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Mr Douglas Alexander vs Alberto Costa

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


Voting alignment

Mr Douglas Alexander and Alberto Costa voted the same way 2% of the time, based on 185 shared comparable votes.

4 same votes 181 different votes 185 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 4 No
Benefits 25% aligned 8 shared votes
2 Aye 6 No
4 Aye 7 No
Crime / Justice 9% aligned 11 shared votes
8 Aye 3 No
34 Aye 19 No
Tax 0% aligned 53 shared votes
19 Aye 34 No
16 Aye 6 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 22 shared votes
6 Aye 16 No
5 Aye 12 No
Defence 0% aligned 17 shared votes
12 Aye 5 No
Most different by topic
34 Aye 19 No
Tax 0% aligned 53 shared votes
19 Aye 34 No
16 Aye 6 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 22 shared votes
6 Aye 16 No
5 Aye 12 No
Defence 0% aligned 17 shared votes
12 Aye 5 No
6 Aye 7 No
Education 0% aligned 13 shared votes
7 Aye 6 No
6 Aye 6 No
Transport 0% aligned 12 shared votes
6 Aye 6 No

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

Voting record

45.4 %
27 % below average
Rank 628 of 649
Participation
81.1 %
8 % above average
Rank 183 of 649
258
568 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,910
2,354 eligible divisions
114
44.2 % of votes cast
Aye votes
902
47.2 % of votes cast
144
55.8 % of votes cast
No votes
1,008
52.8 % of votes cast
0
0.0 % of votes cast
Against party
9
0.5 % of votes cast
2 years, 0 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
11 years, 2 months
Since 7 May 2015

Debates

39
-36.2 vs Commons average
Rank 488 of 649
Appearances
13
-62.2 vs Commons average
Rank 606 of 649
172
+38.6 vs Commons average
Rank 144 of 649
Contributions
14
-119.4 vs Commons average
Rank 610 of 649

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

Financials and interests

£792,708
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,033,867
all imported IPSA years
£91,911
59 % below average
Latest expenses
£291,572
29 % above average
4
2 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

Trade
4 of 5 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
199 of 211 votes
Democracy / Parliament
7 of 10 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
64 of 69 votes
Work / Employment
23 of 37 votes
#3
Environment / Climate
44 of 48 votes
Defence
20 of 34 votes
#4
Work / Employment
68 of 75 votes
Tax
62 of 111 votes
#5
Trade
78 of 89 votes
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API