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Matt Bishop vs Alberto Costa

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


Voting alignment

Matt Bishop and Alberto Costa voted the same way 2% of the time, based on 214 shared comparable votes.

4 same votes 210 different votes 214 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
4 Aye 7 No
Benefits 18% aligned 11 shared votes
5 Aye 6 No
2 Aye 4 No
Migration 17% aligned 6 shared votes
3 Aye 3 No
8 Aye 16 No
Crime / Justice 4% aligned 24 shared votes
15 Aye 9 No
33 Aye 25 No
Tax 0% aligned 58 shared votes
25 Aye 33 No
11 Aye 5 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 16 shared votes
5 Aye 11 No
Most different by topic
33 Aye 25 No
Tax 0% aligned 58 shared votes
25 Aye 33 No
11 Aye 5 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 16 shared votes
5 Aye 11 No
6 Aye 9 No
Defence 0% aligned 15 shared votes
9 Aye 6 No
10 Aye 5 No
Education 0% aligned 15 shared votes
5 Aye 10 No
8 Aye 3 No
Energy 0% aligned 11 shared votes
3 Aye 8 No

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

Voting record

53.9 %
19 % below average
Rank 611 of 649
Participation
81.1 %
8 % above average
Rank 183 of 649
306
568 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,910
2,354 eligible divisions
142
46.4 % of votes cast
Aye votes
902
47.2 % of votes cast
164
53.6 % of votes cast
No votes
1,008
52.8 % of votes cast
1
0.3 % 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

31
-43.3 vs Commons average
Rank 528 of 649
Appearances
13
-61.3 vs Commons average
Rank 605 of 649
41
-91.0 vs Commons average
Rank 522 of 649
Contributions
14
-118.0 vs Commons average
Rank 610 of 649

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

Financials and interests

£157,583
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,033,867
all imported IPSA years
£157,583
30 % below average
Latest expenses
£291,572
29 % above average
6
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

Trade
4 of 5 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
199 of 211 votes
Migration
8 of 11 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
64 of 69 votes
Tax
77 of 111 votes
#3
Environment / Climate
44 of 48 votes
Energy
13 of 20 votes
#4
Work / Employment
68 of 75 votes
Digital / Online Safety
7 of 11 votes
#5
Trade
78 of 89 votes
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API