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Nick Smith vs Alberto Costa

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


Voting alignment

Nick Smith and Alberto Costa voted the same way 6% of the time, based on 1,398 shared comparable votes.

77 same votes 1,321 different votes 1,398 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
85 Aye 47 No
Brexit / EU 8% aligned 132 shared votes
54 Aye 78 No
17 Aye 10 No
NHS / Health 7% aligned 27 shared votes
12 Aye 15 No
30 Aye 14 No
Energy 7% aligned 44 shared votes
17 Aye 27 No
25 Aye 16 No
Benefits 5% aligned 41 shared votes
14 Aye 27 No
32 Aye 80 No
Migration 4% aligned 112 shared votes
77 Aye 35 No
Most different by topic
35 Aye 30 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 65 shared votes
30 Aye 35 No
23 Aye 28 No
Defence 0% aligned 51 shared votes
28 Aye 23 No
33 Aye 17 No
Housing 0% aligned 50 shared votes
17 Aye 33 No
31 Aye 17 No
Foreign Affairs 0% aligned 48 shared votes
17 Aye 31 No
28 Aye 8 No
Digital / Online Safety 0% aligned 36 shared votes
8 Aye 28 No

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

Voting record

74.9%
2% above average
Rank 313 of 649
Participation
81.1%
8% above average
Rank 179 of 649
1,779
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,927
2,376 eligible divisions
1,016
57.1% of votes cast
Aye votes
912
47.3% of votes cast
763
42.9% of votes cast
No votes
1,015
52.7% of votes cast
5
0.3% 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

95
+12.7 vs Commons average
Rank 188 of 649
Appearances
22
-60.3 vs Commons average
Rank 587 of 649
125
-18.5 vs Commons average
Rank 251 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

£2,595,067
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,033,867
all imported IPSA years
£251,492
11% above average
Latest expenses
£291,572
29% above average
0
0 registered categories
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

Education
89 of 96 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
199 of 211 votes
Work / Employment
71 of 77 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
64 of 69 votes
Housing
59 of 67 votes
#3
Environment / Climate
44 of 48 votes
Foreign Affairs
58 of 69 votes
#4
Work / Employment
70 of 77 votes
Brexit / EU
177 of 211 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