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Lorraine Beavers vs Alberto Costa

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


Voting alignment

Lorraine Beavers and Alberto Costa voted the same way 3% of the time, based on 354 shared comparable votes.

10 same votes 344 different votes 354 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
5 Aye 7 No
Benefits 17% aligned 12 shared votes
5 Aye 7 No
3 Aye 3 No
Migration 17% aligned 6 shared votes
2 Aye 4 No
1 Aye 6 No
Democracy / Parliament 14% aligned 7 shared votes
5 Aye 2 No
18 Aye 18 No
Crime / Justice 11% aligned 36 shared votes
18 Aye 18 No
47 Aye 34 No
Tax 0% aligned 81 shared votes
34 Aye 47 No
Most different by topic
47 Aye 34 No
Tax 0% aligned 81 shared votes
34 Aye 47 No
29 Aye 8 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 37 shared votes
8 Aye 29 No
18 Aye 12 No
Education 0% aligned 30 shared votes
12 Aye 18 No
19 Aye 8 No
Housing 0% aligned 27 shared votes
8 Aye 19 No
8 Aye 9 No
Defence 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

86.3%
14% above average
Rank 71 of 649
Participation
81.1%
8% above average
Rank 179 of 649
509
590 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,927
2,376 eligible divisions
268
52.7% of votes cast
Aye votes
912
47.3% of votes cast
241
47.3% of votes cast
No votes
1,015
52.7% of votes cast
9
1.8% of votes cast
Against party
9
0.5% of votes cast
2 years, 2 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
11 years, 4 months
Since 7 May 2015

Debates

67
-15.3 vs Commons average
Rank 330 of 649
Appearances
22
-60.3 vs Commons average
Rank 587 of 649
84
-59.5 vs Commons average
Rank 385 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

£199,406
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,033,867
all imported IPSA years
£199,406
12% below average
Latest expenses
£291,572
29% above average
2
1 registered category
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

Housing
32 of 32 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
199 of 211 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
64 of 69 votes
Digital / Online Safety
11 of 11 votes
#3
Environment / Climate
44 of 48 votes
NHS / Health
11 of 11 votes
#4
Work / Employment
70 of 77 votes
Foreign Affairs
4 of 4 votes
#5
Trade
80 of 91 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
No
Where they voted the same
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API