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Jim McMahon vs Alberto Costa

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

Photograph of Jim McMahon
Jim McMahon
Lab Oldham West, Chadderton and Royton
vs
Photograph of Alberto Costa
Alberto Costa
Con South Leicestershire

Voting alignment

Jim McMahon and Alberto Costa voted the same way 5% of the time, based on 1,429 shared comparable votes.

78 same votes 1,351 different votes 1,429 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
105 Aye 57 No
Brexit / EU 8% aligned 162 shared votes
62 Aye 100 No
22 Aye 7 No
NHS / Health 7% aligned 29 shared votes
9 Aye 20 No
22 Aye 16 No
Benefits 5% aligned 38 shared votes
14 Aye 24 No
33 Aye 30 No
Transport 5% aligned 63 shared votes
33 Aye 30 No
32 Aye 87 No
Migration 4% aligned 119 shared votes
84 Aye 35 No
Most different by topic
39 Aye 20 No
Foreign Affairs 0% aligned 59 shared votes
20 Aye 39 No
31 Aye 21 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 52 shared votes
21 Aye 31 No
31 Aye 19 No
Housing 0% aligned 50 shared votes
19 Aye 31 No
20 Aye 23 No
Defence 0% aligned 43 shared votes
23 Aye 20 No
14 Aye 25 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 39 shared votes
25 Aye 14 No

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

Voting record

71.7%
1% below average
Rank 385 of 649
Participation
81.1%
8% above average
Rank 179 of 649
1,704
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,927
2,376 eligible divisions
952
55.9% of votes cast
Aye votes
912
47.3% of votes cast
752
44.1% of votes cast
No votes
1,015
52.7% of votes cast
11
0.6% of votes cast
Against party
9
0.5% of votes cast
10 years, 9 months
Since 3 Dec 2015
Commons service
11 years, 4 months
Since 7 May 2015

Debates

89
+6.7 vs Commons average
Rank 217 of 649
Appearances
22
-60.3 vs Commons average
Rank 587 of 649
205
+61.5 vs Commons average
Rank 130 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

£1,972,637
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,033,867
all imported IPSA years
£264,252
17% above average
Latest expenses
£291,572
29% above average
2
2 registered categories
Registered interests
29
7 registered categories
3
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
64 of 69 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
199 of 211 votes
Education
80 of 96 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
64 of 69 votes
Housing
55 of 67 votes
#3
Environment / Climate
44 of 48 votes
Migration
139 of 171 votes
#4
Work / Employment
70 of 77 votes
Brexit / EU
170 of 211 votes
#5
Trade
80 of 91 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
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
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
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 19 14 Jul 2026
Aye
Where they voted the same
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading 11 Sept 2026
No
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
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Third Reading 20 Jun 2025
No
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill Report Stage: Amendment (a) to New Clause 10 16 May 2025
Aye
No
Border Security, Asylum and Immigration Bill Report Stage: New Clause 21 12 May 2025
Migration
No
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading 29 Nov 2024
No
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