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Margaret Mullane vs Alberto Costa

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

Photograph of Margaret Mullane
Margaret Mullane
Lab Dagenham and Rainham
vs
Photograph of Alberto Costa
Alberto Costa
Con South Leicestershire

Voting alignment

Margaret Mullane and Alberto Costa voted the same way 3% of the time, based on 347 shared comparable votes.

12 same votes 335 different votes 347 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 8 No
Benefits 21% aligned 14 shared votes
5 Aye 9 No
3 Aye 5 No
Migration 13% aligned 8 shared votes
4 Aye 4 No
19 Aye 25 No
Crime / Justice 7% aligned 44 shared votes
24 Aye 20 No
41 Aye 36 No
Tax 0% aligned 77 shared votes
36 Aye 41 No
30 Aye 7 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 37 shared votes
7 Aye 30 No
Most different by topic
41 Aye 36 No
Tax 0% aligned 77 shared votes
36 Aye 41 No
30 Aye 7 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 37 shared votes
7 Aye 30 No
18 Aye 6 No
Housing 0% aligned 24 shared votes
6 Aye 18 No
8 Aye 12 No
Defence 0% aligned 20 shared votes
12 Aye 8 No
9 Aye 11 No
Education 0% aligned 20 shared votes
11 Aye 9 No

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

Voting record

88.0 %
15 % above average
Rank 47 of 649
Participation
81.1 %
8 % above average
Rank 182 of 649
506
575 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,915
2,361 eligible divisions
263
52.0 % of votes cast
Aye votes
905
47.3 % of votes cast
243
48.0 % of votes cast
No votes
1,010
52.7 % of votes cast
20
4.0 % 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

6
-71.3 vs Commons average
Rank 624 of 649
Appearances
18
-59.3 vs Commons average
Rank 593 of 649
6
-131.1 vs Commons average
Rank 623 of 649
Contributions
19
-118.1 vs Commons average
Rank 599 of 649

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

Financials and interests

£165,025
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,033,867
all imported IPSA years
£165,025
27 % below average
Latest expenses
£291,572
29 % above average
4
2 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

Benefits
30 of 30 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
199 of 211 votes
Transport
29 of 29 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
64 of 69 votes
Migration
13 of 13 votes
#3
Environment / Climate
44 of 48 votes
NHS / Health
11 of 11 votes
#4
Work / Employment
70 of 77 votes
Environment / Climate
9 of 9 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
Draft Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Act 2026 (Establishment of Schools) (Consequential Amendments) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
Education
No
Aye
Draft Supply of Machinery (Safety) (Amendment etc.) and the EU Machinery Regulation (Enforcement etc. in Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
No
Aye
Draft Town and Country Planning (Discharge of Local Planning Authority Functions) (England) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
No
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
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: Third Reading 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
Universal Credit and Personal Independent Payment Bill: Second Reading 1 Jul 2025
Benefits
No
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
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