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Liz Kendall vs Alberto Costa

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

Photograph of Liz Kendall
Liz Kendall
Lab Leicester West
vs
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Alberto Costa
Con South Leicestershire

Voting alignment

Liz Kendall and Alberto Costa voted the same way 6% of the time, based on 1,304 shared comparable votes.

72 same votes 1,232 different votes 1,304 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
109 Aye 64 No
Brexit / EU 8% aligned 173 shared votes
69 Aye 104 No
29 Aye 30 No
Trade 5% aligned 59 shared votes
33 Aye 26 No
28 Aye 12 No
Energy 5% aligned 40 shared votes
14 Aye 26 No
25 Aye 17 No
Benefits 5% aligned 42 shared votes
15 Aye 27 No
50 Aye 62 No
Crime / Justice 4% aligned 112 shared votes
62 Aye 50 No
Most different by topic
39 Aye 22 No
Foreign Affairs 0% aligned 61 shared votes
22 Aye 39 No
21 Aye 24 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 45 shared votes
24 Aye 21 No
13 Aye 19 No
Environment / Climate 0% aligned 32 shared votes
19 Aye 13 No
10 Aye 20 No
Housing 0% aligned 30 shared votes
20 Aye 10 No
13 Aye 14 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 27 shared votes
14 Aye 13 No

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

Voting record

64.4%
8% below average
Rank 526 of 649
Participation
81.1%
8% above average
Rank 179 of 649
1,530
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,927
2,376 eligible divisions
875
57.2% of votes cast
Aye votes
912
47.3% of votes cast
655
42.8% of votes cast
No votes
1,015
52.7% of votes cast
2
0.1% of votes cast
Against party
9
0.5% of votes cast
16 years, 4 months
Since 6 May 2010
Commons service
11 years, 4 months
Since 7 May 2015

Debates

37
-45.3 vs Commons average
Rank 519 of 649
Appearances
22
-60.3 vs Commons average
Rank 587 of 649
526
+382.5 vs Commons average
Rank 19 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

£2,620,750
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,033,867
all imported IPSA years
£249,722
10% above average
Latest expenses
£291,572
29% above average
0
0 registered categories
Registered interests
29
7 registered categories
4
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

Foreign Affairs
64 of 69 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
199 of 211 votes
Brexit / EU
184 of 211 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
64 of 69 votes
NHS / Health
44 of 56 votes
#3
Environment / Climate
44 of 48 votes
Benefits
62 of 81 votes
#4
Work / Employment
70 of 77 votes
Migration
126 of 171 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
Draft Trade Unions (Permissible Means of Voting) and Employment Rights (Unfair Dismissal) (Amendment) Order 2026 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
No
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
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
No
Crime and Policing Bill Report Stage: Amendment 160 17 Jun 2025
Crime / Justice
No
No
Safety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) Bill Committee: Amendment 23 17 Jan 2024
Migration
No
No
Safety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) Bill Committee: Amendment 19 16 Jan 2024
Migration
No
No
Safety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) Bill Committee: Amendment 10 16 Jan 2024
Migration
No
No
Scotland (Self-Determination): Ten Minute Rule Motion 16 Jan 2024
No
Aye
Draft Equality Act 2010 (Amendment) Regulations 2023 13 Dec 2023
Aye
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