Compare

Gurinder Singh Josan vs Alberto Costa

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

Photograph of Gurinder Singh Josan
Gurinder Singh Josan
Lab Smethwick
vs
Photograph of Alberto Costa
Alberto Costa
Con South Leicestershire

Voting alignment

Gurinder Singh Josan and Alberto Costa voted the same way 4% of the time, based on 370 shared comparable votes.

13 same votes 357 different votes 370 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
3 Aye 3 No
Migration 17% aligned 6 shared votes
2 Aye 4 No
7 Aye 7 No
Benefits 14% aligned 14 shared votes
5 Aye 9 No
19 Aye 25 No
Crime / Justice 7% aligned 44 shared votes
24 Aye 20 No
46 Aye 33 No
Tax 0% aligned 79 shared votes
33 Aye 46 No
23 Aye 8 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 31 shared votes
8 Aye 23 No
Most different by topic
46 Aye 33 No
Tax 0% aligned 79 shared votes
33 Aye 46 No
23 Aye 8 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 31 shared votes
8 Aye 23 No
17 Aye 11 No
Education 0% aligned 28 shared votes
11 Aye 17 No
19 Aye 8 No
Housing 0% aligned 27 shared votes
8 Aye 19 No
9 Aye 17 No
Defence 0% aligned 26 shared votes
17 Aye 9 No

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

Voting record

88.0%
15% above average
Rank 44 of 649
Participation
81.1%
8% above average
Rank 179 of 649
519
590 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,927
2,376 eligible divisions
257
49.5% of votes cast
Aye votes
912
47.3% of votes cast
262
50.5% of votes cast
No votes
1,015
52.7% of votes cast
15
2.9% of votes cast
Against party
9
0.5% of votes cast
2 years, 3 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
11 years, 5 months
Since 7 May 2015

Debates

39
-44.6 vs Commons average
Rank 511 of 650
Appearances
23
-60.6 vs Commons average
Rank 585 of 650
46
-99.7 vs Commons average
Rank 524 of 650
Contributions
24
-121.7 vs Commons average
Rank 597 of 650

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

Financials and interests

£121,117
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,033,867
all imported IPSA years
£121,117
46% below average
Latest expenses
£291,572
29% above average
9
2 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
32 of 32 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
199 of 211 votes
Benefits
30 of 30 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
64 of 69 votes
Devolution / Local Government
24 of 24 votes
#3
Environment / Climate
44 of 48 votes
Environment / Climate
9 of 9 votes
#4
Work / Employment
70 of 77 votes
Foreign Affairs
4 of 4 votes
#5
Trade
80 of 91 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No
Social Housing Bill [Lords]: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 10 Sept 2026
Housing
Aye
Aye
Draft Plant Health, Seeds, Seed Potatoes and Plant Propagating Material (Amendment) (Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026 9 Sept 2026
No
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: Amendment 1 8 Sept 2026
Aye
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 143 8 Sept 2026
Aye
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 142 8 Sept 2026
Aye
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 145 7 Sept 2026
Aye
Aye
Draft Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Act 2026 (Establishment of Schools) (Consequential Amendments) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
Education
No
Aye
Draft Supply of Machinery (Safety) (Amendment etc.) and the EU Machinery Regulation (Enforcement etc. in Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
No
Aye
Draft Town and Country Planning (Discharge of Local Planning Authority Functions) (England) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
No
Aye
National Security (State Threats) Bill: motion to agree to Lords Amendment 1 6 Jul 2026
Defence
No
Where they voted the same
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading 11 Sept 2026
No
No
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
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
Aye
Terrorism Act 2000 (Proscribed Organisations) (Amendment) Order 2025 2 Jul 2025
Crime / Justice
Aye
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Third Reading 20 Jun 2025
No
No
Crime and Policing Bill Report Stage: Amendment 160 17 Jun 2025
Crime / Justice
No
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill Report Stage: Amendment (a) to New Clause 10 16 May 2025
Aye
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