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Justin Madders vs Alberto Costa

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

Photograph of Justin Madders
Justin Madders
Lab Ellesmere Port and Bromborough
vs
Photograph of Alberto Costa
Alberto Costa
Con South Leicestershire

Voting alignment

Justin Madders and Alberto Costa voted the same way 6% of the time, based on 1,588 shared comparable votes.

90 same votes 1,498 different votes 1,588 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
99 Aye 65 No
Brexit / EU 9% aligned 164 shared votes
69 Aye 95 No
23 Aye 10 No
NHS / Health 6% aligned 33 shared votes
12 Aye 21 No
35 Aye 18 No
Energy 6% aligned 53 shared votes
21 Aye 32 No
29 Aye 16 No
Benefits 4% aligned 45 shared votes
14 Aye 31 No
37 Aye 92 No
Migration 4% aligned 129 shared votes
89 Aye 40 No
Most different by topic
34 Aye 30 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 64 shared votes
30 Aye 34 No
25 Aye 27 No
Defence 0% aligned 52 shared votes
27 Aye 25 No
26 Aye 20 No
Foreign Affairs 0% aligned 46 shared votes
20 Aye 26 No
19 Aye 25 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 44 shared votes
25 Aye 19 No
26 Aye 10 No
Digital / Online Safety 0% aligned 36 shared votes
10 Aye 26 No

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

Voting record

81.7%
9% above average
Rank 164 of 649
Participation
81.1%
8% above average
Rank 179 of 649
1,942
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,927
2,376 eligible divisions
1,067
54.9% of votes cast
Aye votes
912
47.3% of votes cast
875
45.1% of votes cast
No votes
1,015
52.7% of votes cast
17
0.9% of votes cast
Against party
9
0.5% of votes cast
11 years, 4 months
Since 7 May 2015
Commons service
11 years, 4 months
Since 7 May 2015

Debates

99
+16.7 vs Commons average
Rank 166 of 649
Appearances
22
-60.3 vs Commons average
Rank 587 of 649
117
-26.5 vs Commons average
Rank 277 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

£2,078,779
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,033,867
all imported IPSA years
£299,970
33% above average
Latest expenses
£291,572
29% above average
3
2 registered categories
Registered interests
29
7 registered categories
2
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

Environment / Climate
45 of 48 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
199 of 211 votes
Work / Employment
71 of 77 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
64 of 69 votes
Democracy / Parliament
43 of 47 votes
#3
Environment / Climate
44 of 48 votes
NHS / Health
50 of 56 votes
#4
Work / Employment
70 of 77 votes
Migration
152 of 171 votes
#5
Trade
80 of 91 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No
Social Housing Bill [Lords]: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 10 Sept 2026
Housing
Aye
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: Amendment 1 8 Sept 2026
Aye
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 143 8 Sept 2026
Aye
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 142 8 Sept 2026
Aye
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 145 7 Sept 2026
Aye
Aye
Representation of the People Bill: Third Reading 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 67 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
Aye
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 65 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
Aye
Aye
Draft Trade Unions (Permissible Means of Voting) and Employment Rights (Unfair Dismissal) (Amendment) Order 2026 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
No
Aye
Draft Code of Practice on Electronic and Workplace Ballots for Statutory Trade Union Ballots 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
No
Where they voted the same
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading 11 Sept 2026
No
No
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
No
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 88 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
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
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Third Reading 20 Jun 2025
No
No
Crime and Policing Bill Report Stage: Amendment 160 17 Jun 2025
Crime / Justice
No
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