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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.

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Mr Douglas Alexander
Lab Lothian East
vs
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Alberto Costa
Con South Leicestershire

Voting alignment

Mr Douglas Alexander and Alberto Costa voted the same way 3% of the time, based on 200 shared comparable votes.

5 same votes 195 different votes 200 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
1 Aye 7 No
Democracy / Parliament 13% aligned 8 shared votes
6 Aye 2 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
18 Aye 6 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 24 shared votes
6 Aye 18 No
Most different by topic
34 Aye 19 No
Tax 0% aligned 53 shared votes
19 Aye 34 No
18 Aye 6 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 24 shared votes
6 Aye 18 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

46.9%
26% below average
Rank 625 of 649
Participation
81.1%
8% above average
Rank 179 of 649
277
590 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,927
2,376 eligible divisions
121
43.7% of votes cast
Aye votes
912
47.3% of votes cast
156
56.3% of votes cast
No votes
1,015
52.7% 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, 4 months
Since 7 May 2015

Debates

51
-32.7 vs Commons average
Rank 442 of 649
Appearances
23
-60.7 vs Commons average
Rank 585 of 649
224
+78.1 vs Commons average
Rank 113 of 649
Contributions
24
-121.9 vs Commons average
Rank 597 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
6 of 7 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
199 of 211 votes
Democracy / Parliament
11 of 14 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
64 of 69 votes
Work / Employment
25 of 39 votes
#3
Environment / Climate
44 of 48 votes
Defence
20 of 34 votes
#4
Work / Employment
70 of 77 votes
Tax
63 of 112 votes
#5
Trade
80 of 91 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading 11 Sept 2026
No
Aye
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
No
Aye
Draft Plant Health, Seeds, Seed Potatoes and Plant Propagating Material (Amendment) (Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026 9 Sept 2026
No
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: Amendment 1 8 Sept 2026
Aye
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 143 8 Sept 2026
Aye
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 142 8 Sept 2026
Aye
Aye
Representation of the People Bill: Third Reading 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 67 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
Aye
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 65 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
Aye
Aye
Draft Code of Practice on Electronic and Workplace Ballots for Statutory Trade Union Ballots 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
No
Where they voted the same
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 88 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (l) 20 May 2026
No
No
Universal Credit and Personal Independence Payment Bill Committee: New Clause 8 9 Jul 2025
Benefits
No
No
Universal Credit and Personal Independent Payment Bill Committee: Amendment 39 9 Jul 2025
Benefits
No
Aye
Terrorism Act 2000 (Proscribed Organisations) (Amendment) Order 2025 2 Jul 2025
Crime / Justice
Aye
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