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Mike Reader vs Alberto Costa

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


Voting alignment

Mike Reader and Alberto Costa voted the same way 4% of the time, based on 307 shared comparable votes.

13 same votes 294 different votes 307 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 6 No
Benefits 20% aligned 10 shared votes
4 Aye 6 No
3 Aye 4 No
Migration 14% aligned 7 shared votes
3 Aye 4 No
1 Aye 7 No
Democracy / Parliament 13% aligned 8 shared votes
6 Aye 2 No
14 Aye 15 No
Crime / Justice 10% aligned 29 shared votes
14 Aye 15 No
46 Aye 33 No
Tax 0% aligned 79 shared votes
33 Aye 46 No
Most different by topic
46 Aye 33 No
Tax 0% aligned 79 shared votes
33 Aye 46 No
17 Aye 12 No
Education 0% aligned 29 shared votes
12 Aye 17 No
27 Aye 1 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 28 shared votes
1 Aye 27 No
12 Aye 7 No
Housing 0% aligned 19 shared votes
7 Aye 12 No
9 Aye 9 No
Transport 0% aligned 18 shared votes
9 Aye 9 No

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

Voting record

73.4%
1% above average
Rank 351 of 649
Participation
81.1%
8% above average
Rank 179 of 649
433
590 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,927
2,376 eligible divisions
226
52.2% of votes cast
Aye votes
912
47.3% of votes cast
207
47.8% of votes cast
No votes
1,015
52.7% of votes cast
13
3.0% 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

74
-9.6 vs Commons average
Rank 299 of 650
Appearances
23
-60.6 vs Commons average
Rank 585 of 650
99
-46.7 vs Commons average
Rank 340 of 650
Contributions
24
-121.7 vs Commons average
Rank 597 of 650

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

Financials and interests

£208,618
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,033,867
all imported IPSA years
£208,618
8% below average
Latest expenses
£291,572
29% above average
11
4 registered categories
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

Digital / Online Safety
11 of 11 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
199 of 211 votes
Foreign Affairs
4 of 4 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
64 of 69 votes
Migration
12 of 13 votes
#3
Environment / Climate
44 of 48 votes
Transport
24 of 29 votes
#4
Work / Employment
70 of 77 votes
NHS / Health
9 of 11 votes
#5
Trade
80 of 91 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Where they voted the same
No
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
No
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API