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Martin Vickers vs Alberto Costa

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


Voting alignment

Martin Vickers and Alberto Costa voted the same way 99% of the time, based on 1,768 shared comparable votes.

1,742 same votes 26 different votes 1,768 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
90 Aye 142 No
Tax 100% aligned 232 shared votes
90 Aye 142 No
88 Aye 89 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 177 shared votes
88 Aye 89 No
95 Aye 46 No
Migration 100% aligned 141 shared votes
95 Aye 46 No
34 Aye 35 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 69 shared votes
34 Aye 35 No
30 Aye 25 No
Defence 100% aligned 55 shared votes
30 Aye 25 No
Most different by topic
73 Aye 121 No
Brexit / EU 94% aligned 194 shared votes
77 Aye 117 No
18 Aye 43 No
Education 98% aligned 61 shared votes
19 Aye 42 No
38 Aye 36 No
Transport 99% aligned 74 shared votes
39 Aye 35 No
40 Aye 37 No
Trade 99% aligned 77 shared votes
41 Aye 36 No
90 Aye 142 No
Tax 100% aligned 232 shared votes
90 Aye 142 No

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

Voting record

85.0%
12% above average
Rank 94 of 650
Participation
80.9%
8% above average
Rank 184 of 650
2,029
2,387 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,930
2,387 eligible divisions
963
47.5% of votes cast
Aye votes
913
47.3% of votes cast
1,066
52.5% of votes cast
No votes
1,017
52.7% of votes cast
26
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

161
+75.8 vs Commons average
Rank 56 of 650
Appearances
24
-61.2 vs Commons average
Rank 589 of 650
160
+11.6 vs Commons average
Rank 187 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

£2,256,309
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,033,867
all imported IPSA years
£210,269
7% below average
Latest expenses
£291,572
29% above average
8
4 registered categories
Registered interests
29
7 registered categories
2
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
205 of 211 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
199 of 211 votes
Trade
90 of 94 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
65 of 70 votes
Work / Employment
76 of 80 votes
#3
Environment / Climate
44 of 49 votes
Migration
160 of 171 votes
#4
Work / Employment
70 of 80 votes
Environment / Climate
44 of 49 votes
#5
Energy
61 of 70 votes

Recent voting overlap

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