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Rebecca Smith vs Alberto Costa

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

Photograph of Rebecca Smith
Rebecca Smith
Con South West Devon
vs
Photograph of Alberto Costa
Alberto Costa
Con South Leicestershire

Voting alignment

Rebecca Smith and Alberto Costa voted the same way 100% of the time, based on 296 shared comparable votes.

296 same votes 0 different votes 296 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
30 Aye 31 No
Tax 100% aligned 61 shared votes
30 Aye 31 No
22 Aye 19 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 41 shared votes
22 Aye 19 No
8 Aye 28 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 36 shared votes
8 Aye 28 No
9 Aye 15 No
Education 100% aligned 24 shared votes
9 Aye 15 No
11 Aye 6 No
Defence 100% aligned 17 shared votes
11 Aye 6 No
Most different by topic
30 Aye 31 No
Tax 100% aligned 61 shared votes
30 Aye 31 No
22 Aye 19 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 41 shared votes
22 Aye 19 No
8 Aye 28 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 36 shared votes
8 Aye 28 No
9 Aye 15 No
Education 100% aligned 24 shared votes
9 Aye 15 No
11 Aye 6 No
Defence 100% aligned 17 shared votes
11 Aye 6 No

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

Voting record

69.9 %
3 % below average
Rank 434 of 650
Participation
81.1 %
8 % above average
Rank 182 of 650
394
564 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,906
2,350 eligible divisions
185
47.0 % of votes cast
Aye votes
901
47.3 % of votes cast
209
53.0 % of votes cast
No votes
1,005
52.7 % of votes cast
0
0.0 % of votes cast
Against party
9
0.5 % of votes cast
2 years, 0 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
11 years, 2 months
Since 7 May 2015

Debates

131
+59.1 vs Commons average
Rank 68 of 650
Appearances
13
-58.9 vs Commons average
Rank 609 of 650
232
+104.4 vs Commons average
Rank 76 of 650
Contributions
14
-113.6 vs Commons average
Rank 613 of 650

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

Financials and interests

£213,132
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,033,867
all imported IPSA years
£213,132
6 % below average
Latest expenses
£291,572
29 % above average
10
4 registered categories
Registered interests
29
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

Foreign Affairs
4 of 4 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
199 of 211 votes
Work / Employment
36 of 37 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
64 of 69 votes
Democracy / Parliament
9 of 10 votes
#3
Environment / Climate
44 of 48 votes
Trade
4 of 5 votes
#4
Work / Employment
68 of 75 votes
Tax
87 of 111 votes
#5
Trade
78 of 89 votes

Recent voting overlap

These MPs agreed on every division where both voted in the current comparison sample.

Where they voted the same
No
National Security (State Threats) Bill: motion to agree to Lords Amendment 1 6 Jul 2026
Defence
No
No
Draft Climate Change Act 2008 (Credit Limit) Order 2026 24 Jun 2026
Environment / Climate
No
No
Draft Climate Change Act 2008 (International Aviation and International Shipping) Regulations 2026 24 Jun 2026
Environment / Climate Transport
No
No
Draft Carbon Budget Order 2026 24 Jun 2026
Environment / Climate
No
No
Customs (Tariff and Miscellaneous Amendments) (No. 4) Regulations 2026 24 Jun 2026
Trade
No
Aye
Opposition Day: Puberty blockers 23 Jun 2026
Aye
Aye
Armed Forces Bill Report Stage: Amendment 11 22 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
Aye
Armed Forces Bill Report Stage: New Clause 11 22 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
Aye
Armed Forces Bill Report Stage: New Clause 4 22 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
Aye
National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: New Clause 3 17 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
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