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Rebecca Long Bailey vs Alberto Costa

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

Photograph of Rebecca Long Bailey
Rebecca Long Bailey
Lab Salford
vs
Photograph of Alberto Costa
Alberto Costa
Con South Leicestershire

Voting alignment

Rebecca Long Bailey and Alberto Costa voted the same way 5% of the time, based on 1,493 shared comparable votes.

73 same votes 1,420 different votes 1,493 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
106 Aye 60 No
Brexit / EU 8% aligned 166 shared votes
65 Aye 101 No
34 Aye 36 No
Transport 4% aligned 70 shared votes
39 Aye 31 No
28 Aye 19 No
Benefits 4% aligned 47 shared votes
17 Aye 30 No
35 Aye 19 No
Education 4% aligned 54 shared votes
21 Aye 33 No
19 Aye 10 No
NHS / Health 3% aligned 29 shared votes
11 Aye 18 No
Most different by topic
40 Aye 18 No
Foreign Affairs 0% aligned 58 shared votes
18 Aye 40 No
26 Aye 31 No
Defence 0% aligned 57 shared votes
31 Aye 26 No
32 Aye 24 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 56 shared votes
24 Aye 32 No
30 Aye 20 No
Housing 0% aligned 50 shared votes
20 Aye 30 No
18 Aye 23 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 41 shared votes
23 Aye 18 No

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

Voting record

76.8%
4% above average
Rank 273 of 649
Participation
81.1%
8% above average
Rank 179 of 649
1,824
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,927
2,376 eligible divisions
1,008
55.3% of votes cast
Aye votes
912
47.3% of votes cast
816
44.7% of votes cast
No votes
1,015
52.7% of votes cast
26
1.4% of votes cast
Against party
9
0.5% of votes cast
11 years, 4 months
Since 7 May 2015
Commons service
11 years, 4 months
Since 7 May 2015

Debates

51
-31.3 vs Commons average
Rank 437 of 649
Appearances
22
-60.3 vs Commons average
Rank 587 of 649
52
-91.5 vs Commons average
Rank 498 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

£1,991,058
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,033,867
all imported IPSA years
£259,636
15% above average
Latest expenses
£291,572
29% above average
5
1 registered category
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

Defence
68 of 71 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
199 of 211 votes
Foreign Affairs
61 of 69 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
64 of 69 votes
Housing
59 of 67 votes
#3
Environment / Climate
44 of 48 votes
Environment / Climate
41 of 48 votes
#4
Work / Employment
70 of 77 votes
Transport
81 of 95 votes
#5
Trade
80 of 91 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No
Social Housing Bill [Lords]: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 10 Sept 2026
Housing
Aye
Aye
Draft Plant Health, Seeds, Seed Potatoes and Plant Propagating Material (Amendment) (Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026 9 Sept 2026
No
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: Amendment 1 8 Sept 2026
Aye
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 143 8 Sept 2026
Aye
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 142 8 Sept 2026
Aye
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 145 7 Sept 2026
Aye
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 67 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
Aye
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 65 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
Aye
Aye
Draft Trade Unions (Permissible Means of Voting) and Employment Rights (Unfair Dismissal) (Amendment) Order 2026 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
No
Aye
Draft Code of Practice on Electronic and Workplace Ballots for Statutory Trade Union Ballots 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
No
Where they voted the same
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading 11 Sept 2026
No
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 88 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
No
Sentencing Bill Committee: New Clause 30 21 Oct 2025
Crime / Justice
No
No
Universal Credit and Personal Independence Payment Bill: Third Reading 9 Jul 2025
Benefits
No
No
Universal Credit and Personal Independent Payment Bill: Second Reading 1 Jul 2025
Benefits
No
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Third Reading 20 Jun 2025
No
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
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading 29 Nov 2024
No
Aye
High Speed Rail (Crewe - Manchester) Bill: Instruction (No. 3) 21 May 2024
Transport
Aye
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