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Julia Lopez vs Alberto Costa

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


Voting alignment

Julia Lopez and Alberto Costa voted the same way 99% of the time, based on 1,577 shared comparable votes.

1,556 same votes 21 different votes 1,577 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
82 Aye 134 No
Tax 100% aligned 216 shared votes
82 Aye 134 No
81 Aye 60 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 141 shared votes
81 Aye 60 No
89 Aye 45 No
Migration 100% aligned 134 shared votes
89 Aye 45 No
22 Aye 40 No
Foreign Affairs 100% aligned 62 shared votes
22 Aye 40 No
26 Aye 33 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 59 shared votes
26 Aye 33 No
Most different by topic
66 Aye 107 No
Brexit / EU 94% aligned 173 shared votes
71 Aye 102 No
14 Aye 19 No
NHS / Health 97% aligned 33 shared votes
15 Aye 18 No
33 Aye 31 No
Transport 98% aligned 64 shared votes
34 Aye 30 No
35 Aye 36 No
Trade 99% aligned 71 shared votes
36 Aye 35 No
82 Aye 134 No
Tax 100% aligned 216 shared votes
82 Aye 134 No

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

Voting record

83.3%
11% above average
Rank 121 of 650
Participation
80.8%
8% above average
Rank 181 of 650
1,778
2,135 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,931
2,390 eligible divisions
852
47.9% of votes cast
Aye votes
914
47.3% of votes cast
926
52.1% of votes cast
No votes
1,017
52.7% of votes cast
14
0.8% of votes cast
Against party
9
0.5% of votes cast
9 years, 4 months
Since 8 Jun 2017
Commons service
11 years, 5 months
Since 7 May 2015

Debates

31
-55.9 vs Commons average
Rank 564 of 650
Appearances
24
-62.9 vs Commons average
Rank 591 of 650
39
-112.4 vs Commons average
Rank 556 of 650
Contributions
25
-126.4 vs Commons average
Rank 600 of 650

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

Financials and interests

£1,261,152
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,033,867
all imported IPSA years
£227,011
same as average
Latest expenses
£291,572
29% above average
0
0 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

Brexit / EU
185 of 188 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
199 of 211 votes
Migration
151 of 163 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
65 of 70 votes
Trade
82 of 90 votes
#3
Environment / Climate
44 of 49 votes
Foreign Affairs
63 of 70 votes
#4
Work / Employment
70 of 80 votes
Environment / Climate
41 of 47 votes
#5
Energy
61 of 70 votes

Recent voting overlap

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