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Fred Thomas vs Alberto Costa

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

Photograph of Fred Thomas
Fred Thomas
Lab Plymouth Moor View
vs
Photograph of Alberto Costa
Alberto Costa
Con South Leicestershire

Voting alignment

Fred Thomas and Alberto Costa voted the same way 2% of the time, based on 283 shared comparable votes.

6 same votes 277 different votes 283 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
1 Aye 3 No
Migration 25% aligned 4 shared votes
2 Aye 2 No
6 Aye 5 No
Benefits 18% aligned 11 shared votes
3 Aye 8 No
1 Aye 6 No
Democracy / Parliament 14% aligned 7 shared votes
5 Aye 2 No
9 Aye 8 No
Crime / Justice 6% aligned 17 shared votes
7 Aye 10 No
43 Aye 27 No
Tax 0% aligned 70 shared votes
27 Aye 43 No
Most different by topic
43 Aye 27 No
Tax 0% aligned 70 shared votes
27 Aye 43 No
18 Aye 12 No
Education 0% aligned 30 shared votes
12 Aye 18 No
26 Aye 2 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 28 shared votes
2 Aye 26 No
19 Aye 7 No
Housing 0% aligned 26 shared votes
7 Aye 19 No
8 Aye 12 No
Defence 0% aligned 20 shared votes
12 Aye 8 No

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

Voting record

68.1%
4% below average
Rank 460 of 649
Participation
81.1%
8% above average
Rank 179 of 649
402
590 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,927
2,376 eligible divisions
234
58.2% of votes cast
Aye votes
912
47.3% of votes cast
168
41.8% of votes cast
No votes
1,015
52.7% of votes cast
1
0.2% of votes cast
Against party
9
0.5% of votes cast
2 years, 2 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
11 years, 4 months
Since 7 May 2015

Debates

42
-40.3 vs Commons average
Rank 490 of 649
Appearances
22
-60.3 vs Commons average
Rank 587 of 649
56
-87.5 vs Commons average
Rank 480 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

£225,625
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,033,867
all imported IPSA years
£225,625
same as average
Latest expenses
£291,572
29% above average
6
3 registered categories
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

Housing
31 of 32 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
199 of 211 votes
Environment / Climate
8 of 9 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
64 of 69 votes
Education
44 of 50 votes
#3
Environment / Climate
44 of 48 votes
Tax
90 of 112 votes
#4
Work / Employment
70 of 77 votes
Defence
27 of 34 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
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
Sentencing Bill Committee: New Clause 30 21 Oct 2025
Crime / Justice
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
No
Border Security, Asylum and Immigration Bill Report Stage: New Clause 21 12 May 2025
Migration
No
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