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Priti Patel vs Alberto Costa

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


Voting alignment

Priti Patel and Alberto Costa voted the same way 98% of the time, based on 1,330 shared comparable votes.

1,308 same votes 22 different votes 1,330 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
75 Aye 118 No
Tax 100% aligned 193 shared votes
75 Aye 118 No
59 Aye 54 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 113 shared votes
59 Aye 54 No
63 Aye 31 No
Migration 100% aligned 94 shared votes
63 Aye 31 No
18 Aye 33 No
Education 100% aligned 51 shared votes
18 Aye 33 No
22 Aye 29 No
Housing 100% aligned 51 shared votes
22 Aye 29 No
Most different by topic
65 Aye 114 No
Brexit / EU 94% aligned 179 shared votes
70 Aye 109 No
6 Aye 12 No
Environment / Climate 94% aligned 18 shared votes
7 Aye 11 No
34 Aye 23 No
Transport 98% aligned 57 shared votes
35 Aye 22 No
34 Aye 31 No
Trade 98% aligned 65 shared votes
35 Aye 30 No
75 Aye 118 No
Tax 100% aligned 193 shared votes
75 Aye 118 No

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

Voting record

61.5%
11% below average
Rank 560 of 650
Participation
80.8%
8% above average
Rank 179 of 650
1,487
2,417 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,953
2,417 eligible divisions
679
45.7% of votes cast
Aye votes
925
47.4% of votes cast
808
54.3% of votes cast
No votes
1,028
52.6% of votes cast
14
0.9% of votes cast
Against party
9
0.5% of votes cast
16 years, 6 months
Since 6 May 2010
Commons service
11 years, 6 months
Since 7 May 2015

Debates

65
-29.5 vs Commons average
Rank 397 of 650
Appearances
23
-71.5 vs Commons average
Rank 601 of 650
88
-76.6 vs Commons average
Rank 423 of 650
Contributions
24
-140.6 vs Commons average
Rank 609 of 650

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

Financials and interests

£2,462,741
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,033,867
all imported IPSA years
£244,429
8% above average
Latest expenses
£291,572
29% above average
12
3 registered categories
Registered interests
30
7 registered categories
12
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
189 of 212 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
200 of 212 votes
Trade
73 of 94 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
76 of 82 votes
Housing
52 of 67 votes
#3
Environment / Climate
44 of 49 votes
NHS / Health
39 of 56 votes
#4
Work / Employment
70 of 80 votes
Defence
47 of 71 votes
#5
Energy
61 of 70 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Where they voted the same
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API