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Matt Turmaine vs Alberto Costa

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

Photograph of Matt Turmaine
Matt Turmaine
Lab Watford
vs
Photograph of Alberto Costa
Alberto Costa
Con South Leicestershire

Voting alignment

Matt Turmaine and Alberto Costa voted the same way 2% of the time, based on 395 shared comparable votes.

8 same votes 387 different votes 395 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
7 Aye 7 No
Benefits 14% aligned 14 shared votes
5 Aye 9 No
3 Aye 5 No
Migration 13% aligned 8 shared votes
4 Aye 4 No
4 Aye 7 No
Democracy / Parliament 9% aligned 11 shared votes
6 Aye 5 No
20 Aye 22 No
Crime / Justice 7% aligned 42 shared votes
21 Aye 21 No
45 Aye 34 No
Tax 0% aligned 79 shared votes
34 Aye 45 No
Most different by topic
45 Aye 34 No
Tax 0% aligned 79 shared votes
34 Aye 45 No
30 Aye 8 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 38 shared votes
8 Aye 30 No
18 Aye 12 No
Education 0% aligned 30 shared votes
12 Aye 18 No
19 Aye 8 No
Housing 0% aligned 27 shared votes
8 Aye 19 No
9 Aye 17 No
Defence 0% aligned 26 shared votes
17 Aye 9 No

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

Voting record

91.3%
19% above average
Rank 12 of 650
Participation
80.8%
8% above average
Rank 177 of 650
566
620 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,944
2,406 eligible divisions
291
51.4% of votes cast
Aye votes
923
47.5% of votes cast
275
48.6% of votes cast
No votes
1,021
52.5% of votes cast
1
0.2% of votes cast
Against party
9
0.5% of votes cast
2 years, 3 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
11 years, 5 months
Since 7 May 2015

Debates

44
-48.9 vs Commons average
Rank 512 of 650
Appearances
23
-69.9 vs Commons average
Rank 599 of 650
65
-96.6 vs Commons average
Rank 491 of 650
Contributions
24
-137.6 vs Commons average
Rank 607 of 650

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

Financials and interests

£150,619
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,033,867
all imported IPSA years
£150,619
33% below 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

Education
50 of 50 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
200 of 212 votes
Work / Employment
42 of 42 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
76 of 82 votes
Housing
32 of 32 votes
#3
Environment / Climate
44 of 49 votes
Benefits
30 of 30 votes
#4
Work / Employment
70 of 80 votes
Foreign Affairs
17 of 17 votes
#5
Energy
61 of 70 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Withdrawal Agreement (Windsor Framework and Governance) (Amendment) Regulations 2026 21 Oct 2026
Brexit / EU Foreign Affairs
No
Aye
Draft Railways (Interoperability in Northern Ireland) (Convention on International Carriage by Rail) (Amendment) Regulations 2026 21 Oct 2026
Transport
No
Aye
Draft Code of Practice on Access and Unfair Practices During the Recognition and Derecognition Process 21 Oct 2026
No
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: New Clause 12 20 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
Aye
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: New Clause 7 20 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
Aye
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: Amendment 32 20 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
Aye
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: Amendment 51 20 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
Aye
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: New Clause 21 19 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
Aye
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: Amendment 47 19 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
Aye
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: Amendment 4 19 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
Aye
Where they voted the same
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
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
Crime and Policing Bill Report Stage: Amendment 160 17 Jun 2025
Crime / Justice
No
No
Border Security, Asylum and Immigration Bill Report Stage: New Clause 21 12 May 2025
Migration
No
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Voting source Commons Votes API