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Helen Maguire vs Alberto Costa

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


Voting alignment

Helen Maguire and Alberto Costa voted the same way 78% of the time, based on 240 shared comparable votes.

188 same votes 52 different votes 240 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
4 Aye 0 No
NHS / Health 100% aligned 4 shared votes
4 Aye 0 No
25 Aye 36 No
Tax 95% aligned 61 shared votes
22 Aye 39 No
2 Aye 12 No
Devolution / Local Government 93% aligned 14 shared votes
3 Aye 11 No
11 Aye 13 No
Education 92% aligned 24 shared votes
9 Aye 15 No
5 Aye 19 No
Work / Employment 92% aligned 24 shared votes
3 Aye 21 No
Most different by topic
5 Aye 0 No
Energy 0% aligned 5 shared votes
0 Aye 5 No
6 Aye 3 No
Democracy / Parliament 11% aligned 9 shared votes
4 Aye 5 No
7 Aye 0 No
Environment / Climate 29% aligned 7 shared votes
2 Aye 5 No
8 Aye 7 No
Housing 47% aligned 15 shared votes
6 Aye 9 No
2 Aye 3 No
Digital / Online Safety 60% aligned 5 shared votes
0 Aye 5 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 546 of 649
Participation
81.1%
8% above average
Rank 179 of 649
370
590 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,927
2,376 eligible divisions
192
51.9% of votes cast
Aye votes
912
47.3% of votes cast
178
48.1% of votes cast
No votes
1,015
52.7% of votes cast
0
0.0% of votes cast
Against party
9
0.5% of votes cast
2 years, 2 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
11 years, 4 months
Since 7 May 2015

Debates

154
+71.7 vs Commons average
Rank 62 of 649
Appearances
22
-60.3 vs Commons average
Rank 587 of 649
180
+36.5 vs Commons average
Rank 158 of 649
Contributions
23
-120.5 vs Commons average
Rank 594 of 649

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

Financials and interests

£217,983
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,033,867
all imported IPSA years
£217,983
4% below average
Latest expenses
£291,572
29% above average
16
7 registered categories
Registered interests
29
7 registered categories
1
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

Environment / Climate
9 of 9 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
199 of 211 votes
Education
43 of 50 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
64 of 69 votes
NHS / Health
9 of 11 votes
#3
Environment / Climate
44 of 48 votes
#4
Work / Employment
70 of 77 votes
Democracy / Parliament
11 of 14 votes
#5
Trade
80 of 91 votes

Recent voting overlap

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