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John Whitby vs Alberto Costa

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


Voting alignment

John Whitby and Alberto Costa voted the same way 2% of the time, based on 346 shared comparable votes.

6 same votes 340 different votes 346 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
2 Aye 3 No
Migration 20% aligned 5 shared votes
2 Aye 3 No
7 Aye 7 No
Benefits 14% aligned 14 shared votes
5 Aye 9 No
19 Aye 23 No
Crime / Justice 7% aligned 42 shared votes
22 Aye 20 No
39 Aye 32 No
Tax 0% aligned 71 shared votes
32 Aye 39 No
28 Aye 8 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 36 shared votes
8 Aye 28 No
Most different by topic
39 Aye 32 No
Tax 0% aligned 71 shared votes
32 Aye 39 No
28 Aye 8 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 36 shared votes
8 Aye 28 No
9 Aye 17 No
Defence 0% aligned 26 shared votes
17 Aye 9 No
19 Aye 6 No
Housing 0% aligned 25 shared votes
6 Aye 19 No
15 Aye 6 No
Education 0% aligned 21 shared votes
6 Aye 15 No

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

Voting record

89.4 %
17 % above average
Rank 28 of 650
Participation
81.3 %
9 % above average
Rank 178 of 650
499
558 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,905
2,344 eligible divisions
258
51.7 % of votes cast
Aye votes
901
47.3 % of votes cast
241
48.3 % of votes cast
No votes
1,004
52.7 % of votes cast
0
0.0 % of votes cast
Against party
9
0.5 % of votes cast
1 years, 11 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
11 years, 1 months
Since 7 May 2015

Debates

61
-8.3 vs Commons average
Rank 305 of 650
Appearances
13
-56.3 vs Commons average
Rank 608 of 650
75
-48.1 vs Commons average
Rank 366 of 650
Contributions
14
-109.1 vs Commons average
Rank 613 of 650

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

Financials and interests

£189,571
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,033,867
all imported IPSA years
£189,571
16 % below average
Latest expenses
£291,572
29 % above average
2
2 registered categories
Registered interests
27
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

Work / Employment
37 of 37 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
199 of 211 votes
Defence
33 of 33 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
64 of 69 votes
Benefits
30 of 30 votes
#3
Environment / Climate
44 of 48 votes
#4
Energy
61 of 67 votes
Digital / Online Safety
11 of 11 votes
#5
Work / Employment
68 of 75 votes

Recent voting overlap

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