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James McMurdock vs Alberto Costa

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


Voting alignment

James McMurdock and Alberto Costa voted the same way 98% of the time, based on 179 shared comparable votes.

175 same votes 4 different votes 179 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
16 Aye 37 No
Tax 100% aligned 53 shared votes
16 Aye 37 No
9 Aye 8 No
Education 100% aligned 17 shared votes
9 Aye 8 No
6 Aye 8 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 14 shared votes
6 Aye 8 No
2 Aye 7 No
Energy 100% aligned 9 shared votes
2 Aye 7 No
4 Aye 2 No
Defence 100% aligned 6 shared votes
4 Aye 2 No
Most different by topic
3 Aye 4 No
Digital / Online Safety 86% aligned 7 shared votes
2 Aye 5 No
15 Aye 9 No
Crime / Justice 92% aligned 24 shared votes
15 Aye 9 No
5 Aye 11 No
Housing 94% aligned 16 shared votes
6 Aye 10 No
16 Aye 37 No
Tax 100% aligned 53 shared votes
16 Aye 37 No
9 Aye 8 No
Education 100% aligned 17 shared votes
9 Aye 8 No

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

Voting record

40.9%
32% below average
Rank 635 of 650
Participation
80.8%
8% above average
Rank 176 of 650
253
619 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,944
2,405 eligible divisions
123
48.6% of votes cast
Aye votes
923
47.5% of votes cast
130
51.4% of votes cast
No votes
1,021
52.5% of votes cast
1
0.4% of votes cast
Against party
9
0.5% of votes cast
2 years, 3 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
11 years, 5 months
Since 7 May 2015

Debates

32
-56.8 vs Commons average
Rank 557 of 650
Appearances
24
-64.8 vs Commons average
Rank 594 of 650
37
-117.6 vs Commons average
Rank 568 of 650
Contributions
25
-129.6 vs Commons average
Rank 602 of 650

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

Financials and interests

£171,670
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,033,867
all imported IPSA years
£171,670
24% below average
Latest expenses
£291,572
29% above average
2
2 registered categories
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

Digital / Online Safety
9 of 11 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
200 of 212 votes
Energy
14 of 20 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
76 of 82 votes
Migration
9 of 13 votes
#3
Environment / Climate
44 of 49 votes
Tax
71 of 114 votes
#4
Work / Employment
70 of 80 votes
Housing
19 of 32 votes
#5
Energy
61 of 70 votes
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API