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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 99% of the time, based on 136 shared comparable votes.

134 same votes 2 different votes 136 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

34.1%
38% below average
Rank 637 of 650
Participation
80.8%
8% above average
Rank 176 of 650
15
44 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,944
2,405 eligible divisions
5
33.3% of votes cast
Aye votes
923
47.5% of votes cast
10
66.7% of votes cast
No votes
1,021
52.5% of votes cast
0
0.0% of votes cast
Against party
9
0.5% of votes cast
2 months
Since 13 Aug 2026
Commons service
11 years, 5 months
Since 7 May 2015

Debates

16
-72.8 vs Commons average
Rank 615 of 650
Appearances
24
-64.8 vs Commons average
Rank 594 of 650
18
-136.6 vs Commons average
Rank 613 of 650
Contributions
25
-129.6 vs Commons average
Rank 602 of 650

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
200 of 212 votes
Trade
3 of 3 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
76 of 82 votes
Work / Employment
3 of 3 votes
#3
Environment / Climate
44 of 49 votes
Foreign Affairs
2 of 13 votes
#4
Work / Employment
70 of 80 votes
Crime / Justice
0 of 4 votes
#5
Energy
61 of 70 votes
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API