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Rachel Gilmour vs Alberto Costa

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


Voting alignment

Rachel Gilmour and Alberto Costa voted the same way 76% of the time, based on 177 shared comparable votes.

134 same votes 43 different votes 177 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
1 Aye 13 No
Devolution / Local Government 100% aligned 14 shared votes
1 Aye 13 No
1 Aye 3 No
Transport 100% aligned 4 shared votes
1 Aye 3 No
18 Aye 24 No
Tax 98% aligned 42 shared votes
19 Aye 23 No
4 Aye 2 No
Education 83% aligned 6 shared votes
3 Aye 3 No
1 Aye 4 No
Work / Employment 80% aligned 5 shared votes
0 Aye 5 No
Most different by topic
6 Aye 2 No
Democracy / Parliament 13% aligned 8 shared votes
3 Aye 5 No
4 Aye 6 No
Benefits 60% aligned 10 shared votes
4 Aye 6 No
3 Aye 0 No
Environment / Climate 67% aligned 3 shared votes
2 Aye 1 No
7 Aye 13 No
Housing 75% aligned 20 shared votes
4 Aye 16 No
9 Aye 4 No
Defence 77% aligned 13 shared votes
10 Aye 3 No

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

Voting record

42.4%
30% below average
Rank 630 of 649
Participation
81.1%
8% above average
Rank 179 of 649
250
590 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,927
2,376 eligible divisions
139
55.6% of votes cast
Aye votes
912
47.3% of votes cast
111
44.4% of votes cast
No votes
1,015
52.7% of votes cast
3
1.2% of votes cast
Against party
9
0.5% of votes cast
2 years, 2 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
11 years, 4 months
Since 7 May 2015

Debates

125
+42.7 vs Commons average
Rank 103 of 649
Appearances
22
-60.3 vs Commons average
Rank 587 of 649
154
+10.5 vs Commons average
Rank 192 of 649
Contributions
23
-120.5 vs Commons average
Rank 594 of 649

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

Financials and interests

£174,467
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,033,867
all imported IPSA years
£174,467
23% below average
Latest expenses
£291,572
29% above average
7
5 registered categories
Registered interests
29
7 registered categories
1
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

Housing
24 of 32 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
199 of 211 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
64 of 69 votes
Democracy / Parliament
10 of 14 votes
#3
Environment / Climate
44 of 48 votes
Benefits
17 of 30 votes
#4
Work / Employment
70 of 77 votes
Defence
18 of 34 votes
#5
Trade
80 of 91 votes

Recent voting overlap

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