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Mark Garnier vs Alberto Costa

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


Voting alignment

Mark Garnier and Alberto Costa voted the same way 99% of the time, based on 1,764 shared comparable votes.

1,749 same votes 15 different votes 1,764 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
92 Aye 136 No
Tax 100% aligned 228 shared votes
92 Aye 136 No
81 Aye 117 No
Brexit / EU 100% aligned 198 shared votes
81 Aye 117 No
84 Aye 78 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 162 shared votes
84 Aye 78 No
93 Aye 42 No
Migration 100% aligned 135 shared votes
93 Aye 42 No
41 Aye 36 No
Trade 100% aligned 77 shared votes
41 Aye 36 No
Most different by topic
38 Aye 32 No
Transport 99% aligned 70 shared votes
39 Aye 31 No
92 Aye 136 No
Tax 100% aligned 228 shared votes
92 Aye 136 No
81 Aye 117 No
Brexit / EU 100% aligned 198 shared votes
81 Aye 117 No
84 Aye 78 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 162 shared votes
84 Aye 78 No
93 Aye 42 No
Migration 100% aligned 135 shared votes
93 Aye 42 No

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

Voting record

83.6%
11% above average
Rank 121 of 650
Participation
80.9%
8% above average
Rank 184 of 650
1,995
2,387 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,930
2,387 eligible divisions
974
48.8% of votes cast
Aye votes
913
47.3% of votes cast
1,021
51.2% of votes cast
No votes
1,017
52.7% of votes cast
25
1.3% of votes cast
Against party
9
0.5% of votes cast
16 years, 5 months
Since 6 May 2010
Commons service
11 years, 5 months
Since 7 May 2015

Debates

79
-6.2 vs Commons average
Rank 279 of 650
Appearances
24
-61.2 vs Commons average
Rank 589 of 650
126
-22.4 vs Commons average
Rank 263 of 650
Contributions
25
-123.4 vs Commons average
Rank 600 of 650

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

Financials and interests

£2,564,250
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,033,867
all imported IPSA years
£260,744
15% above average
Latest expenses
£291,572
29% above average
22
7 registered categories
Registered interests
29
7 registered categories
4
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

Brexit / EU
210 of 211 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
199 of 211 votes
Trade
89 of 94 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
65 of 70 votes
Foreign Affairs
65 of 70 votes
#3
Environment / Climate
44 of 49 votes
#4
Work / Employment
70 of 80 votes
Migration
152 of 171 votes
#5
Energy
61 of 70 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye rebel
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
No
Aye rebel
Closure motion 16 May 2025
No
No rebel
Aye
Where they voted the same
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API