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Lauren Edwards vs Alberto Costa

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

Photograph of Lauren Edwards
Lauren Edwards
Lab Rochester and Strood
vs
Photograph of Alberto Costa
Alberto Costa
Con South Leicestershire

Voting alignment

Lauren Edwards and Alberto Costa voted the same way 2% of the time, based on 336 shared comparable votes.

7 same votes 329 different votes 336 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
6 Aye 6 No
Benefits 17% aligned 12 shared votes
4 Aye 8 No
3 Aye 4 No
Migration 14% aligned 7 shared votes
3 Aye 4 No
19 Aye 25 No
Crime / Justice 7% aligned 44 shared votes
24 Aye 20 No
43 Aye 36 No
Tax 0% aligned 79 shared votes
36 Aye 43 No
23 Aye 7 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 30 shared votes
7 Aye 23 No
Most different by topic
43 Aye 36 No
Tax 0% aligned 79 shared votes
36 Aye 43 No
23 Aye 7 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 30 shared votes
7 Aye 23 No
8 Aye 16 No
Defence 0% aligned 24 shared votes
16 Aye 8 No
13 Aye 9 No
Education 0% aligned 22 shared votes
9 Aye 13 No
17 Aye 5 No
Housing 0% aligned 22 shared votes
5 Aye 17 No

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

Voting record

86.0 %
13 % above average
Rank 79 of 650
Participation
81.3 %
9 % above average
Rank 178 of 650
480
558 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,905
2,344 eligible divisions
241
50.2 % of votes cast
Aye votes
901
47.3 % of votes cast
239
49.8 % of votes cast
No votes
1,004
52.7 % of votes cast
1
0.2 % of votes cast
Against party
9
0.5 % of votes cast
1 years, 11 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
11 years, 1 months
Since 7 May 2015

Debates

45
-24.8 vs Commons average
Rank 423 of 650
Appearances
13
-56.8 vs Commons average
Rank 610 of 650
61
-62.9 vs Commons average
Rank 424 of 650
Contributions
14
-109.9 vs Commons average
Rank 613 of 650

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

Financials and interests

£133,786
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,033,867
all imported IPSA years
£133,786
41 % below average
Latest expenses
£291,572
29 % above average
2
1 registered category
Registered interests
27
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

Digital / Online Safety
11 of 11 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
199 of 211 votes
Migration
11 of 11 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
64 of 69 votes
NHS / Health
11 of 11 votes
#3
Environment / Climate
44 of 48 votes
Democracy / Parliament
10 of 10 votes
#4
Energy
61 of 67 votes
Crime / Justice
60 of 61 votes
#5
Work / Employment
68 of 75 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
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
No
National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: New Clause 3 17 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
No
National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: Amendment 13 17 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
No
National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: Amendment 8 17 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
No
National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: Amendment 3 17 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
Aye
National Security (State Threats) Bill: Allocation of Time motion 17 Jun 2026
Defence
No
Aye
Draft Clean Air Zones Central Services (Fees) (England) (Amendment) Regulations 2026 16 Jun 2026
No
No
Cyber Security and Resilience (Network and Information Systems) Bill Remaining Stages: Amendment 3 16 Jun 2026
Aye
Where they voted the same
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
Crime and Policing Bill Report Stage: Amendment 160 17 Jun 2025
Crime / Justice
No
No
Border Security, Asylum and Immigration Bill Report Stage: New Clause 21 12 May 2025
Migration
No
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