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Jim Dickson vs Alberto Costa

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

Photograph of Jim Dickson
Jim Dickson
Lab Dartford
vs
Photograph of Alberto Costa
Alberto Costa
Con South Leicestershire

Voting alignment

Jim Dickson and Alberto Costa voted the same way 2% of the time, based on 364 shared comparable votes.

7 same votes 357 different votes 364 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
6 Aye 7 No
Benefits 15% aligned 13 shared votes
5 Aye 8 No
3 Aye 4 No
Migration 14% aligned 7 shared votes
3 Aye 4 No
14 Aye 25 No
Crime / Justice 8% aligned 39 shared votes
24 Aye 15 No
46 Aye 36 No
Tax 0% aligned 82 shared votes
36 Aye 46 No
27 Aye 7 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 34 shared votes
7 Aye 27 No
Most different by topic
46 Aye 36 No
Tax 0% aligned 82 shared votes
36 Aye 46 No
27 Aye 7 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 34 shared votes
7 Aye 27 No
17 Aye 12 No
Education 0% aligned 29 shared votes
12 Aye 17 No
19 Aye 8 No
Housing 0% aligned 27 shared votes
8 Aye 19 No
9 Aye 17 No
Defence 0% aligned 26 shared votes
17 Aye 9 No

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

Voting record

88.6%
16% above average
Rank 35 of 649
Participation
81.1%
8% above average
Rank 179 of 649
523
590 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,927
2,376 eligible divisions
251
48.0% of votes cast
Aye votes
912
47.3% of votes cast
272
52.0% 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
2 years, 2 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
11 years, 4 months
Since 7 May 2015

Debates

131
+49.3 vs Commons average
Rank 89 of 649
Appearances
21
-60.7 vs Commons average
Rank 587 of 649
146
+3.7 vs Commons average
Rank 201 of 649
Contributions
22
-120.3 vs Commons average
Rank 594 of 649

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

Financials and interests

£172,033
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,033,867
all imported IPSA years
£172,033
24% below average
Latest expenses
£291,572
29% above average
1
1 registered category
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

Housing
32 of 32 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
199 of 211 votes
NHS / Health
11 of 11 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
64 of 69 votes
Defence
33 of 34 votes
#3
Environment / Climate
44 of 48 votes
Benefits
29 of 30 votes
#4
Work / Employment
70 of 77 votes
Education
47 of 50 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: Amendment 1 8 Sept 2026
Aye
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 143 8 Sept 2026
Aye
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 142 8 Sept 2026
Aye
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 145 7 Sept 2026
Aye
No
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 19 14 Jul 2026
Aye
No
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 199 14 Jul 2026
Aye
Where they voted the same
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
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