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Ms Diane Abbott vs Alberto Costa

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


Voting alignment

Ms Diane Abbott and Alberto Costa voted the same way 5% of the time, based on 1,291 shared comparable votes.

70 same votes 1,221 different votes 1,291 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
102 Aye 62 No
Brexit / EU 7% aligned 164 shared votes
66 Aye 98 No
22 Aye 9 No
NHS / Health 6% aligned 31 shared votes
11 Aye 20 No
22 Aye 18 No
Benefits 5% aligned 40 shared votes
16 Aye 24 No
14 Aye 10 No
Digital / Online Safety 4% aligned 24 shared votes
9 Aye 15 No
25 Aye 24 No
Transport 4% aligned 49 shared votes
26 Aye 23 No
Most different by topic
22 Aye 21 No
Defence 0% aligned 43 shared votes
21 Aye 22 No
21 Aye 18 No
Foreign Affairs 0% aligned 39 shared votes
18 Aye 21 No
20 Aye 13 No
Energy 0% aligned 33 shared votes
13 Aye 20 No
13 Aye 11 No
Environment / Climate 0% aligned 24 shared votes
11 Aye 13 No
8 Aye 6 No
Democracy / Parliament 0% aligned 14 shared votes
6 Aye 8 No

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

Voting record

64.1%
9% below average
Rank 531 of 649
Participation
81.1%
8% above average
Rank 179 of 649
1,523
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,927
2,376 eligible divisions
850
55.8% of votes cast
Aye votes
912
47.3% of votes cast
673
44.2% of votes cast
No votes
1,015
52.7% of votes cast
33
2.2% of votes cast
Against party
9
0.5% of votes cast
39 years, 3 months
Since 11 Jun 1987
Commons service
11 years, 4 months
Since 7 May 2015

Debates

21
-61.3 vs Commons average
Rank 588 of 649
Appearances
22
-60.3 vs Commons average
Rank 587 of 649
28
-115.5 vs Commons average
Rank 578 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

£2,702,592
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,033,867
all imported IPSA years
£270,312
20% above average
Latest expenses
£291,572
29% above average
3
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

Brexit / EU
175 of 211 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
199 of 211 votes
Trade
70 of 91 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
64 of 69 votes
Migration
129 of 171 votes
#3
Environment / Climate
44 of 48 votes
Work / Employment
58 of 77 votes
#4
Work / Employment
70 of 77 votes
NHS / Health
41 of 56 votes
#5
Trade
80 of 91 votes

Recent voting overlap

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