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Matt Rodda vs Alberto Costa

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

Photograph of Matt Rodda
Matt Rodda
Lab Reading Central
vs
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Alberto Costa
Con South Leicestershire

Voting alignment

Matt Rodda and Alberto Costa voted the same way 6% of the time, based on 1,435 shared comparable votes.

80 same votes 1,355 different votes 1,435 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
91 Aye 61 No
Brexit / EU 7% aligned 152 shared votes
63 Aye 89 No
21 Aye 12 No
NHS / Health 6% aligned 33 shared votes
14 Aye 19 No
22 Aye 17 No
Benefits 5% aligned 39 shared votes
15 Aye 24 No
34 Aye 13 No
Education 4% aligned 47 shared votes
15 Aye 32 No
39 Aye 87 No
Migration 4% aligned 126 shared votes
84 Aye 42 No
Most different by topic
40 Aye 21 No
Foreign Affairs 0% aligned 61 shared votes
21 Aye 40 No
35 Aye 26 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 61 shared votes
26 Aye 35 No
25 Aye 32 No
Defence 0% aligned 57 shared votes
32 Aye 25 No
31 Aye 13 No
Housing 0% aligned 44 shared votes
13 Aye 31 No
11 Aye 21 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 32 shared votes
21 Aye 11 No

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

Voting record

81.8%
9% above average
Rank 163 of 649
Participation
81.1%
8% above average
Rank 179 of 649
1,734
2,121 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,927
2,376 eligible divisions
943
54.4% of votes cast
Aye votes
912
47.3% of votes cast
791
45.6% of votes cast
No votes
1,015
52.7% of votes cast
16
0.9% of votes cast
Against party
9
0.5% of votes cast
9 years, 3 months
Since 8 Jun 2017
Commons service
11 years, 4 months
Since 7 May 2015

Debates

77
-5.3 vs Commons average
Rank 285 of 649
Appearances
22
-60.3 vs Commons average
Rank 587 of 649
96
-47.5 vs Commons average
Rank 343 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

£1,641,237
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,033,867
all imported IPSA years
£254,181
12% above average
Latest expenses
£291,572
29% above average
1
1 registered category
Registered interests
29
7 registered categories
1
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

Defence
68 of 71 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
199 of 211 votes
Housing
52 of 55 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
64 of 69 votes
Foreign Affairs
65 of 69 votes
#3
Environment / Climate
44 of 48 votes
Education
70 of 76 votes
#4
Work / Employment
70 of 77 votes
Work / Employment
67 of 73 votes
#5
Trade
80 of 91 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No
Social Housing Bill [Lords]: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 10 Sept 2026
Housing
Aye
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
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 145 7 Sept 2026
Aye
Aye
Representation of the People Bill: Third Reading 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 67 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
Aye
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 65 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
Aye
Aye
Draft Code of Practice on Electronic and Workplace Ballots for Statutory Trade Union Ballots 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
No
Where they voted the same
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading 11 Sept 2026
No
No
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
No
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 88 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (l) 20 May 2026
No
No
Budget Resolution No. 64: Rates of alcohol duty 2 Dec 2025
Tax
No
No
Sentencing Bill Committee: New Clause 30 21 Oct 2025
Crime / Justice
No
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
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Third Reading 20 Jun 2025
No
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