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Josh Dean vs Alberto Costa

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

Photograph of Josh Dean
Josh Dean
Lab Hertford and Stortford
vs
Photograph of Alberto Costa
Alberto Costa
Con South Leicestershire

Voting alignment

Josh Dean and Alberto Costa voted the same way 2% of the time, based on 361 shared comparable votes.

7 same votes 354 different votes 361 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
5 Aye 7 No
Benefits 17% aligned 12 shared votes
5 Aye 7 No
3 Aye 4 No
Migration 14% aligned 7 shared votes
3 Aye 4 No
19 Aye 25 No
Crime / Justice 7% aligned 44 shared votes
24 Aye 20 No
47 Aye 36 No
Tax 0% aligned 83 shared votes
36 Aye 47 No
27 Aye 8 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 35 shared votes
8 Aye 27 No
Most different by topic
47 Aye 36 No
Tax 0% aligned 83 shared votes
36 Aye 47 No
27 Aye 8 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 35 shared votes
8 Aye 27 No
17 Aye 12 No
Education 0% aligned 29 shared votes
12 Aye 17 No
19 Aye 7 No
Housing 0% aligned 26 shared votes
7 Aye 19 No
8 Aye 13 No
Defence 0% aligned 21 shared votes
13 Aye 8 No

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

Voting record

93.3 %
21 % above average
Rank 7 of 650
Participation
81.2 %
9 % above average
Rank 179 of 650
517
554 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,901
2,340 eligible divisions
259
50.1 % of votes cast
Aye votes
901
47.4 % of votes cast
258
49.9 % of votes cast
No votes
1,000
52.6 % of votes cast
1
0.2 % 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

50
-17.8 vs Commons average
Rank 376 of 650
Appearances
13
-54.8 vs Commons average
Rank 607 of 650
56
-64.4 vs Commons average
Rank 446 of 650
Contributions
14
-106.4 vs Commons average
Rank 614 of 650

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

Financials and interests

£169,396
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,033,867
all imported IPSA years
£169,396
25 % 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

Crime / Justice
61 of 61 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
199 of 211 votes
Housing
31 of 31 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
64 of 69 votes
Energy
17 of 17 votes
#3
Environment / Climate
41 of 45 votes
Digital / Online Safety
11 of 11 votes
#4
Energy
61 of 67 votes
NHS / Health
11 of 11 votes
#5
Work / Employment
68 of 75 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No
Opposition Day: Puberty blockers 23 Jun 2026
Aye
Aye
Opposition Day Motion: Defence spending and readiness - Prime Minister's Amendment 23 Jun 2026
Defence
No
No
Opposition day: Defence spending and readiness 23 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
No
Armed Forces Bill Report Stage: Amendment 11 22 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
No
Armed Forces Bill Report Stage: New Clause 11 22 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
No
Armed Forces Bill Report Stage: New Clause 4 22 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
Aye
Draft Clean Air Zones Central Services (Fees) (England) (Amendment) Regulations 2026 16 Jun 2026
No
No
Cyber Security and Resilience (Network and Information Systems) Bill Remaining Stages: Amendment 3 16 Jun 2026
Aye
No
Cyber Security and Resilience (Network and Information Systems) Bill Remaining Stages: New Clause 14 16 Jun 2026
Aye
Aye
Railways Bill: Third Reading 10 Jun 2026
Transport
No
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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