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Lillian Jones vs Alberto Costa

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

Photograph of Lillian Jones
Lillian Jones
Lab Kilmarnock and Loudoun
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Photograph of Alberto Costa
Alberto Costa
Con South Leicestershire

Voting alignment

Lillian Jones and Alberto Costa voted the same way 5% of the time, based on 288 shared comparable votes.

13 same votes 275 different votes 288 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
4 Aye 4 No
Democracy / Parliament 13% aligned 8 shared votes
3 Aye 5 No
14 Aye 16 No
Crime / Justice 10% aligned 30 shared votes
15 Aye 15 No
38 Aye 25 No
Tax 0% aligned 63 shared votes
25 Aye 38 No
29 Aye 8 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 37 shared votes
8 Aye 29 No
Most different by topic
38 Aye 25 No
Tax 0% aligned 63 shared votes
25 Aye 38 No
29 Aye 8 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 37 shared votes
8 Aye 29 No
9 Aye 14 No
Defence 0% aligned 23 shared votes
14 Aye 9 No
10 Aye 8 No
Housing 0% aligned 18 shared votes
8 Aye 10 No
8 Aye 9 No
Transport 0% aligned 17 shared votes
9 Aye 8 No

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

Voting record

65.4%
7% below average
Rank 512 of 649
Participation
81.1%
8% above average
Rank 179 of 649
386
590 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,927
2,376 eligible divisions
184
47.7% of votes cast
Aye votes
912
47.3% of votes cast
202
52.3% of votes cast
No votes
1,015
52.7% of votes cast
15
3.9% of votes cast
Against party
9
0.5% of votes cast
2 years, 3 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
11 years, 5 months
Since 7 May 2015

Debates

33
-50.7 vs Commons average
Rank 541 of 649
Appearances
23
-60.7 vs Commons average
Rank 585 of 649
41
-104.9 vs Commons average
Rank 544 of 649
Contributions
24
-121.9 vs Commons average
Rank 597 of 649

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

Financials and interests

£167,331
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,033,867
all imported IPSA years
£167,331
26% below average
Latest expenses
£291,572
29% above average
2
2 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

Work / Employment
38 of 39 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
199 of 211 votes
Energy
17 of 20 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
64 of 69 votes
Transport
24 of 29 votes
#3
Environment / Climate
44 of 48 votes
NHS / Health
9 of 11 votes
#4
Work / Employment
70 of 77 votes
Defence
26 of 34 votes
#5
Trade
80 of 91 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
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
Aye
Draft Code of Practice on Electronic and Workplace Ballots for Statutory Trade Union Ballots 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
No
Where they voted the same
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading 11 Sept 2026
No
No
Closure motion 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
No
Crime and Policing Bill Report Stage: Amendment 160 17 Jun 2025
Crime / Justice
No
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