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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 126 shared comparable votes.

124 same votes 2 different votes 126 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
2 Aye 4 No
Energy 100% aligned 6 shared votes
2 Aye 4 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

32.1 %
41 % below average
Rank 636 of 647
Participation
81.4 %
8 % above average
Rank 180 of 647
170
529 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,884
2,315 eligible divisions
84
49.4 % of votes cast
Aye votes
888
47.1 % of votes cast
86
50.6 % of votes cast
No votes
996
52.9 % of votes cast
1
0.6 % of votes cast
Against party
9
0.5 % of votes cast
1 years, 11 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
11 years, 1 months
Since 7 May 2015

Debates

15
-47.0 vs Commons average
Rank 598 of 647
Appearances
14
-48.0 vs Commons average
Rank 604 of 647
17
-94.3 vs Commons average
Rank 601 of 647
Contributions
15
-96.3 vs Commons average
Rank 610 of 647

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

Financials and interests

£156,380
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,033,867
all imported IPSA years
£156,380
31 % below average
Latest expenses
£291,572
29 % above average
35
7 registered categories
Registered interests
27
7 registered categories
0
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
0
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

Work / Employment
27 of 37 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
199 of 211 votes
Migration
7 of 11 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
64 of 69 votes
Housing
17 of 31 votes
#3
Environment / Climate
41 of 45 votes
Foreign Affairs
2 of 4 votes
#4
Energy
61 of 67 votes
Defence
10 of 22 votes
#5
Work / Employment
68 of 75 votes
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API