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Nick Thomas-Symonds vs Alberto Costa

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

Photograph of Nick Thomas-Symonds
Nick Thomas-Symonds
Lab Torfaen
vs
Photograph of Alberto Costa
Alberto Costa
Con South Leicestershire

Voting alignment

Nick Thomas-Symonds and Alberto Costa voted the same way 7% of the time, based on 1,249 shared comparable votes.

82 same votes 1,167 different votes 1,249 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
17 Aye 4 No
NHS / Health 10% aligned 21 shared votes
6 Aye 15 No
106 Aye 65 No
Brexit / EU 8% aligned 171 shared votes
70 Aye 101 No
31 Aye 11 No
Energy 7% aligned 42 shared votes
14 Aye 28 No
19 Aye 14 No
Benefits 6% aligned 33 shared votes
12 Aye 21 No
25 Aye 13 No
Education 5% aligned 38 shared votes
15 Aye 23 No
Most different by topic
33 Aye 20 No
Foreign Affairs 0% aligned 53 shared votes
20 Aye 33 No
21 Aye 21 No
Defence 0% aligned 42 shared votes
21 Aye 21 No
13 Aye 19 No
Environment / Climate 0% aligned 32 shared votes
19 Aye 13 No
8 Aye 21 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 29 shared votes
21 Aye 8 No
10 Aye 16 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 26 shared votes
16 Aye 10 No

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

Voting record

62.6%
10% below average
Rank 549 of 649
Participation
81.1%
8% above average
Rank 179 of 649
1,488
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,927
2,376 eligible divisions
852
57.3% of votes cast
Aye votes
912
47.3% of votes cast
636
42.7% of votes cast
No votes
1,015
52.7% of votes cast
12
0.8% of votes cast
Against party
9
0.5% of votes cast
11 years, 4 months
Since 7 May 2015
Commons service
11 years, 4 months
Since 7 May 2015

Debates

55
-26.8 vs Commons average
Rank 411 of 649
Appearances
22
-59.8 vs Commons average
Rank 585 of 649
418
+275.5 vs Commons average
Rank 31 of 649
Contributions
23
-119.5 vs Commons average
Rank 594 of 649

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

Financials and interests

£2,131,457
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,033,867
all imported IPSA years
£255,367
13% above average
Latest expenses
£291,572
29% above average
5
3 registered categories
Registered interests
29
7 registered categories
1
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
180 of 211 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
199 of 211 votes
Foreign Affairs
57 of 69 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
64 of 69 votes
Trade
71 of 91 votes
#3
Environment / Climate
44 of 48 votes
Defence
50 of 71 votes
#4
Work / Employment
70 of 77 votes
Democracy / Parliament
33 of 47 votes
#5
Trade
80 of 91 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No
Social Housing Bill [Lords]: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 10 Sept 2026
Housing
Aye
Aye
Draft Plant Health, Seeds, Seed Potatoes and Plant Propagating Material (Amendment) (Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026 9 Sept 2026
No
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: Amendment 1 8 Sept 2026
Aye
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 143 8 Sept 2026
Aye
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 142 8 Sept 2026
Aye
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 67 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
Aye
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 65 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
Aye
Aye
Draft Trade Unions (Permissible Means of Voting) and Employment Rights (Unfair Dismissal) (Amendment) Order 2026 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
No
Aye
Draft Code of Practice on Electronic and Workplace Ballots for Statutory Trade Union Ballots 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
No
No
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 19 14 Jul 2026
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
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 88 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (l) 20 May 2026
No
No
Universal Credit and Personal Independence Payment Bill Committee: New Clause 8 9 Jul 2025
Benefits
No
No
Universal Credit and Personal Independent Payment Bill Committee: Amendment 39 9 Jul 2025
Benefits
No
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Third Reading 20 Jun 2025
No
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill Report Stage: Amendment (a) to New Clause 10 16 May 2025
Aye
No
Closure motion 16 May 2025
No
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading 29 Nov 2024
No
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