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Louise Sandher-Jones vs Alberto Costa

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

Photograph of Louise Sandher-Jones
Louise Sandher-Jones
Lab North East Derbyshire
vs
Photograph of Alberto Costa
Alberto Costa
Con South Leicestershire

Voting alignment

Louise Sandher-Jones and Alberto Costa voted the same way 2% of the time, based on 296 shared comparable votes.

5 same votes 291 different votes 296 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
6 Aye 5 No
Benefits 18% aligned 11 shared votes
3 Aye 8 No
2 Aye 5 No
Migration 14% aligned 7 shared votes
4 Aye 3 No
10 Aye 13 No
Crime / Justice 9% aligned 23 shared votes
13 Aye 10 No
37 Aye 31 No
Tax 0% aligned 68 shared votes
31 Aye 37 No
22 Aye 8 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 30 shared votes
8 Aye 22 No
Most different by topic
37 Aye 31 No
Tax 0% aligned 68 shared votes
31 Aye 37 No
22 Aye 8 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 30 shared votes
8 Aye 22 No
19 Aye 7 No
Housing 0% aligned 26 shared votes
7 Aye 19 No
8 Aye 12 No
Education 0% aligned 20 shared votes
12 Aye 8 No
13 Aye 3 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 16 shared votes
3 Aye 13 No

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

Voting record

74.2%
2% above average
Rank 328 of 649
Participation
81.1%
8% above average
Rank 179 of 649
438
590 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,927
2,376 eligible divisions
219
50.0% of votes cast
Aye votes
912
47.3% of votes cast
219
50.0% of votes cast
No votes
1,015
52.7% of votes cast
0
0.0% 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

56
-26.3 vs Commons average
Rank 401 of 649
Appearances
22
-60.3 vs Commons average
Rank 587 of 649
187
+43.5 vs Commons average
Rank 147 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

£179,498
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,033,867
all imported IPSA years
£179,498
21% below average
Latest expenses
£291,572
29% above average
1
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

Foreign Affairs
4 of 4 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
199 of 211 votes
Housing
31 of 32 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
64 of 69 votes
Migration
12 of 13 votes
#3
Environment / Climate
44 of 48 votes
NHS / Health
10 of 11 votes
#4
Work / Employment
70 of 77 votes
Energy
18 of 20 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
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
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
Where they voted the same
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
Crime and Policing Bill Report Stage: Amendment 160 17 Jun 2025
Crime / Justice
No
No
Border Security, Asylum and Immigration Bill Report Stage: New Clause 21 12 May 2025
Migration
No
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