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Richard Burgon vs Alberto Costa

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

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Richard Burgon
Lab Leeds East
vs
Photograph of Alberto Costa
Alberto Costa
Con South Leicestershire

Voting alignment

Richard Burgon and Alberto Costa voted the same way 5% of the time, based on 1,563 shared comparable votes.

82 same votes 1,481 different votes 1,563 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 65 No
Brexit / EU 8% aligned 171 shared votes
70 Aye 101 No
24 Aye 12 No
NHS / Health 6% aligned 36 shared votes
14 Aye 22 No
36 Aye 21 No
Education 5% aligned 57 shared votes
22 Aye 35 No
29 Aye 20 No
Benefits 4% aligned 49 shared votes
18 Aye 31 No
77 Aye 71 No
Crime / Justice 3% aligned 148 shared votes
74 Aye 74 No
Most different by topic
34 Aye 31 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 65 shared votes
31 Aye 34 No
36 Aye 21 No
Foreign Affairs 0% aligned 57 shared votes
21 Aye 36 No
32 Aye 19 No
Energy 0% aligned 51 shared votes
19 Aye 32 No
22 Aye 27 No
Defence 0% aligned 49 shared votes
27 Aye 22 No
18 Aye 25 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 43 shared votes
25 Aye 18 No

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

Voting record

80.1%
7% above average
Rank 194 of 649
Participation
81.1%
8% above average
Rank 179 of 649
1,903
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,927
2,376 eligible divisions
1,042
54.8% of votes cast
Aye votes
912
47.3% of votes cast
861
45.2% of votes cast
No votes
1,015
52.7% of votes cast
45
2.4% 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

84
+1.7 vs Commons average
Rank 233 of 649
Appearances
22
-60.3 vs Commons average
Rank 587 of 649
96
-47.5 vs Commons average
Rank 341 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

£2,305,544
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,033,867
all imported IPSA years
£301,574
33% above average
Latest expenses
£291,572
29% above average
4
2 registered categories
Registered interests
29
7 registered categories
8
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

Environment / Climate
45 of 48 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
199 of 211 votes
Work / Employment
72 of 77 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
64 of 69 votes
NHS / Health
51 of 56 votes
#3
Environment / Climate
44 of 48 votes
Foreign Affairs
62 of 69 votes
#4
Work / Employment
70 of 77 votes
Democracy / Parliament
42 of 47 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
Aye
Representation of the People Bill: Third Reading 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
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 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
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
No
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 88 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
No
Draft Town and Country Planning (Discharge of Local Planning Authority Functions) (England) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
No
Aye
Opposition Day: Early release of prisoners 7 Jul 2026
Crime / Justice
Aye
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (l) 20 May 2026
No
No
Children's Wellbeing and Schools Bill: motion to insist on Amendment 38J and disagree with Lords Amendments 38V to 38X 22 Apr 2026
Education
No
No
Courts and Tribunals Bill: Second Reading 10 Mar 2026
Crime / Justice
No
Aye
Courts and Tribunals Bill: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 10 Mar 2026
Crime / Justice
Aye
No
Universal Credit and Personal Independence Payment Bill: Third Reading 9 Jul 2025
Benefits
No
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