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Lola McEvoy vs Alberto Costa

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

Photograph of Lola McEvoy
Lola McEvoy
Lab Darlington
vs
Photograph of Alberto Costa
Alberto Costa
Con South Leicestershire

Voting alignment

Lola McEvoy and Alberto Costa voted the same way 3% of the time, based on 358 shared comparable votes.

10 same votes 348 different votes 358 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
7 Aye 7 No
Benefits 14% aligned 14 shared votes
5 Aye 9 No
3 Aye 4 No
Migration 14% aligned 7 shared votes
3 Aye 4 No
19 Aye 25 No
Crime / Justice 7% aligned 44 shared votes
24 Aye 20 No
47 Aye 35 No
Tax 0% aligned 82 shared votes
35 Aye 47 No
30 Aye 7 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 37 shared votes
7 Aye 30 No
Most different by topic
47 Aye 35 No
Tax 0% aligned 82 shared votes
35 Aye 47 No
30 Aye 7 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 37 shared votes
7 Aye 30 No
17 Aye 12 No
Education 0% aligned 29 shared votes
12 Aye 17 No
10 Aye 17 No
Defence 0% aligned 27 shared votes
17 Aye 10 No
14 Aye 3 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 17 shared votes
3 Aye 14 No

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

Voting record

89.7 %
17 % above average
Rank 21 of 649
Participation
81.1 %
8 % above average
Rank 182 of 649
516
575 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,915
2,361 eligible divisions
260
50.4 % of votes cast
Aye votes
905
47.3 % of votes cast
256
49.6 % of votes cast
No votes
1,010
52.7 % of votes cast
9
1.7 % of votes cast
Against party
9
0.5 % of votes cast
2 years, 0 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
11 years, 2 months
Since 7 May 2015

Debates

44
-33.6 vs Commons average
Rank 466 of 649
Appearances
19
-58.6 vs Commons average
Rank 589 of 649
54
-83.6 vs Commons average
Rank 483 of 649
Contributions
20
-117.6 vs Commons average
Rank 599 of 649

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

Financials and interests

£195,928
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,033,867
all imported IPSA years
£195,928
13 % below average
Latest expenses
£291,572
29 % above average
5
3 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

Defence
34 of 34 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
199 of 211 votes
Benefits
30 of 30 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
64 of 69 votes
Devolution / Local Government
24 of 24 votes
#3
Environment / Climate
44 of 48 votes
NHS / Health
11 of 11 votes
#4
Work / Employment
70 of 77 votes
Democracy / Parliament
10 of 10 votes
#5
Trade
80 of 91 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
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
No
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 19 14 Jul 2026
Aye
No
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 199 14 Jul 2026
Aye
No
Immigration and Asylum Bill: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 13 Jul 2026
Migration
Aye
Aye
National Security (State Threats) Bill: motion to agree to Lords Amendment 1 6 Jul 2026
Defence
No
Aye
Draft Climate Change Act 2008 (Credit Limit) Order 2026 24 Jun 2026
Environment / Climate
No
Aye
Draft Climate Change Act 2008 (International Aviation and International Shipping) Regulations 2026 24 Jun 2026
Environment / Climate Transport
No
Aye
Draft Carbon Budget Order 2026 24 Jun 2026
Environment / Climate
No
Aye
Customs (Tariff and Miscellaneous Amendments) (No. 4) Regulations 2026 24 Jun 2026
Trade
No
Where they voted the same
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
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
No
Border Security, Asylum and Immigration Bill Report Stage: New Clause 21 12 May 2025
Migration
No
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading 29 Nov 2024
No
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