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Ian Murray vs Alberto Costa

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

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Ian Murray
Lab Edinburgh South
vs
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Alberto Costa
Con South Leicestershire

Voting alignment

Ian Murray and Alberto Costa voted the same way 5% of the time, based on 1,411 shared comparable votes.

75 same votes 1,336 different votes 1,411 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 9 No
NHS / Health 7% aligned 27 shared votes
11 Aye 16 No
109 Aye 71 No
Brexit / EU 6% aligned 180 shared votes
73 Aye 107 No
26 Aye 16 No
Benefits 5% aligned 42 shared votes
14 Aye 28 No
34 Aye 30 No
Trade 5% aligned 64 shared votes
33 Aye 31 No
37 Aye 93 No
Migration 4% aligned 130 shared votes
90 Aye 40 No
Most different by topic
29 Aye 25 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 54 shared votes
25 Aye 29 No
31 Aye 19 No
Foreign Affairs 0% aligned 50 shared votes
19 Aye 31 No
19 Aye 22 No
Defence 0% aligned 41 shared votes
22 Aye 19 No
17 Aye 23 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 40 shared votes
23 Aye 17 No
23 Aye 16 No
Housing 0% aligned 39 shared votes
16 Aye 23 No

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

Voting record

71.2%
1% below average
Rank 402 of 649
Participation
81.1%
8% above average
Rank 179 of 649
1,692
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,927
2,376 eligible divisions
939
55.5% of votes cast
Aye votes
912
47.3% of votes cast
753
44.5% of votes cast
No votes
1,015
52.7% of votes cast
9
0.5% of votes cast
Against party
9
0.5% of votes cast
16 years, 4 months
Since 6 May 2010
Commons service
11 years, 4 months
Since 7 May 2015

Debates

79
-3.3 vs Commons average
Rank 262 of 649
Appearances
22
-60.3 vs Commons average
Rank 587 of 649
161
+17.5 vs Commons average
Rank 178 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

£2,997,266
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,033,867
all imported IPSA years
£277,506
23% above average
Latest expenses
£291,572
29% above average
7
3 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

Brexit / EU
191 of 211 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
199 of 211 votes
Migration
152 of 171 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
64 of 69 votes
Environment / Climate
39 of 48 votes
#3
Environment / Climate
44 of 48 votes
Foreign Affairs
54 of 69 votes
#4
Work / Employment
70 of 77 votes
Work / Employment
60 of 77 votes
#5
Trade
80 of 91 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading 11 Sept 2026
No
Aye
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
No
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
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
No
Immigration and Asylum Bill: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 13 Jul 2026
Migration
Aye
Aye
Draft Town and Country Planning (Discharge of Local Planning Authority Functions) (England) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
No
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
Crime and Policing Bill Report Stage: Amendment 160 17 Jun 2025
Crime / Justice
No
No
Border Security, Asylum and Immigration Bill Report Stage: New Clause 21 12 May 2025
Migration
No
Aye
Tobacco and Vapes Bill: Second Reading 16 Apr 2024
NHS / Health
Aye
No
Safety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) Bill Committee: Amendment 23 17 Jan 2024
Migration
No
No
Safety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) Bill Committee: Amendment 19 16 Jan 2024
Migration
No
No
Safety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) Bill Committee: Amendment 10 16 Jan 2024
Migration
No
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