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Matthew Patrick vs Alberto Costa

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


Voting alignment

Matthew Patrick and Alberto Costa voted the same way 2% of the time, based on 315 shared comparable votes.

7 same votes 308 different votes 315 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
3 Aye 4 No
Migration 14% aligned 7 shared votes
3 Aye 4 No
6 Aye 5 No
Benefits 9% aligned 11 shared votes
4 Aye 7 No
15 Aye 17 No
Crime / Justice 6% aligned 32 shared votes
17 Aye 15 No
41 Aye 34 No
Tax 0% aligned 75 shared votes
34 Aye 41 No
27 Aye 8 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 35 shared votes
8 Aye 27 No
Most different by topic
41 Aye 34 No
Tax 0% aligned 75 shared votes
34 Aye 41 No
27 Aye 8 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 35 shared votes
8 Aye 27 No
16 Aye 12 No
Education 0% aligned 28 shared votes
12 Aye 16 No
7 Aye 11 No
Defence 0% aligned 18 shared votes
11 Aye 7 No
10 Aye 7 No
Housing 0% aligned 17 shared votes
7 Aye 10 No

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

Voting record

81.7 %
9 % above average
Rank 167 of 650
Participation
81.3 %
9 % above average
Rank 178 of 650
456
558 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,905
2,344 eligible divisions
223
48.9 % of votes cast
Aye votes
901
47.3 % of votes cast
233
51.1 % of votes cast
No votes
1,004
52.7 % of votes cast
8
1.8 % of votes cast
Against party
9
0.5 % of votes cast
1 years, 11 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
11 years, 1 months
Since 7 May 2015

Debates

23
-47.3 vs Commons average
Rank 564 of 650
Appearances
13
-57.3 vs Commons average
Rank 610 of 650
74
-50.8 vs Commons average
Rank 378 of 650
Contributions
14
-110.8 vs Commons average
Rank 613 of 650

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

Financials and interests

£174,976
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,033,867
all imported IPSA years
£174,976
23 % below average
Latest expenses
£291,572
29 % above average
0
0 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

Migration
11 of 11 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
199 of 211 votes
NHS / Health
11 of 11 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
64 of 69 votes
Democracy / Parliament
10 of 10 votes
#3
Environment / Climate
44 of 48 votes
Foreign Affairs
4 of 4 votes
#4
Energy
61 of 67 votes
Work / Employment
36 of 37 votes
#5
Work / Employment
68 of 75 votes

Recent voting overlap

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