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Mr James Frith vs Alberto Costa

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

Photograph of Mr James Frith
Mr James Frith
Lab Bury North
vs
Photograph of Alberto Costa
Alberto Costa
Con South Leicestershire

Voting alignment

Mr James Frith and Alberto Costa voted the same way 6% of the time, based on 653 shared comparable votes.

38 same votes 615 different votes 653 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
11 Aye 5 No
Benefits 13% aligned 16 shared votes
3 Aye 13 No
5 Aye 6 No
Democracy / Parliament 9% aligned 11 shared votes
5 Aye 6 No
21 Aye 29 No
Crime / Justice 8% aligned 50 shared votes
29 Aye 21 No
5 Aye 8 No
Migration 8% aligned 13 shared votes
7 Aye 6 No
63 Aye 35 No
Brexit / EU 5% aligned 98 shared votes
34 Aye 64 No
Most different by topic
69 Aye 45 No
Tax 0% aligned 114 shared votes
45 Aye 69 No
24 Aye 12 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 36 shared votes
12 Aye 24 No
14 Aye 7 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 21 shared votes
7 Aye 14 No
10 Aye 9 No
Energy 0% aligned 19 shared votes
9 Aye 10 No
12 Aye 4 No
Foreign Affairs 0% aligned 16 shared votes
4 Aye 12 No

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

Voting record

75.6%
3% above average
Rank 297 of 649
Participation
81.1%
8% above average
Rank 179 of 649
446
590 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,927
2,376 eligible divisions
219
49.1% of votes cast
Aye votes
912
47.3% of votes cast
227
50.9% of votes cast
No votes
1,015
52.7% of votes cast
11
2.5% of votes cast
Against party
9
0.5% of votes cast
2 years, 2 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
11 years, 4 months
Since 7 May 2015

Debates

30
-52.3 vs Commons average
Rank 554 of 649
Appearances
22
-60.3 vs Commons average
Rank 587 of 649
46
-97.5 vs Commons average
Rank 520 of 649
Contributions
23
-120.5 vs Commons average
Rank 594 of 649

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

Financials and interests

£817,882
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,033,867
all imported IPSA years
£210,945
7% below average
Latest expenses
£291,572
29% above average
5
3 registered categories
Registered interests
29
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

Migration
13 of 13 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
199 of 211 votes
Environment / Climate
9 of 9 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
64 of 69 votes
Devolution / Local Government
23 of 24 votes
#3
Environment / Climate
44 of 48 votes
Democracy / Parliament
13 of 14 votes
#4
Work / Employment
70 of 77 votes
Education
46 of 50 votes
#5
Trade
80 of 91 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
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 Trade Unions (Permissible Means of Voting) and Employment Rights (Unfair Dismissal) (Amendment) Order 2026 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
No
Aye
Draft Code of Practice on Electronic and Workplace Ballots for Statutory Trade Union Ballots 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
No
No
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 19 14 Jul 2026
Aye
No
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 199 14 Jul 2026
Aye
Where they voted the same
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading 11 Sept 2026
No
No
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
No
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
Sentencing Bill Committee: New Clause 30 21 Oct 2025
Crime / Justice
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
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Third Reading 20 Jun 2025
No
No
Crime and Policing Bill Report Stage: Amendment 160 17 Jun 2025
Crime / Justice
No
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