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Kirsteen Sullivan vs Alberto Costa

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

Photograph of Kirsteen Sullivan
Kirsteen Sullivan
Lab Bathgate and Linlithgow
vs
Photograph of Alberto Costa
Alberto Costa
Con South Leicestershire

Voting alignment

Kirsteen Sullivan and Alberto Costa voted the same way 3% of the time, based on 275 shared comparable votes.

9 same votes 266 different votes 275 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
4 Aye 6 No
Benefits 20% aligned 10 shared votes
4 Aye 6 No
17 Aye 18 No
Crime / Justice 6% aligned 35 shared votes
18 Aye 17 No
40 Aye 25 No
Tax 0% aligned 65 shared votes
25 Aye 40 No
19 Aye 6 No
Housing 0% aligned 25 shared votes
6 Aye 19 No
19 Aye 2 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 21 shared votes
2 Aye 19 No
Most different by topic
40 Aye 25 No
Tax 0% aligned 65 shared votes
25 Aye 40 No
19 Aye 6 No
Housing 0% aligned 25 shared votes
6 Aye 19 No
19 Aye 2 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 21 shared votes
2 Aye 19 No
8 Aye 11 No
Education 0% aligned 19 shared votes
11 Aye 8 No
8 Aye 8 No
Transport 0% aligned 16 shared votes
8 Aye 8 No

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

Voting record

70.7 %
2 % below average
Rank 412 of 650
Participation
81.1 %
8 % above average
Rank 183 of 650
398
563 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,905
2,349 eligible divisions
216
54.3 % of votes cast
Aye votes
901
47.3 % of votes cast
182
45.7 % of votes cast
No votes
1,004
52.7 % of votes cast
14
3.5 % of votes cast
Against party
9
0.5 % of votes cast
2 years, 0 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
11 years, 1 months
Since 7 May 2015

Debates

68
-2.9 vs Commons average
Rank 263 of 650
Appearances
13
-57.9 vs Commons average
Rank 609 of 650
84
-41.8 vs Commons average
Rank 339 of 650
Contributions
14
-111.8 vs Commons average
Rank 613 of 650

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

Financials and interests

£198,590
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,033,867
all imported IPSA years
£198,590
12 % below average
Latest expenses
£291,572
29 % above average
4
3 registered categories
Registered interests
29
7 registered categories
1
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

Housing
30 of 31 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
199 of 211 votes
NHS / Health
10 of 11 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
64 of 69 votes
Energy
18 of 20 votes
#3
Environment / Climate
44 of 48 votes
Crime / Justice
51 of 61 votes
#4
Work / Employment
68 of 75 votes
Devolution / Local Government
20 of 24 votes
#5
Trade
78 of 89 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Customs (Tariff and Miscellaneous Amendments) (No. 4) Regulations 2026 24 Jun 2026
Trade
No
No
Armed Forces Bill Report Stage: Amendment 11 22 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
No
Armed Forces Bill Report Stage: New Clause 11 22 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
No
Armed Forces Bill Report Stage: New Clause 4 22 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
Aye
Railways Bill: Third Reading 10 Jun 2026
Transport
No
No
Railways Bill Remaining Stages: Amendment 148 10 Jun 2026
Transport
Aye
No
Railways Bill Remaining Stages: Amendment 143 10 Jun 2026
Transport
Aye
No
Steel Industry (Nationalisation) Bill Committee: New Clause 8 8 Jun 2026
Aye
No
Steel Industry (Nationalisation) Bill Committee: Amendment 12 8 Jun 2026
Aye
Aye
King's Speech Motion for an Address 20 May 2026
No
Where they voted the same
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (l) 20 May 2026
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
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill Report Stage: Amendment (a) to New Clause 10 16 May 2025
Aye
No
Closure motion 16 May 2025
No
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading 29 Nov 2024
No
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