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John McDonnell vs Alberto Costa

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


Voting alignment

John McDonnell and Alberto Costa voted the same way 5% of the time, based on 1,548 shared comparable votes.

76 same votes 1,472 different votes 1,548 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
36 Aye 18 No
Education 7% aligned 54 shared votes
16 Aye 38 No
103 Aye 65 No
Brexit / EU 7% aligned 168 shared votes
69 Aye 99 No
22 Aye 11 No
NHS / Health 6% aligned 33 shared votes
13 Aye 20 No
28 Aye 11 No
Digital / Online Safety 5% aligned 39 shared votes
11 Aye 28 No
28 Aye 21 No
Benefits 4% aligned 49 shared votes
19 Aye 30 No
Most different by topic
34 Aye 29 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 63 shared votes
29 Aye 34 No
35 Aye 23 No
Foreign Affairs 0% aligned 58 shared votes
23 Aye 35 No
24 Aye 28 No
Defence 0% aligned 52 shared votes
28 Aye 24 No
29 Aye 18 No
Energy 0% aligned 47 shared votes
18 Aye 29 No
16 Aye 25 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 41 shared votes
25 Aye 16 No

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

Voting record

79.2%
7% above average
Rank 218 of 649
Participation
81.1%
8% above average
Rank 179 of 649
1,881
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,927
2,376 eligible divisions
1,021
54.3% of votes cast
Aye votes
912
47.3% of votes cast
860
45.7% of votes cast
No votes
1,015
52.7% of votes cast
24
1.3% of votes cast
Against party
9
0.5% of votes cast
29 years, 4 months
Since 1 May 1997
Commons service
11 years, 4 months
Since 7 May 2015

Debates

125
+42.7 vs Commons average
Rank 104 of 649
Appearances
22
-60.3 vs Commons average
Rank 587 of 649
158
+14.5 vs Commons average
Rank 184 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

£2,684,777
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,033,867
all imported IPSA years
£269,647
19% above average
Latest expenses
£291,572
29% above average
4
1 registered category
Registered interests
29
7 registered categories
7
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
63 of 69 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
199 of 211 votes
Work / Employment
70 of 77 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
64 of 69 votes
Environment / Climate
43 of 48 votes
#3
Environment / Climate
44 of 48 votes
Migration
153 of 171 votes
#4
Work / Employment
70 of 77 votes
Defence
63 of 71 votes
#5
Trade
80 of 91 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
No
Where they voted the same
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API