 of 650
488
620 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,944
2,406 eligible divisions
221
45.3% of votes cast
Aye votes
923
47.5% of votes cast
267
54.7% of votes cast
No votes
1,021
52.5% of votes cast
17
3.5% of votes cast
Against party
9
0.5% of votes cast
2 years, 3 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
11 years, 5 months
Since 7 May 2015

Debates

127
+34.0 vs Commons average
Rank 131 of 650
Appearances
23
-70.0 vs Commons average
Rank 598 of 650
157
-5.0 vs Commons average
Rank 227 of 650
Contributions
24
-138.0 vs Commons average
Rank 607 of 650

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

Financials and interests

£202,248
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,033,867
all imported IPSA years
£202,248
11% below average
Latest expenses
£291,572
29% above average
16
6 registered categories
Registered interests
30
7 registered categories
2
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
17 of 17 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
200 of 212 votes
Work / Employment
41 of 42 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
76 of 82 votes
Defence
30 of 34 votes
#3
Environment / Climate
44 of 49 votes
Housing
28 of 32 votes
#4
Work / Employment
70 of 80 votes
#5
Energy
61 of 70 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye rebel
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
No
Aye rebel
Closure motion 16 May 2025
No
Where they voted the same
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API