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Jess Asato vs Alberto Costa

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

Photograph of Jess Asato
Jess Asato
Lab Lowestoft
vs
Photograph of Alberto Costa
Alberto Costa
Con South Leicestershire

Voting alignment

Jess Asato and Alberto Costa voted the same way 4% of the time, based on 319 shared comparable votes.

12 same votes 307 different votes 319 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
2 Aye 4 No
Migration 17% aligned 6 shared votes
3 Aye 3 No
7 Aye 7 No
Benefits 14% aligned 14 shared votes
5 Aye 9 No
4 Aye 5 No
Democracy / Parliament 11% aligned 9 shared votes
4 Aye 5 No
14 Aye 22 No
Crime / Justice 6% aligned 36 shared votes
22 Aye 14 No
41 Aye 31 No
Tax 0% aligned 72 shared votes
31 Aye 41 No
Most different by topic
41 Aye 31 No
Tax 0% aligned 72 shared votes
31 Aye 41 No
30 Aye 8 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 38 shared votes
8 Aye 30 No
9 Aye 13 No
Defence 0% aligned 22 shared votes
13 Aye 9 No
14 Aye 7 No
Housing 0% aligned 21 shared votes
7 Aye 14 No
14 Aye 3 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 17 shared votes
3 Aye 14 No

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

Voting record

78.8%
6% above average
Rank 225 of 649
Participation
81.1%
8% above average
Rank 179 of 649
465
590 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,927
2,376 eligible divisions
227
48.8% of votes cast
Aye votes
912
47.3% of votes cast
238
51.2% of votes cast
No votes
1,015
52.7% of votes cast
15
3.2% 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

21
-62.6 vs Commons average
Rank 593 of 650
Appearances
23
-60.6 vs Commons average
Rank 585 of 650
29
-116.7 vs Commons average
Rank 577 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

£194,965
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,033,867
all imported IPSA years
£194,965
14% 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

Work / Employment
39 of 39 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
199 of 211 votes
Benefits
30 of 30 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
64 of 69 votes
Devolution / Local Government
24 of 24 votes
#3
Environment / Climate
44 of 48 votes
NHS / Health
11 of 11 votes
#4
Work / Employment
70 of 77 votes
Digital / Online Safety
10 of 11 votes
#5
Trade
80 of 91 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
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
Representation of the People Bill: Third Reading 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 67 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
Aye
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 65 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
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
Immigration and Asylum Bill: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 13 Jul 2026
Migration
Aye
Aye
National Security (State Threats) Bill: motion to agree to Lords Amendment 1 6 Jul 2026
Defence
No
Aye
Draft Climate Change Act 2008 (Credit Limit) Order 2026 24 Jun 2026
Environment / Climate
No
Where they voted the same
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading 11 Sept 2026
No
No
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
No
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 88 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
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
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Third Reading 20 Jun 2025
No
No
Crime and Policing Bill Report Stage: Amendment 160 17 Jun 2025
Crime / Justice
No
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill Report Stage: Amendment (a) to New Clause 10 16 May 2025
Aye
No
Closure motion 16 May 2025
No
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