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Mr Louie French vs Alberto Costa

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

Photograph of Mr Louie French
Mr Louie French
Con Old Bexley and Sidcup
vs
Photograph of Alberto Costa
Alberto Costa
Con South Leicestershire

Voting alignment

Mr Louie French and Alberto Costa voted the same way 100% of the time, based on 840 shared comparable votes.

839 same votes 1 different votes 840 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
75 Aye 36 No
Migration 100% aligned 111 shared votes
75 Aye 36 No
48 Aye 62 No
Tax 100% aligned 110 shared votes
48 Aye 62 No
55 Aye 49 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 104 shared votes
55 Aye 49 No
25 Aye 35 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 60 shared votes
25 Aye 35 No
22 Aye 18 No
Devolution / Local Government 100% aligned 40 shared votes
22 Aye 18 No
Most different by topic
75 Aye 36 No
Migration 100% aligned 111 shared votes
75 Aye 36 No
48 Aye 62 No
Tax 100% aligned 110 shared votes
48 Aye 62 No
55 Aye 49 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 104 shared votes
55 Aye 49 No
25 Aye 35 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 60 shared votes
25 Aye 35 No
22 Aye 18 No
Devolution / Local Government 100% aligned 40 shared votes
22 Aye 18 No

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

Voting record

80.2%
8% above average
Rank 193 of 649
Participation
81.1%
8% above average
Rank 179 of 649
999
1,246 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,927
2,376 eligible divisions
504
50.5% of votes cast
Aye votes
912
47.3% of votes cast
495
49.5% of votes cast
No votes
1,015
52.7% of votes cast
1
0.1% of votes cast
Against party
9
0.5% of votes cast
4 years, 9 months
Since 2 Dec 2021
Commons service
11 years, 4 months
Since 7 May 2015

Debates

62
-20.1 vs Commons average
Rank 356 of 649
Appearances
22
-60.1 vs Commons average
Rank 586 of 649
79
-63.9 vs Commons average
Rank 399 of 649
Contributions
23
-119.9 vs Commons average
Rank 593 of 649

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

Financials and interests

£423,303
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,033,867
all imported IPSA years
£143,451
37% below average
Latest expenses
£291,572
29% above average
8
4 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

Brexit / EU
16 of 16 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
199 of 211 votes
Work / Employment
63 of 65 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
64 of 69 votes
Foreign Affairs
29 of 30 votes
#3
Environment / Climate
44 of 48 votes
Migration
127 of 136 votes
#4
Work / Employment
70 of 77 votes
Devolution / Local Government
50 of 54 votes
#5
Trade
80 of 91 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No rebel
Health Protection (Entry to venues etc) SI No 1416 14 Dec 2021
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
Aye
Social Housing Bill [Lords]: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 10 Sept 2026
Housing
Aye
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
Aye
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 145 7 Sept 2026
Aye
No
Representation of the People Bill: Third Reading 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 88 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
Aye
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 67 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
Aye
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