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Mr Toby Perkins vs Alberto Costa

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


Voting alignment

Mr Toby Perkins and Alberto Costa voted the same way 5% of the time, based on 1,450 shared comparable votes.

79 same votes 1,371 different votes 1,450 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
104 Aye 60 No
Brexit / EU 8% aligned 164 shared votes
67 Aye 97 No
19 Aye 8 No
NHS / Health 7% aligned 27 shared votes
10 Aye 17 No
26 Aye 16 No
Benefits 5% aligned 42 shared votes
14 Aye 28 No
34 Aye 13 No
Energy 4% aligned 47 shared votes
15 Aye 32 No
19 Aye 5 No
Digital / Online Safety 4% aligned 24 shared votes
6 Aye 18 No
Most different by topic
24 Aye 30 No
Defence 0% aligned 54 shared votes
30 Aye 24 No
24 Aye 23 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 47 shared votes
23 Aye 24 No
24 Aye 21 No
Housing 0% aligned 45 shared votes
21 Aye 24 No
14 Aye 24 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 38 shared votes
24 Aye 14 No
3 Aye 0 No
Cost of Living 0% aligned 3 shared votes
0 Aye 3 No

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

Voting record

73.4%
1% above average
Rank 347 of 649
Participation
81.1%
8% above average
Rank 179 of 649
1,745
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,927
2,376 eligible divisions
962
55.1% of votes cast
Aye votes
912
47.3% of votes cast
783
44.9% of votes cast
No votes
1,015
52.7% of votes cast
7
0.4% of votes cast
Against party
9
0.5% of votes cast
16 years, 4 months
Since 6 May 2010
Commons service
11 years, 4 months
Since 7 May 2015

Debates

102
+19.7 vs Commons average
Rank 158 of 649
Appearances
22
-60.3 vs Commons average
Rank 587 of 649
159
+15.5 vs Commons average
Rank 181 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

£2,954,096
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,033,867
all imported IPSA years
£306,578
36% above average
Latest expenses
£291,572
29% above average
7
1 registered category
Registered interests
29
7 registered categories
2
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

Defence
65 of 71 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
199 of 211 votes
Environment / Climate
41 of 48 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
64 of 69 votes
Migration
143 of 171 votes
#3
Environment / Climate
44 of 48 votes
Brexit / EU
175 of 211 votes
#4
Work / Employment
70 of 77 votes
Democracy / Parliament
38 of 47 votes
#5
Trade
80 of 91 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
No
Where they voted the same
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API