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Mike Wood vs Alberto Costa

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

Photograph of Mike Wood
Mike Wood
Con Kingswinford and South Staffordshire
vs
Photograph of Alberto Costa
Alberto Costa
Con South Leicestershire

Voting alignment

Mike Wood and Alberto Costa voted the same way 99% of the time, based on 1,721 shared comparable votes.

1,710 same votes 11 different votes 1,721 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
86 Aye 136 No
Tax 100% aligned 222 shared votes
86 Aye 136 No
92 Aye 89 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 181 shared votes
92 Aye 89 No
94 Aye 37 No
Migration 100% aligned 131 shared votes
94 Aye 37 No
22 Aye 44 No
Education 100% aligned 66 shared votes
22 Aye 44 No
23 Aye 42 No
Foreign Affairs 100% aligned 65 shared votes
23 Aye 42 No
Most different by topic
38 Aye 32 No
Transport 99% aligned 70 shared votes
39 Aye 31 No
40 Aye 35 No
Trade 99% aligned 75 shared votes
41 Aye 34 No
72 Aye 97 No
Brexit / EU 99% aligned 169 shared votes
72 Aye 97 No
86 Aye 136 No
Tax 100% aligned 222 shared votes
86 Aye 136 No
92 Aye 89 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 181 shared votes
92 Aye 89 No

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

Voting record

86.3%
14% above average
Rank 73 of 650
Participation
80.9%
8% above average
Rank 184 of 650
2,060
2,388 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,931
2,388 eligible divisions
991
48.1% of votes cast
Aye votes
914
47.3% of votes cast
1,069
51.9% of votes cast
No votes
1,017
52.7% of votes cast
8
0.4% of votes cast
Against party
9
0.5% of votes cast
11 years, 5 months
Since 7 May 2015
Commons service
11 years, 5 months
Since 7 May 2015

Debates

115
+28.6 vs Commons average
Rank 135 of 650
Appearances
24
-62.4 vs Commons average
Rank 591 of 650
152
+1.4 vs Commons average
Rank 214 of 650
Contributions
25
-125.6 vs Commons average
Rank 600 of 650

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

Financials and interests

£2,040,385
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,033,867
all imported IPSA years
£275,907
22% above average
Latest expenses
£291,572
29% above average
1
1 registered category
Registered interests
29
7 registered categories
5
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

Foreign Affairs
68 of 70 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
199 of 211 votes
Migration
162 of 171 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
65 of 70 votes
Defence
67 of 71 votes
#3
Environment / Climate
44 of 49 votes
Trade
87 of 94 votes
#4
Work / Employment
70 of 80 votes
Housing
61 of 67 votes
#5
Energy
61 of 70 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No rebel
Abortion (Northern Ireland) Regulations 2022 (SI, 2022, No. 554) 22 Jun 2022
Aye
No rebel
Abortion (Northern Ireland) Regulations 2021 27 Apr 2021
Aye
No
Mr Clarke's motion C (Customs Union) 1 Apr 2019
Trade
Aye rebel
No
Business of the House motion 27 Mar 2019
Transport
Aye rebel
No
George Eustice's motion H (EFTA and EEA) 27 Mar 2019
Aye rebel
Aye
Mr Baron's motion B (No deal) 27 Mar 2019
No rebel
No
Nick Boles's motion D (Common market 2.0) 27 Mar 2019
Aye rebel
No
European Union Withdrawal Act main Motion as amended 25 Mar 2019
Aye rebel
No
European Union Withdrawal Act Amendment (a) - Letwin 25 Mar 2019
Aye rebel
No
UK's withdrawal from the EU: Prime Minister's motion 14 Mar 2019
Brexit / EU
Aye rebel
Where they voted the same
Aye
Highways (Financing) Bill: Second Reading: Reasoned Amendment 15 Oct 2026
Aye
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill: Carry-over extension motion 13 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
No
Courts and Tribunals Bill: Third Reading 13 Oct 2026
Crime / Justice
No
Aye
Courts and Tribunals Bill Report Stage: Amendment 1 13 Oct 2026
Crime / Justice
Aye
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading 11 Sept 2026
No
Aye
Social Housing Bill [Lords]: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 10 Sept 2026
Housing
Aye
No
Draft Plant Health, Seeds, Seed Potatoes and Plant Propagating Material (Amendment) (Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026 9 Sept 2026
No
Aye
Health Bill: Report Stage: Amendment 1 8 Sept 2026
Aye
Aye
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 143 8 Sept 2026
Aye
Aye
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 142 8 Sept 2026
Aye
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API