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Lee Barron vs Alberto Costa

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

Photograph of Lee Barron
Lee Barron
Lab Corby and East Northamptonshire
vs
Photograph of Alberto Costa
Alberto Costa
Con South Leicestershire

Voting alignment

Lee Barron and Alberto Costa voted the same way 2% of the time, based on 316 shared comparable votes.

7 same votes 309 different votes 316 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 8 No
Benefits 23% aligned 13 shared votes
5 Aye 8 No
1 Aye 5 No
Democracy / Parliament 17% aligned 6 shared votes
4 Aye 2 No
17 Aye 23 No
Crime / Justice 5% aligned 40 shared votes
21 Aye 19 No
43 Aye 30 No
Tax 0% aligned 73 shared votes
30 Aye 43 No
16 Aye 11 No
Education 0% aligned 27 shared votes
11 Aye 16 No
Most different by topic
43 Aye 30 No
Tax 0% aligned 73 shared votes
30 Aye 43 No
16 Aye 11 No
Education 0% aligned 27 shared votes
11 Aye 16 No
9 Aye 13 No
Defence 0% aligned 22 shared votes
13 Aye 9 No
12 Aye 7 No
Housing 0% aligned 19 shared votes
7 Aye 12 No
15 Aye 4 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 19 shared votes
4 Aye 15 No

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

Voting record

75.8%
3% above average
Rank 294 of 649
Participation
81.1%
8% above average
Rank 179 of 649
447
590 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,927
2,376 eligible divisions
208
46.5% of votes cast
Aye votes
912
47.3% of votes cast
239
53.5% of votes cast
No votes
1,015
52.7% of votes cast
7
1.6% of votes cast
Against party
9
0.5% of votes cast
2 years, 2 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
11 years, 4 months
Since 7 May 2015

Debates

43
-38.8 vs Commons average
Rank 486 of 649
Appearances
22
-59.8 vs Commons average
Rank 586 of 649
46
-96.7 vs Commons average
Rank 519 of 649
Contributions
23
-119.7 vs Commons average
Rank 594 of 649

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

Financials and interests

£218,179
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,033,867
all imported IPSA years
£218,179
4% below average
Latest expenses
£291,572
29% above average
0
0 registered categories
Registered interests
29
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

NHS / Health
11 of 11 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
199 of 211 votes
Energy
19 of 20 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
64 of 69 votes
Trade
6 of 7 votes
#3
Environment / Climate
44 of 48 votes
Tax
95 of 112 votes
#4
Work / Employment
70 of 77 votes
Education
42 of 50 votes
#5
Trade
80 of 91 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading 11 Sept 2026
No
Aye
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
No
No
Social Housing Bill [Lords]: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 10 Sept 2026
Housing
Aye
Aye
Draft Plant Health, Seeds, Seed Potatoes and Plant Propagating Material (Amendment) (Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026 9 Sept 2026
No
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: Amendment 1 8 Sept 2026
Aye
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 143 8 Sept 2026
Aye
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 142 8 Sept 2026
Aye
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 145 7 Sept 2026
Aye
Aye
Representation of the People Bill: Third Reading 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 67 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
Aye
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: Third Reading 9 Jul 2025
Benefits
No
No
Universal Credit and Personal Independent Payment Bill Committee: Amendment 39 9 Jul 2025
Benefits
No
No
Universal Credit and Personal Independent Payment Bill: Second Reading 1 Jul 2025
Benefits
No
No
Crime and Policing Bill Report Stage: Amendment 160 17 Jun 2025
Crime / Justice
No
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