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Nigel Farage vs Alberto Costa

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


Voting alignment

Nigel Farage and Alberto Costa voted the same way 98% of the time, based on 132 shared comparable votes.

130 same votes 2 different votes 132 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
5 Aye 22 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 27 shared votes
5 Aye 22 No
13 Aye 12 No
Tax 100% aligned 25 shared votes
13 Aye 12 No
3 Aye 6 No
Defence 100% aligned 9 shared votes
3 Aye 6 No
6 Aye 1 No
Education 100% aligned 7 shared votes
6 Aye 1 No
4 Aye 2 No
Democracy / Parliament 100% aligned 6 shared votes
4 Aye 2 No
Most different by topic
3 Aye 11 No
Housing 93% aligned 14 shared votes
4 Aye 10 No
12 Aye 3 No
Crime / Justice 93% aligned 15 shared votes
11 Aye 4 No
5 Aye 22 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 27 shared votes
5 Aye 22 No
13 Aye 12 No
Tax 100% aligned 25 shared votes
13 Aye 12 No
3 Aye 6 No
Defence 100% aligned 9 shared votes
3 Aye 6 No

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

Voting record

85.7%
13% above average
Rank 83 of 649
Participation
81.1%
8% above average
Rank 181 of 649
6
7 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,920
2,368 eligible divisions
4
66.7% of votes cast
Aye votes
908
47.3% of votes cast
2
33.3% of votes cast
No votes
1,012
52.7% of votes cast
0
0.0% of votes cast
Against party
9
0.5% of votes cast
0 months
Since 13 Aug 2026
Commons service
11 years, 4 months
Since 7 May 2015

Debates

14
-66.0 vs Commons average
Rank 607 of 649
Appearances
20
-60.0 vs Commons average
Rank 587 of 649
16
-123.4 vs Commons average
Rank 609 of 649
Contributions
21
-118.4 vs Commons average
Rank 596 of 649

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

Financials and interests

£162,580
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,033,867
all imported IPSA years
£162,580
28% below average
Latest expenses
£291,572
29% above average
35
7 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

Democracy / Parliament
4 of 4 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
199 of 211 votes
No topic data
#2
Foreign Affairs
64 of 69 votes
No topic data
#3
Environment / Climate
44 of 48 votes
No topic data
#4
Work / Employment
70 of 77 votes
No topic data
#5
Trade
80 of 91 votes
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API