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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 299 shared comparable votes.

6 same votes 293 different votes 299 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
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
9 Aye 13 No
Defence 0% aligned 22 shared votes
13 Aye 9 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 6 No
Housing 0% aligned 18 shared votes
6 Aye 12 No
13 Aye 4 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 17 shared votes
4 Aye 13 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 297 of 650
Participation
81.1 %
8 % above average
Rank 183 of 650
427
563 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,905
2,349 eligible divisions
201
47.1 % of votes cast
Aye votes
901
47.3 % of votes cast
226
52.9 % of votes cast
No votes
1,004
52.7 % of votes cast
7
1.6 % 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

41
-30.0 vs Commons average
Rank 463 of 650
Appearances
13
-58.0 vs Commons average
Rank 609 of 650
46
-80.0 vs Commons average
Rank 503 of 650
Contributions
14
-112.0 vs Commons average
Rank 613 of 650

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
Education
42 of 49 votes
#3
Environment / Climate
44 of 48 votes
Tax
95 of 111 votes
#4
Work / Employment
68 of 75 votes
Defence
28 of 33 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
Opposition Day: Puberty blockers 23 Jun 2026
Aye
Aye
Opposition Day Motion: Defence spending and readiness - Prime Minister's Amendment 23 Jun 2026
Defence
No
No
Opposition day: Defence spending and readiness 23 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
No
Armed Forces Bill Report Stage: Amendment 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
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: 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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