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Jess Phillips vs Alberto Costa

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

Photograph of Jess Phillips
Jess Phillips
Lab Birmingham Yardley
vs
Photograph of Alberto Costa
Alberto Costa
Con South Leicestershire

Voting alignment

Jess Phillips and Alberto Costa voted the same way 5% of the time, based on 1,371 shared comparable votes.

68 same votes 1,303 different votes 1,371 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
106 Aye 61 No
Brexit / EU 8% aligned 167 shared votes
66 Aye 101 No
24 Aye 8 No
NHS / Health 6% aligned 32 shared votes
10 Aye 22 No
23 Aye 11 No
Energy 6% aligned 34 shared votes
13 Aye 21 No
22 Aye 16 No
Benefits 5% aligned 38 shared votes
14 Aye 24 No
14 Aye 12 No
Democracy / Parliament 4% aligned 26 shared votes
11 Aye 15 No
Most different by topic
37 Aye 16 No
Foreign Affairs 0% aligned 53 shared votes
16 Aye 37 No
22 Aye 25 No
Defence 0% aligned 47 shared votes
25 Aye 22 No
21 Aye 19 No
Housing 0% aligned 40 shared votes
19 Aye 21 No
26 Aye 6 No
Digital / Online Safety 0% aligned 32 shared votes
6 Aye 26 No
17 Aye 14 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 31 shared votes
14 Aye 17 No

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

Voting record

69.2%
3% below average
Rank 444 of 649
Participation
81.1%
8% above average
Rank 179 of 649
1,645
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,927
2,376 eligible divisions
943
57.3% of votes cast
Aye votes
912
47.3% of votes cast
702
42.7% 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
11 years, 4 months
Since 7 May 2015
Commons service
11 years, 4 months
Since 7 May 2015

Debates

55
-27.3 vs Commons average
Rank 409 of 649
Appearances
22
-60.3 vs Commons average
Rank 587 of 649
220
+76.5 vs Commons average
Rank 113 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

£2,246,747
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,033,867
all imported IPSA years
£267,662
18% above average
Latest expenses
£291,572
29% above average
9
3 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

Brexit / EU
178 of 211 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
199 of 211 votes
Migration
143 of 171 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
64 of 69 votes
Trade
74 of 91 votes
#3
Environment / Climate
44 of 48 votes
Foreign Affairs
56 of 69 votes
#4
Work / Employment
70 of 77 votes
Defence
56 of 71 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
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 145 7 Sept 2026
Aye
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
Where they voted the same
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 88 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (l) 20 May 2026
No
No
Sentencing Bill Committee: New Clause 30 21 Oct 2025
Crime / Justice
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
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