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Kerry McCarthy vs Alberto Costa

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


Voting alignment

Kerry McCarthy and Alberto Costa voted the same way 5% of the time, based on 1,551 shared comparable votes.

71 same votes 1,480 different votes 1,551 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
32 Aye 16 No
Energy 6% aligned 48 shared votes
19 Aye 29 No
23 Aye 10 No
NHS / Health 6% aligned 33 shared votes
12 Aye 21 No
105 Aye 71 No
Brexit / EU 6% aligned 176 shared votes
73 Aye 103 No
24 Aye 17 No
Benefits 5% aligned 41 shared votes
15 Aye 26 No
20 Aye 8 No
Digital / Online Safety 4% aligned 28 shared votes
9 Aye 19 No
Most different by topic
35 Aye 27 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 62 shared votes
27 Aye 35 No
40 Aye 21 No
Foreign Affairs 0% aligned 61 shared votes
21 Aye 40 No
24 Aye 30 No
Defence 0% aligned 54 shared votes
30 Aye 24 No
32 Aye 17 No
Housing 0% aligned 49 shared votes
17 Aye 32 No
19 Aye 25 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 44 shared votes
25 Aye 19 No

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

Voting record

79.1%
6% above average
Rank 221 of 649
Participation
81.1%
8% above average
Rank 179 of 649
1,879
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,927
2,376 eligible divisions
1,052
56.0% of votes cast
Aye votes
912
47.3% of votes cast
827
44.0% of votes cast
No votes
1,015
52.7% of votes cast
6
0.3% of votes cast
Against party
9
0.5% of votes cast
21 years, 4 months
Since 5 May 2005
Commons service
11 years, 4 months
Since 7 May 2015

Debates

81
-1.3 vs Commons average
Rank 256 of 649
Appearances
22
-60.3 vs Commons average
Rank 587 of 649
109
-34.5 vs Commons average
Rank 311 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

£3,045,317
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,033,867
all imported IPSA years
£309,387
37% above average
Latest expenses
£291,572
29% above average
2
1 registered category
Registered interests
29
7 registered categories
7
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

Foreign Affairs
66 of 69 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
199 of 211 votes
Defence
65 of 71 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
64 of 69 votes
Brexit / EU
188 of 211 votes
#3
Environment / Climate
44 of 48 votes
Education
84 of 96 votes
#4
Work / Employment
70 of 77 votes
Democracy / Parliament
41 of 47 votes
#5
Trade
80 of 91 votes

Recent voting overlap

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