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Ian Roome vs Alberto Costa

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


Voting alignment

Ian Roome and Alberto Costa voted the same way 72% of the time, based on 204 shared comparable votes.

146 same votes 58 different votes 204 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
8 Aye 8 No
Defence 94% aligned 16 shared votes
9 Aye 7 No
22 Aye 24 No
Tax 91% aligned 46 shared votes
18 Aye 28 No
9 Aye 12 No
Education 90% aligned 21 shared votes
7 Aye 14 No
2 Aye 7 No
Devolution / Local Government 89% aligned 9 shared votes
3 Aye 6 No
6 Aye 20 No
Work / Employment 88% aligned 26 shared votes
5 Aye 21 No
Most different by topic
5 Aye 0 No
Energy 0% aligned 5 shared votes
0 Aye 5 No
3 Aye 3 No
Democracy / Parliament 17% aligned 6 shared votes
4 Aye 2 No
3 Aye 1 No
Digital / Online Safety 25% aligned 4 shared votes
0 Aye 4 No
6 Aye 0 No
Environment / Climate 33% aligned 6 shared votes
2 Aye 4 No
6 Aye 5 No
Housing 36% aligned 11 shared votes
3 Aye 8 No

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

Voting record

54.2%
18% below average
Rank 610 of 649
Participation
81.1%
8% above average
Rank 179 of 649
320
590 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,927
2,376 eligible divisions
178
55.6% of votes cast
Aye votes
912
47.3% of votes cast
142
44.4% 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

90
+7.7 vs Commons average
Rank 214 of 649
Appearances
22
-60.3 vs Commons average
Rank 587 of 649
116
-27.5 vs Commons average
Rank 281 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

£156,328
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,033,867
all imported IPSA years
£156,328
31% below average
Latest expenses
£291,572
29% above average
1
1 registered category
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

Environment / Climate
8 of 9 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
199 of 211 votes
Benefits
26 of 30 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
64 of 69 votes
Foreign Affairs
3 of 4 votes
#3
Environment / Climate
44 of 48 votes
Trade
5 of 7 votes
#4
Work / Employment
70 of 77 votes
Education
35 of 50 votes
#5
Trade
80 of 91 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
No
Where they voted the same
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API