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Kate Dearden vs Alberto Costa

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

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Kate Dearden
Lab Halifax
vs
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Alberto Costa
Con South Leicestershire

Voting alignment

Kate Dearden and Alberto Costa voted the same way 2% of the time, based on 323 shared comparable votes.

7 same votes 316 different votes 323 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 6 No
Benefits 18% aligned 11 shared votes
4 Aye 7 No
3 Aye 3 No
Migration 17% aligned 6 shared votes
2 Aye 4 No
4 Aye 7 No
Democracy / Parliament 9% aligned 11 shared votes
6 Aye 5 No
12 Aye 18 No
Crime / Justice 7% aligned 30 shared votes
18 Aye 12 No
42 Aye 28 No
Tax 0% aligned 70 shared votes
28 Aye 42 No
Most different by topic
42 Aye 28 No
Tax 0% aligned 70 shared votes
28 Aye 42 No
17 Aye 11 No
Education 0% aligned 28 shared votes
11 Aye 17 No
24 Aye 4 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 28 shared votes
4 Aye 24 No
9 Aye 12 No
Defence 0% aligned 21 shared votes
12 Aye 9 No
11 Aye 8 No
Housing 0% aligned 19 shared votes
8 Aye 11 No

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

Voting record

84.8%
12% above average
Rank 94 of 650
Participation
80.8%
8% above average
Rank 179 of 650
535
631 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,953
2,417 eligible divisions
262
49.0% of votes cast
Aye votes
925
47.4% of votes cast
273
51.0% of votes cast
No votes
1,028
52.6% of votes cast
0
0.0% of votes cast
Against party
9
0.5% of votes cast
2 years, 4 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
11 years, 5 months
Since 7 May 2015

Debates

111
+16.5 vs Commons average
Rank 176 of 650
Appearances
23
-71.5 vs Commons average
Rank 601 of 650
340
+175.5 vs Commons average
Rank 55 of 650
Contributions
24
-140.5 vs Commons average
Rank 609 of 650

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

Financials and interests

£175,203
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,033,867
all imported IPSA years
£175,203
23% below average
Latest expenses
£291,572
29% above average
2
2 registered categories
Registered interests
30
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

Energy
20 of 20 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
200 of 212 votes
Democracy / Parliament
14 of 14 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
76 of 82 votes
Digital / Online Safety
11 of 11 votes
#3
Environment / Climate
44 of 49 votes
NHS / Health
11 of 11 votes
#4
Work / Employment
70 of 80 votes
Environment / Climate
10 of 10 votes
#5
Energy
61 of 70 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Railways Bill: Carry-over extension (Motion) 4 Nov 2026
Transport
No
No
Sporting Events Bill [Lords] Report: Amendment 8 4 Nov 2026
Aye
No
Sporting Events Bill [Lords] Report: Amendment 6 4 Nov 2026
Aye
Aye
Budget Resolution No. 86: High value council tax surcharge 3 Nov 2026
Tax
No
Aye
Budget Resolution No. 76: Rates of alcohol duty 3 Nov 2026
Tax
No
Aye
Budget Resolution No. 15: Charges in connection with employment visas 3 Nov 2026
Tax
No
Aye
Budget Resolution No. 8: Capital gains tax (business asset disposal relief) 3 Nov 2026
Tax Transport
No
Aye
Budget Resolution No.7: Increase in rate of banking surcharge for temporary period 3 Nov 2026
Tax
No
Aye
Budget Resolution No. 3: Income tax (default, property and savings rates) 3 Nov 2026
Tax
No
Aye
Draft Code of Practice on Access and Unfair Practices During the Recognition and Derecognition Process 21 Oct 2026
No
Where they voted the same
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
Border Security, Asylum and Immigration Bill Report Stage: New Clause 21 12 May 2025
Migration
No
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Voting source Commons Votes API