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Gavin Robinson vs Alberto Costa

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

Photograph of Gavin Robinson
Gavin Robinson
DUP Belfast East
vs
Photograph of Alberto Costa
Alberto Costa
Con South Leicestershire

Voting alignment

Gavin Robinson and Alberto Costa voted the same way 79% of the time, based on 1,288 shared comparable votes.

1,012 same votes 276 different votes 1,288 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
14 Aye 10 No
Work / Employment 88% aligned 24 shared votes
15 Aye 9 No
75 Aye 96 No
Tax 87% aligned 171 shared votes
67 Aye 104 No
24 Aye 21 No
Energy 87% aligned 45 shared votes
20 Aye 25 No
67 Aye 106 No
Brexit / EU 86% aligned 173 shared votes
72 Aye 101 No
16 Aye 29 No
Education 82% aligned 45 shared votes
14 Aye 31 No
Most different by topic
16 Aye 22 No
Benefits 58% aligned 38 shared votes
16 Aye 22 No
51 Aye 34 No
Migration 59% aligned 85 shared votes
64 Aye 21 No
13 Aye 6 No
Democracy / Parliament 63% aligned 19 shared votes
12 Aye 7 No
17 Aye 39 No
Foreign Affairs 64% aligned 56 shared votes
21 Aye 35 No
27 Aye 13 No
Defence 68% aligned 40 shared votes
22 Aye 18 No

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

Voting record

64.5 %
8 % below average
Rank 526 of 650
Participation
81.1 %
8 % above average
Rank 183 of 650
1,516
2,349 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,905
2,349 eligible divisions
768
50.7 % of votes cast
Aye votes
901
47.3 % of votes cast
748
49.3 % of votes cast
No votes
1,004
52.7 % of votes cast
7
0.5 % of votes cast
Against party
9
0.5 % of votes cast
11 years, 1 months
Since 7 May 2015
Commons service
11 years, 1 months
Since 7 May 2015

Debates

60
-11.0 vs Commons average
Rank 328 of 650
Appearances
13
-58.0 vs Commons average
Rank 609 of 650
94
-32.0 vs Commons average
Rank 298 of 650
Contributions
14
-112.0 vs Commons average
Rank 613 of 650

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

Financials and interests

£1,803,428
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,033,867
all imported IPSA years
£220,061
3 % below average
Latest expenses
£291,572
29 % above average
4
3 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

Foreign Affairs
61 of 69 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
199 of 211 votes
Brexit / EU
186 of 211 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
64 of 69 votes
Trade
69 of 89 votes
#3
Environment / Climate
44 of 48 votes
Crime / Justice
176 of 229 votes
#4
Work / Employment
68 of 75 votes
Devolution / Local Government
50 of 66 votes
#5
Trade
78 of 89 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No
Steel Industry (Nationalisation) Bill Committee: Amendment 12 8 Jun 2026
Aye
Aye
English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill: motion to disagree to Lords Amendment 37 21 Apr 2026
Devolution / Local Government
No
Aye
Universal Credit (Removal of Two Child Limit) Bill: Third Reading 23 Feb 2026
Benefits
No
Aye
Universal Credit (Removal of Two Child Limit) Bill: Second Reading 3 Feb 2026
Benefits
No
No
Opposition day: Welfare spending 4 Nov 2025
Benefits
Aye
No
Sentencing Bill Committee: New Clause 6 21 Oct 2025
Crime / Justice
Aye
Aye
Renters’ Rights Bill: Motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 64 8 Sep 2025
Housing
No
Aye
Renters’ Rights Bill: Motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 53 8 Sep 2025
Housing
No
Aye
Renters’ Rights Bill: Motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 26 8 Sep 2025
Housing
No
Aye
Renters’ Rights Bill: Motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 19 8 Sep 2025
Housing
No
Where they voted the same
No
Customs (Tariff and Miscellaneous Amendments) (No. 4) Regulations 2026 24 Jun 2026
Trade
No
Aye
Opposition Day: Puberty blockers 23 Jun 2026
Aye
No
Opposition Day Motion: Defence spending and readiness - Prime Minister's Amendment 23 Jun 2026
Defence
No
Aye
Opposition day: Defence spending and readiness 23 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
Aye
Armed Forces Bill Report Stage: Amendment 11 22 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
Aye
Armed Forces Bill Report Stage: New Clause 11 22 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
Aye
Armed Forces Bill Report Stage: New Clause 4 22 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
No
National Security (State Threats) Bill: Allocation of Time motion 17 Jun 2026
Defence
No
No
Draft Clean Air Zones Central Services (Fees) (England) (Amendment) Regulations 2026 16 Jun 2026
No
Aye
Cyber Security and Resilience (Network and Information Systems) Bill Remaining Stages: Amendment 3 16 Jun 2026
Aye
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