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Jas Athwal vs Alberto Costa

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

Photograph of Jas Athwal
Jas Athwal
Lab Ilford South
vs
Photograph of Alberto Costa
Alberto Costa
Con South Leicestershire

Voting alignment

Jas Athwal and Alberto Costa voted the same way 1% of the time, based on 333 shared comparable votes.

4 same votes 329 different votes 333 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
5 Aye 5 No
Benefits 20% aligned 10 shared votes
3 Aye 7 No
3 Aye 4 No
Migration 14% aligned 7 shared votes
3 Aye 4 No
16 Aye 19 No
Crime / Justice 3% aligned 35 shared votes
18 Aye 17 No
46 Aye 34 No
Tax 0% aligned 80 shared votes
34 Aye 46 No
27 Aye 8 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 35 shared votes
8 Aye 27 No
Most different by topic
46 Aye 34 No
Tax 0% aligned 80 shared votes
34 Aye 46 No
27 Aye 8 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 35 shared votes
8 Aye 27 No
17 Aye 12 No
Education 0% aligned 29 shared votes
12 Aye 17 No
6 Aye 14 No
Defence 0% aligned 20 shared votes
14 Aye 6 No
10 Aye 7 No
Housing 0% aligned 17 shared votes
7 Aye 10 No

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

Voting record

84.7 %
12 % above average
Rank 107 of 650
Participation
81.1 %
8 % above average
Rank 183 of 650
477
563 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,905
2,349 eligible divisions
231
48.4 % of votes cast
Aye votes
901
47.3 % of votes cast
246
51.6 % of votes cast
No votes
1,004
52.7 % of votes cast
2
0.4 % of votes cast
Against party
9
0.5 % of votes cast
2 years, 0 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
11 years, 1 months
Since 7 May 2015

Debates

62
-8.9 vs Commons average
Rank 309 of 650
Appearances
13
-57.9 vs Commons average
Rank 609 of 650
75
-50.8 vs Commons average
Rank 375 of 650
Contributions
14
-111.8 vs Commons average
Rank 613 of 650

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

Financials and interests

£164,547
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,033,867
all imported IPSA years
£164,547
27 % below average
Latest expenses
£291,572
29 % above average
4
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
11 of 11 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
199 of 211 votes
NHS / Health
11 of 11 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
64 of 69 votes
Democracy / Parliament
10 of 10 votes
#3
Environment / Climate
44 of 48 votes
Work / Employment
36 of 37 votes
#4
Work / Employment
68 of 75 votes
Energy
19 of 20 votes
#5
Trade
78 of 89 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Customs (Tariff and Miscellaneous Amendments) (No. 4) Regulations 2026 24 Jun 2026
Trade
No
No
Opposition Day: Puberty blockers 23 Jun 2026
Aye
Aye
Opposition Day Motion: Defence spending and readiness - Prime Minister's Amendment 23 Jun 2026
Defence
No
No
Opposition day: Defence spending and readiness 23 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
No
Armed Forces Bill Report Stage: Amendment 11 22 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
No
Armed Forces Bill Report Stage: New Clause 11 22 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
No
National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: New Clause 3 17 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
No
National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: Amendment 13 17 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
No
National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: Amendment 8 17 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
No
National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: Amendment 3 17 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
Where they voted the same
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
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
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