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Liam Byrne vs Alberto Costa

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

Photograph of Liam Byrne
Liam Byrne
Lab Birmingham Hodge Hill and Solihull North
vs
Photograph of Alberto Costa
Alberto Costa
Con South Leicestershire

Voting alignment

Liam Byrne and Alberto Costa voted the same way 6% of the time, based on 1,324 shared comparable votes.

74 same votes 1,250 different votes 1,324 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
106 Aye 58 No
Brexit / EU 8% aligned 164 shared votes
63 Aye 101 No
18 Aye 16 No
Benefits 6% aligned 34 shared votes
14 Aye 20 No
29 Aye 10 No
Education 5% aligned 39 shared votes
12 Aye 27 No
28 Aye 15 No
Energy 5% aligned 43 shared votes
17 Aye 26 No
9 Aye 16 No
Democracy / Parliament 4% aligned 25 shared votes
15 Aye 10 No
Most different by topic
31 Aye 25 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 56 shared votes
25 Aye 31 No
38 Aye 17 No
Foreign Affairs 0% aligned 55 shared votes
17 Aye 38 No
23 Aye 23 No
Defence 0% aligned 46 shared votes
23 Aye 23 No
19 Aye 20 No
Environment / Climate 0% aligned 39 shared votes
20 Aye 19 No
25 Aye 10 No
Digital / Online Safety 0% aligned 35 shared votes
10 Aye 25 No

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

Voting record

65.8%
7% below average
Rank 504 of 649
Participation
81.1%
8% above average
Rank 179 of 649
1,563
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,927
2,376 eligible divisions
867
55.5% of votes cast
Aye votes
912
47.3% of votes cast
696
44.5% of votes cast
No votes
1,015
52.7% of votes cast
7
0.4% of votes cast
Against party
9
0.5% of votes cast
22 years, 2 months
Since 15 Jul 2004
Commons service
11 years, 4 months
Since 7 May 2015

Debates

45
-37.3 vs Commons average
Rank 475 of 649
Appearances
22
-60.3 vs Commons average
Rank 587 of 649
62
-81.5 vs Commons average
Rank 467 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

£3,073,714
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,033,867
all imported IPSA years
£280,258
24% above average
Latest expenses
£291,572
29% above average
3
2 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

Environment / Climate
42 of 48 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
199 of 211 votes
Foreign Affairs
59 of 69 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
64 of 69 votes
Brexit / EU
175 of 211 votes
#3
Environment / Climate
44 of 48 votes
Work / Employment
62 of 77 votes
#4
Work / Employment
70 of 77 votes
Migration
133 of 171 votes
#5
Trade
80 of 91 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
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
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 65 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
Aye
Where they voted the same
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading 11 Sept 2026
No
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 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
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
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