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Greg Smith vs Alberto Costa

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


Voting alignment

Greg Smith and Alberto Costa voted the same way 99% of the time, based on 1,266 shared comparable votes.

1,252 same votes 14 different votes 1,266 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
61 Aye 97 No
Tax 100% aligned 158 shared votes
61 Aye 97 No
78 Aye 68 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 146 shared votes
78 Aye 68 No
32 Aye 29 No
Brexit / EU 100% aligned 61 shared votes
32 Aye 29 No
27 Aye 34 No
Foreign Affairs 100% aligned 61 shared votes
27 Aye 34 No
30 Aye 26 No
Defence 100% aligned 56 shared votes
30 Aye 26 No
Most different by topic
15 Aye 17 No
NHS / Health 97% aligned 32 shared votes
16 Aye 16 No
90 Aye 41 No
Migration 98% aligned 131 shared votes
87 Aye 44 No
61 Aye 97 No
Tax 100% aligned 158 shared votes
61 Aye 97 No
78 Aye 68 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 146 shared votes
78 Aye 68 No
32 Aye 29 No
Brexit / EU 100% aligned 61 shared votes
32 Aye 29 No

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

Voting record

88.7%
16% above average
Rank 34 of 650
Participation
80.8%
8% above average
Rank 176 of 650
1,496
1,687 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,944
2,405 eligible divisions
731
48.9% of votes cast
Aye votes
923
47.5% of votes cast
765
51.1% of votes cast
No votes
1,021
52.5% of votes cast
21
1.4% of votes cast
Against party
9
0.5% of votes cast
6 years, 10 months
Since 12 Dec 2019
Commons service
11 years, 5 months
Since 7 May 2015

Debates

223
+135.7 vs Commons average
Rank 15 of 650
Appearances
24
-63.3 vs Commons average
Rank 591 of 650
279
+126.8 vs Commons average
Rank 82 of 650
Contributions
25
-127.2 vs Commons average
Rank 600 of 650

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

Financials and interests

£1,059,267
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,033,867
all imported IPSA years
£286,530
27% above average
Latest expenses
£291,572
29% above average
11
4 registered categories
Registered interests
29
7 registered categories
3
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
63 of 63 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
199 of 211 votes
Foreign Affairs
62 of 62 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
75 of 81 votes
Trade
55 of 56 votes
#3
Environment / Climate
44 of 49 votes
Migration
149 of 154 votes
#4
Work / Employment
70 of 80 votes
Environment / Climate
43 of 45 votes
#5
Energy
61 of 70 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Where they voted the same
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API