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Heidi Alexander vs Alberto Costa

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

Photograph of Heidi Alexander
Heidi Alexander
Lab Swindon South
vs
Photograph of Alberto Costa
Alberto Costa
Con South Leicestershire

Voting alignment

Heidi Alexander and Alberto Costa voted the same way 2% of the time, based on 516 shared comparable votes.

10 same votes 506 different votes 516 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 2 No
Digital / Online Safety 20% aligned 5 shared votes
3 Aye 2 No
14 Aye 6 No
Benefits 10% aligned 20 shared votes
4 Aye 16 No
3 Aye 9 No
Migration 8% aligned 12 shared votes
8 Aye 4 No
16 Aye 18 No
Crime / Justice 6% aligned 34 shared votes
20 Aye 14 No
12 Aye 6 No
Energy 6% aligned 18 shared votes
7 Aye 11 No
Most different by topic
60 Aye 39 No
Tax 0% aligned 99 shared votes
39 Aye 60 No
53 Aye 13 No
Brexit / EU 0% aligned 66 shared votes
13 Aye 53 No
24 Aye 13 No
Education 0% aligned 37 shared votes
13 Aye 24 No
20 Aye 15 No
Housing 0% aligned 35 shared votes
15 Aye 20 No
14 Aye 14 No
Transport 0% aligned 28 shared votes
14 Aye 14 No

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

Voting record

62.7 %
10 % below average
Rank 550 of 647
Participation
81.2 %
8 % above average
Rank 180 of 647
343
547 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,895
2,333 eligible divisions
161
46.9 % of votes cast
Aye votes
896
47.3 % of votes cast
182
53.1 % of votes cast
No votes
999
52.7 % of votes cast
0
0.0 % of votes cast
Against party
9
0.5 % of votes cast
1 years, 11 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
11 years, 1 months
Since 7 May 2015

Debates

56
-11.0 vs Commons average
Rank 323 of 649
Appearances
12
-55.0 vs Commons average
Rank 613 of 649
443
+323.9 vs Commons average
Rank 19 of 649
Contributions
13
-106.1 vs Commons average
Rank 614 of 649

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

Financials and interests

£1,369,392
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,033,867
all imported IPSA years
£178,830
21 % below average
Latest expenses
£291,572
29 % above average
1
1 registered category
Registered interests
27
7 registered categories
5
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

Migration
11 of 11 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
199 of 211 votes
Transport
24 of 25 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
64 of 69 votes
Housing
26 of 31 votes
#3
Environment / Climate
41 of 45 votes
Environment / Climate
5 of 6 votes
#4
Energy
61 of 67 votes
Energy
14 of 17 votes
#5
Work / Employment
68 of 75 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No
National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: New Clause 3 17 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
No
National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: Amendment 13 17 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
No
National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: Amendment 8 17 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
No
National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: Amendment 3 17 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
Aye
Draft Clean Air Zones Central Services (Fees) (England) (Amendment) Regulations 2026 16 Jun 2026
No
No
Cyber Security and Resilience (Network and Information Systems) Bill Remaining Stages: Amendment 3 16 Jun 2026
Aye
No
Cyber Security and Resilience (Network and Information Systems) Bill Remaining Stages: New Clause 14 16 Jun 2026
Aye
Aye
Railways Bill: Third Reading 10 Jun 2026
Transport
No
No
Railways Bill Remaining Stages: Amendment 148 10 Jun 2026
Transport
Aye
No
Railways Bill Remaining Stages: Amendment 143 10 Jun 2026
Transport
Aye
Where they voted the same
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (l) 20 May 2026
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
Border Security, Asylum and Immigration Bill Report Stage: New Clause 21 12 May 2025
Migration
No
Aye
Draft Sovereign Grant 2011 (Change of Percentage) Order 2017 15 Mar 2017
Aye
No
Opposition Motion: Chilcot Inquiry and parliamentary accountability 30 Nov 2016
No
Aye
Renewal of Trident nuclear weapons system 18 Jul 2016
Energy
Aye
Aye
Investigatory Powers Bill Third Reading 7 Jun 2016
Crime / Justice Digital / Online Safety
Aye
Aye
HS2: report stage: Third Reading 23 Mar 2016
Aye
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