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Mrs Kemi Badenoch vs Alberto Costa

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

Photograph of Mrs Kemi Badenoch
Mrs Kemi Badenoch
Con North West Essex
vs
Photograph of Alberto Costa
Alberto Costa
Con South Leicestershire

Voting alignment

Mrs Kemi Badenoch and Alberto Costa voted the same way 99% of the time, based on 1,286 shared comparable votes.

1,277 same votes 9 different votes 1,286 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
60 Aye 100 No
Tax 100% aligned 160 shared votes
60 Aye 100 No
60 Aye 57 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 117 shared votes
60 Aye 57 No
75 Aye 42 No
Migration 100% aligned 117 shared votes
75 Aye 42 No
24 Aye 36 No
Foreign Affairs 100% aligned 60 shared votes
24 Aye 36 No
18 Aye 26 No
Energy 100% aligned 44 shared votes
18 Aye 26 No
Most different by topic
12 Aye 19 No
NHS / Health 97% aligned 31 shared votes
13 Aye 18 No
32 Aye 28 No
Transport 98% aligned 60 shared votes
33 Aye 27 No
34 Aye 34 No
Trade 99% aligned 68 shared votes
35 Aye 33 No
61 Aye 96 No
Brexit / EU 99% aligned 157 shared votes
62 Aye 95 No
60 Aye 100 No
Tax 100% aligned 160 shared votes
60 Aye 100 No

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

Voting record

66.6%
6% below average
Rank 482 of 650
Participation
80.8%
8% above average
Rank 176 of 650
1,432
2,150 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,944
2,405 eligible divisions
709
49.5% of votes cast
Aye votes
923
47.5% of votes cast
723
50.5% of votes cast
No votes
1,021
52.5% of votes cast
3
0.2% of votes cast
Against party
9
0.5% of votes cast
9 years, 4 months
Since 8 Jun 2017
Commons service
11 years, 5 months
Since 7 May 2015

Debates

68
-19.3 vs Commons average
Rank 345 of 650
Appearances
24
-63.3 vs Commons average
Rank 591 of 650
294
+141.8 vs Commons average
Rank 73 of 650
Contributions
25
-127.2 vs Commons average
Rank 600 of 650

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

Financials and interests

£1,740,878
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,033,867
all imported IPSA years
£278,687
23% above average
Latest expenses
£291,572
29% above average
19
5 registered categories
Registered interests
29
7 registered categories
4
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
167 of 188 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
199 of 211 votes
Trade
76 of 90 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
75 of 81 votes
Migration
134 of 163 votes
#3
Environment / Climate
44 of 49 votes
Environment / Climate
36 of 47 votes
#4
Work / Employment
70 of 80 votes
Energy
45 of 59 votes
#5
Energy
61 of 70 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No rebel
Tobacco and Vapes Bill: Second Reading 16 Apr 2024
NHS / Health
Aye
No
Mr Clarke's motion C (Customs Union) 1 Apr 2019
Trade
Aye rebel
No
Business of the House motion 27 Mar 2019
Transport
Aye rebel
No
George Eustice's motion H (EFTA and EEA) 27 Mar 2019
Aye rebel
Aye
Mr Fysh's motion O (Contingent preferential arrangements) 27 Mar 2019
No rebel
No
Nick Boles's motion D (Common market 2.0) 27 Mar 2019
Aye rebel
No
European Union Withdrawal Act main Motion as amended 25 Mar 2019
Aye rebel
No
European Union Withdrawal Act Amendment (a) - Letwin 25 Mar 2019
Aye rebel
No
UK's withdrawal from the EU: Prime Minister's motion 14 Mar 2019
Brexit / EU
Aye rebel
Where they voted the same
No
Withdrawal Agreement (Windsor Framework and Governance) (Amendment) Regulations 2026 21 Oct 2026
No
No
Draft Railways (Interoperability in Northern Ireland) (Convention on International Carriage by Rail) (Amendment) Regulations 2026 21 Oct 2026
No
No
Draft Code of Practice on Access and Unfair Practices During the Recognition and Derecognition Process 21 Oct 2026
No
Aye
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: New Clause 21 19 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
Aye
Aye
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: Amendment 47 19 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
Aye
Aye
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: Amendment 4 19 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
Aye
Aye
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: Amendment 52 19 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
Aye
Aye
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: Amendment 23 19 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
Aye
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill: Programme Motion 19 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill: Carry-over extension motion 13 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API