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Katie Lam vs Alberto Costa

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

Photograph of Katie Lam
Katie Lam
Con Weald of Kent
vs
Photograph of Alberto Costa
Alberto Costa
Con South Leicestershire

Voting alignment

Katie Lam and Alberto Costa voted the same way 100% of the time, based on 294 shared comparable votes.

294 same votes 0 different votes 294 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
33 Aye 41 No
Tax 100% aligned 74 shared votes
33 Aye 41 No
24 Aye 12 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 36 shared votes
24 Aye 12 No
12 Aye 9 No
Education 100% aligned 21 shared votes
12 Aye 9 No
12 Aye 7 No
Defence 100% aligned 19 shared votes
12 Aye 7 No
7 Aye 8 No
Housing 100% aligned 15 shared votes
7 Aye 8 No
Most different by topic
33 Aye 41 No
Tax 100% aligned 74 shared votes
33 Aye 41 No
24 Aye 12 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 36 shared votes
24 Aye 12 No
12 Aye 9 No
Education 100% aligned 21 shared votes
12 Aye 9 No
12 Aye 7 No
Defence 100% aligned 19 shared votes
12 Aye 7 No
7 Aye 8 No
Housing 100% aligned 15 shared votes
7 Aye 8 No

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

Voting record

68.0%
5% below average
Rank 465 of 649
Participation
81.1%
8% above average
Rank 179 of 649
401
590 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,927
2,376 eligible divisions
194
48.4% of votes cast
Aye votes
912
47.3% of votes cast
207
51.6% 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, 3 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
11 years, 5 months
Since 7 May 2015

Debates

107
+23.4 vs Commons average
Rank 147 of 650
Appearances
23
-60.6 vs Commons average
Rank 585 of 650
128
-17.7 vs Commons average
Rank 250 of 650
Contributions
24
-121.7 vs Commons average
Rank 597 of 650

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

Financials and interests

£223,662
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,033,867
all imported IPSA years
£223,662
1% below average
Latest expenses
£291,572
29% above average
12
4 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

Tax
102 of 112 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
199 of 211 votes
Devolution / Local Government
19 of 24 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
64 of 69 votes
Democracy / Parliament
11 of 14 votes
#3
Environment / Climate
44 of 48 votes
Benefits
23 of 30 votes
#4
Work / Employment
70 of 77 votes
Digital / Online Safety
8 of 11 votes
#5
Trade
80 of 91 votes

Recent voting overlap

These MPs agreed on every division where both voted in the current comparison sample.

Where they voted the same
No
Representation of the People Bill: Third Reading 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 88 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
Aye
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 67 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
Aye
Aye
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 65 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
Aye
No
Draft Trade Unions (Permissible Means of Voting) and Employment Rights (Unfair Dismissal) (Amendment) Order 2026 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
No
No
Draft Code of Practice on Electronic and Workplace Ballots for Statutory Trade Union Ballots 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
No
Aye
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 19 14 Jul 2026
Aye
Aye
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 199 14 Jul 2026
Aye
Aye
Immigration and Asylum Bill: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 13 Jul 2026
Migration
Aye
No
Draft Town and Country Planning (Discharge of Local Planning Authority Functions) (England) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
No
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Voting source Commons Votes API