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Jim Allister vs Alberto Costa

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


Voting alignment

Jim Allister and Alberto Costa voted the same way 93% of the time, based on 276 shared comparable votes.

258 same votes 18 different votes 276 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
9 Aye 9 No
Defence 100% aligned 18 shared votes
9 Aye 9 No
1 Aye 8 No
Devolution / Local Government 100% aligned 9 shared votes
1 Aye 8 No
1 Aye 6 No
Energy 100% aligned 7 shared votes
1 Aye 6 No
2 Aye 5 No
Transport 100% aligned 7 shared votes
2 Aye 5 No
2 Aye 3 No
Digital / Online Safety 100% aligned 5 shared votes
2 Aye 3 No
Most different by topic
9 Aye 5 No
Housing 71% aligned 14 shared votes
5 Aye 9 No
4 Aye 7 No
Benefits 82% aligned 11 shared votes
4 Aye 7 No
3 Aye 3 No
Migration 83% aligned 6 shared votes
2 Aye 4 No
5 Aye 3 No
Democracy / Parliament 88% aligned 8 shared votes
6 Aye 2 No
17 Aye 14 No
Crime / Justice 90% aligned 31 shared votes
20 Aye 11 No

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

Voting record

69.8%
2% below average
Rank 424 of 649
Participation
81.1%
9% above average
Rank 177 of 649
406
582 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,920
2,368 eligible divisions
199
49.0% of votes cast
Aye votes
908
47.3% of votes cast
207
51.0% of votes cast
No votes
1,012
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

197
+117.4 vs Commons average
Rank 20 of 649
Appearances
20
-59.6 vs Commons average
Rank 587 of 649
256
+117.3 vs Commons average
Rank 77 of 649
Contributions
21
-117.7 vs Commons average
Rank 596 of 649

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

Financials and interests

£209,116
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,033,867
all imported IPSA years
£209,116
8% below average
Latest expenses
£291,572
29% above average
3
2 registered categories
Registered interests
29
7 registered categories
1
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

Foreign Affairs
4 of 4 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
199 of 211 votes
NHS / Health
10 of 11 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
64 of 69 votes
Education
42 of 50 votes
#3
Environment / Climate
44 of 48 votes
Tax
90 of 112 votes
#4
Work / Employment
70 of 77 votes
Democracy / Parliament
11 of 14 votes
#5
Trade
80 of 91 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Where they voted the same
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API