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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 362 shared comparable votes.

7 same votes 355 different votes 362 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 4 No
Migration 17% aligned 6 shared votes
3 Aye 3 No
7 Aye 7 No
Benefits 14% aligned 14 shared votes
5 Aye 9 No
4 Aye 7 No
Democracy / Parliament 9% aligned 11 shared votes
6 Aye 5 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
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
10 Aye 17 No
Defence 0% aligned 27 shared votes
17 Aye 10 No
19 Aye 7 No
Housing 0% aligned 26 shared votes
7 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

88.8%
16% above average
Rank 28 of 649
Participation
81.1%
8% above average
Rank 179 of 649
524
590 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,927
2,376 eligible divisions
266
50.8% of votes cast
Aye votes
912
47.3% of votes cast
258
49.2% 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

62
-19.7 vs Commons average
Rank 354 of 649
Appearances
21
-60.7 vs Commons average
Rank 587 of 649
76
-66.3 vs Commons average
Rank 410 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

£191,904
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,033,867
all imported IPSA years
£191,904
15% below average
Latest expenses
£291,572
29% above average
2
2 registered categories
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

Defence
34 of 34 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
199 of 211 votes
Benefits
30 of 30 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
64 of 69 votes
#3
Environment / Climate
44 of 48 votes
Democracy / Parliament
14 of 14 votes
#4
Work / Employment
70 of 77 votes
Digital / Online Safety
11 of 11 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