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Ed Miliband vs Alberto Costa

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

Photograph of Ed Miliband
Ed Miliband
Lab Doncaster North
vs
Photograph of Alberto Costa
Alberto Costa
Con South Leicestershire

Voting alignment

Ed Miliband and Alberto Costa voted the same way 7% of the time, based on 1,122 shared comparable votes.

73 same votes 1,049 different votes 1,122 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
10 Aye 2 No
Digital / Online Safety 8% aligned 12 shared votes
3 Aye 9 No
101 Aye 59 No
Brexit / EU 8% aligned 160 shared votes
64 Aye 96 No
17 Aye 9 No
NHS / Health 8% aligned 26 shared votes
11 Aye 15 No
18 Aye 13 No
Benefits 6% aligned 31 shared votes
11 Aye 20 No
27 Aye 4 No
Education 6% aligned 31 shared votes
6 Aye 25 No
Most different by topic
22 Aye 22 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 44 shared votes
22 Aye 22 No
17 Aye 18 No
Environment / Climate 0% aligned 35 shared votes
18 Aye 17 No
20 Aye 14 No
Foreign Affairs 0% aligned 34 shared votes
14 Aye 20 No
15 Aye 13 No
Defence 0% aligned 28 shared votes
13 Aye 15 No
10 Aye 14 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 24 shared votes
14 Aye 10 No

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

Voting record

55.0%
18% below average
Rank 607 of 649
Participation
81.1%
8% above average
Rank 179 of 649
1,307
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,927
2,376 eligible divisions
724
55.4% of votes cast
Aye votes
912
47.3% of votes cast
583
44.6% of votes cast
No votes
1,015
52.7% of votes cast
1
0.1% of votes cast
Against party
9
0.5% of votes cast
21 years, 4 months
Since 5 May 2005
Commons service
11 years, 4 months
Since 7 May 2015

Debates

54
-27.8 vs Commons average
Rank 418 of 649
Appearances
22
-59.8 vs Commons average
Rank 585 of 649
633
+490.5 vs Commons average
Rank 10 of 649
Contributions
23
-119.5 vs Commons average
Rank 594 of 649

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

Financials and interests

£2,453,042
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,033,867
all imported IPSA years
£221,136
2% below average
Latest expenses
£291,572
29% above average
0
0 registered categories
Registered interests
29
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

Brexit / EU
171 of 211 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
199 of 211 votes
Migration
129 of 171 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
64 of 69 votes
Environment / Climate
36 of 48 votes
#3
Environment / Climate
44 of 48 votes
NHS / Health
38 of 56 votes
#4
Work / Employment
70 of 77 votes
Trade
60 of 91 votes
#5
Trade
80 of 91 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading 11 Sept 2026
No
Aye
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
No
Aye
Draft Plant Health, Seeds, Seed Potatoes and Plant Propagating Material (Amendment) (Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026 9 Sept 2026
No
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
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
Tobacco and Vapes Bill: Second Reading 16 Apr 2024
NHS / Health
Aye
No
Safety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) Bill Committee: Amendment 23 17 Jan 2024
Migration
No
No
Safety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) Bill Committee: Amendment 19 16 Jan 2024
Migration
No
No
Safety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) Bill Committee: Amendment 10 16 Jan 2024
Migration
No
No
Scotland (Self-Determination): Ten Minute Rule Motion 16 Jan 2024
No
Aye
Draft Equality Act 2010 (Amendment) Regulations 2023 13 Dec 2023
Aye
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