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Rachel Blake vs Alberto Costa

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

Photograph of Rachel Blake
Rachel Blake
Lab Cities of London and Westminster
vs
Photograph of Alberto Costa
Alberto Costa
Con South Leicestershire

Voting alignment

Rachel Blake and Alberto Costa voted the same way 2% of the time, based on 333 shared comparable votes.

7 same votes 326 different votes 333 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
3 Aye 3 No
Migration 17% aligned 6 shared votes
2 Aye 4 No
7 Aye 6 No
Benefits 15% aligned 13 shared votes
4 Aye 9 No
17 Aye 24 No
Crime / Justice 7% aligned 41 shared votes
23 Aye 18 No
44 Aye 30 No
Tax 0% aligned 74 shared votes
30 Aye 44 No
17 Aye 12 No
Education 0% aligned 29 shared votes
12 Aye 17 No
Most different by topic
44 Aye 30 No
Tax 0% aligned 74 shared votes
30 Aye 44 No
17 Aye 12 No
Education 0% aligned 29 shared votes
12 Aye 17 No
19 Aye 7 No
Housing 0% aligned 26 shared votes
7 Aye 19 No
15 Aye 5 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 20 shared votes
5 Aye 15 No
6 Aye 12 No
Defence 0% aligned 18 shared votes
12 Aye 6 No

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

Voting record

83.5 %
11 % above average
Rank 131 of 650
Participation
81.3 %
9 % above average
Rank 178 of 650
466
558 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,905
2,344 eligible divisions
239
51.3 % of votes cast
Aye votes
901
47.3 % of votes cast
227
48.7 % of votes cast
No votes
1,004
52.7 % of votes cast
2
0.4 % 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

65
-4.8 vs Commons average
Rank 276 of 650
Appearances
13
-56.8 vs Commons average
Rank 610 of 650
99
-24.9 vs Commons average
Rank 282 of 650
Contributions
14
-109.9 vs Commons average
Rank 613 of 650

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

Financials and interests

£172,923
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,033,867
all imported IPSA years
£172,923
24 % below average
Latest expenses
£291,572
29 % above average
2
2 registered categories
Registered interests
27
7 registered categories
2
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

Energy
17 of 17 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
199 of 211 votes
NHS / Health
11 of 11 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
64 of 69 votes
Democracy / Parliament
10 of 10 votes
#3
Environment / Climate
44 of 48 votes
Environment / Climate
9 of 9 votes
#4
Energy
61 of 67 votes
Foreign Affairs
4 of 4 votes
#5
Work / Employment
68 of 75 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Draft Climate Change Act 2008 (Credit Limit) Order 2026 24 Jun 2026
Environment / Climate
No
Aye
Draft Climate Change Act 2008 (International Aviation and International Shipping) Regulations 2026 24 Jun 2026
Environment / Climate Transport
No
Aye
Draft Carbon Budget Order 2026 24 Jun 2026
Environment / Climate
No
Aye
Customs (Tariff and Miscellaneous Amendments) (No. 4) Regulations 2026 24 Jun 2026
Trade
No
No
Opposition Day: Puberty blockers 23 Jun 2026
Aye
Aye
Opposition Day Motion: Defence spending and readiness - Prime Minister's Amendment 23 Jun 2026
Defence
No
No
Armed Forces Bill Report Stage: Amendment 11 22 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
No
Armed Forces Bill Report Stage: New Clause 11 22 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
No
Armed Forces Bill Report Stage: New Clause 4 22 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
No
National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: New Clause 3 17 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
Where they voted the same
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (l) 20 May 2026
No
No
Sentencing Bill Committee: New Clause 30 21 Oct 2025
Crime / Justice
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
Aye
Terrorism Act 2000 (Proscribed Organisations) (Amendment) Order 2025 2 Jul 2025
Crime / Justice
Aye
No
Crime and Policing Bill Report Stage: Amendment 160 17 Jun 2025
Crime / Justice
No
No
Border Security, Asylum and Immigration Bill Report Stage: New Clause 21 12 May 2025
Migration
No
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