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Liz Twist vs Alberto Costa

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

Photograph of Liz Twist
Liz Twist
Lab Blaydon and Consett
vs
Photograph of Alberto Costa
Alberto Costa
Con South Leicestershire

Voting alignment

Liz Twist and Alberto Costa voted the same way 6% of the time, based on 1,302 shared comparable votes.

81 same votes 1,221 different votes 1,302 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
16 Aye 6 No
NHS / Health 9% aligned 22 shared votes
8 Aye 14 No
85 Aye 58 No
Brexit / EU 7% aligned 143 shared votes
60 Aye 83 No
19 Aye 14 No
Energy 6% aligned 33 shared votes
16 Aye 17 No
22 Aye 17 No
Benefits 5% aligned 39 shared votes
15 Aye 24 No
34 Aye 74 No
Migration 5% aligned 108 shared votes
71 Aye 37 No
Most different by topic
96 Aye 66 No
Tax 0% aligned 162 shared votes
66 Aye 96 No
31 Aye 25 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 56 shared votes
25 Aye 31 No
22 Aye 28 No
Defence 0% aligned 50 shared votes
28 Aye 22 No
30 Aye 20 No
Foreign Affairs 0% aligned 50 shared votes
20 Aye 30 No
19 Aye 23 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 42 shared votes
23 Aye 19 No

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

Voting record

84.6%
12% above average
Rank 104 of 649
Participation
81.1%
8% above average
Rank 179 of 649
1,794
2,121 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,927
2,376 eligible divisions
974
54.3% of votes cast
Aye votes
912
47.3% of votes cast
820
45.7% of votes cast
No votes
1,015
52.7% of votes cast
16
0.9% of votes cast
Against party
9
0.5% of votes cast
9 years, 3 months
Since 8 Jun 2017
Commons service
11 years, 4 months
Since 7 May 2015

Debates

105
+22.7 vs Commons average
Rank 148 of 649
Appearances
22
-60.3 vs Commons average
Rank 587 of 649
149
+5.5 vs Commons average
Rank 204 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

£1,878,627
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,033,867
all imported IPSA years
£305,039
35% above average
Latest expenses
£291,572
29% above average
3
3 registered categories
Registered interests
29
7 registered categories
2
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
68 of 69 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
199 of 211 votes
Housing
52 of 55 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
64 of 69 votes
Environment / Climate
43 of 46 votes
#3
Environment / Climate
44 of 48 votes
Work / Employment
68 of 73 votes
#4
Work / Employment
70 of 77 votes
Migration
149 of 163 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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