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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.


Voting alignment

Fred Thomas and Alberto Costa voted the same way 2% of the time, based on 269 shared comparable votes.

5 same votes 264 different votes 269 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 2 No
Migration 33% aligned 3 shared votes
1 Aye 2 No
6 Aye 5 No
Benefits 18% aligned 11 shared votes
3 Aye 8 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
17 Aye 12 No
Education 0% aligned 29 shared votes
12 Aye 17 No
Most different by topic
43 Aye 27 No
Tax 0% aligned 70 shared votes
27 Aye 43 No
17 Aye 12 No
Education 0% aligned 29 shared votes
12 Aye 17 No
19 Aye 7 No
Housing 0% aligned 26 shared votes
7 Aye 19 No
24 Aye 2 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 26 shared votes
2 Aye 24 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

68.4 %
4 % below average
Rank 458 of 650
Participation
81.1 %
8 % above average
Rank 182 of 650
386
564 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,906
2,350 eligible divisions
225
58.3 % of votes cast
Aye votes
901
47.3 % of votes cast
161
41.7 % of votes cast
No votes
1,005
52.7 % of votes cast
1
0.3 % of votes cast
Against party
9
0.5 % of votes cast
2 years, 0 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
11 years, 2 months
Since 7 May 2015

Debates

36
-35.9 vs Commons average
Rank 490 of 650
Appearances
13
-58.9 vs Commons average
Rank 609 of 650
46
-81.6 vs Commons average
Rank 500 of 650
Contributions
14
-113.6 vs Commons average
Rank 613 of 650

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
8
4 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 31 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
199 of 211 votes
Environment / Climate
8 of 9 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
64 of 69 votes
Education
43 of 49 votes
#3
Environment / Climate
44 of 48 votes
Tax
90 of 111 votes
#4
Work / Employment
68 of 75 votes
Defence
27 of 34 votes
#5
Trade
78 of 89 votes
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API