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Michelle Welsh vs Alberto Costa
A side-by-side comparison of voting participation, party rebellion, topic focus, and recent voting overlap.
Voting alignment
Michelle Welsh and Alberto Costa voted the same way 2% of the time, based on 353 shared comparable votes.
8 same votes
345 different votes
353 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
Most different by topic
Topic alignment uses local topic tags, so a division can count towards more than one topic.
Voting record
81.9%
9% above average
Participation
80.8%
8% above average
510
623 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,947
2,409 eligible divisions
256
50.2% of votes cast
Aye votes
923
47.4% of votes cast
254
49.8% of votes cast
No votes
1,024
52.6% of votes cast
0
0.0% 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
59
-34.9 vs Commons average
Appearances
23
-70.9 vs Commons average
70
-93.5 vs Commons average
Contributions
24
-139.5 vs Commons average
Debate figures cover imported Hansard debate appearances from the last 12 months.
Financials and interests
£179,455
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,033,867
all imported IPSA years
£179,455
21% below average
Latest expenses
£291,572
29% above average
2
2 registered categories
Registered interests
30
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
Recent voting overlap
Where they voted differently
Aye
No
Where they voted the same
Member source
UK Parliament Members API
Voting source
Commons Votes API