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Ian Byrne vs Alberto Costa

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

Photograph of Ian Byrne
Ian Byrne
Lab Liverpool West Derby
vs
Photograph of Alberto Costa
Alberto Costa
Con South Leicestershire

Voting alignment

Ian Byrne and Alberto Costa voted the same way 4% of the time, based on 977 shared comparable votes.

41 same votes 936 different votes 977 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
18 Aye 11 No
NHS / Health 7% aligned 29 shared votes
13 Aye 16 No
20 Aye 19 No
Benefits 5% aligned 39 shared votes
17 Aye 22 No
20 Aye 6 No
Energy 4% aligned 26 shared votes
7 Aye 19 No
21 Aye 11 No
Housing 3% aligned 32 shared votes
12 Aye 20 No
18 Aye 15 No
Environment / Climate 3% aligned 33 shared votes
16 Aye 17 No
Most different by topic
24 Aye 26 No
Brexit / EU 0% aligned 50 shared votes
26 Aye 24 No
33 Aye 17 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 50 shared votes
17 Aye 33 No
28 Aye 17 No
Foreign Affairs 0% aligned 45 shared votes
17 Aye 28 No
19 Aye 22 No
Defence 0% aligned 41 shared votes
22 Aye 19 No
17 Aye 19 No
Trade 0% aligned 36 shared votes
19 Aye 17 No

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

Voting record

72.8%
same as average
Rank 361 of 649
Participation
81.1%
8% above average
Rank 179 of 649
1,207
1,658 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,927
2,376 eligible divisions
657
54.4% of votes cast
Aye votes
912
47.3% of votes cast
550
45.6% of votes cast
No votes
1,015
52.7% of votes cast
26
2.2% of votes cast
Against party
9
0.5% of votes cast
6 years, 9 months
Since 12 Dec 2019
Commons service
11 years, 5 months
Since 7 May 2015

Debates

51
-32.6 vs Commons average
Rank 440 of 650
Appearances
23
-60.6 vs Commons average
Rank 585 of 650
92
-53.7 vs Commons average
Rank 366 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

£1,324,572
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,033,867
all imported IPSA years
£284,893
26% above average
Latest expenses
£291,572
29% above average
3
2 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
45 of 50 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
199 of 211 votes
Education
61 of 69 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
64 of 69 votes
Digital / Online Safety
37 of 44 votes
#3
Environment / Climate
44 of 48 votes
Work / Employment
56 of 67 votes
#4
Work / Employment
70 of 77 votes
Migration
128 of 154 votes
#5
Trade
80 of 91 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
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 Trade Unions (Permissible Means of Voting) and Employment Rights (Unfair Dismissal) (Amendment) Order 2026 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
No
Aye
Draft Code of Practice on Electronic and Workplace Ballots for Statutory Trade Union Ballots 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
No
No
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 19 14 Jul 2026
Aye
No
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 199 14 Jul 2026
Aye
Aye
Draft Supply of Machinery (Safety) (Amendment etc.) and the EU Machinery Regulation (Enforcement etc. in Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
No
Where they voted the same
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading 11 Sept 2026
No
No
Draft Town and Country Planning (Discharge of Local Planning Authority Functions) (England) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
No
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (l) 20 May 2026
No
No
Courts and Tribunals Bill: Second Reading 10 Mar 2026
Crime / Justice
No
Aye
Courts and Tribunals Bill: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 10 Mar 2026
Crime / Justice
Aye
No
Universal Credit and Personal Independence Payment Bill: Third Reading 9 Jul 2025
Benefits
No
No
Universal Credit and Personal Independent Payment Bill: Second Reading 1 Jul 2025
Benefits
No
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Third Reading 20 Jun 2025
No
Aye
Planning and Infrastructure Bill Report Stage: Amendment 69 9 Jun 2025
Housing
Aye
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading 29 Nov 2024
No
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