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Richard Tice vs Alberto Costa

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

Photograph of Richard Tice
Richard Tice
RUK Boston and Skegness
vs
Photograph of Alberto Costa
Alberto Costa
Con South Leicestershire

Voting alignment

Richard Tice and Alberto Costa voted the same way 95% of the time, based on 220 shared comparable votes.

210 same votes 10 different votes 220 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
15 Aye 25 No
Tax 100% aligned 40 shared votes
15 Aye 25 No
3 Aye 17 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 20 shared votes
3 Aye 17 No
9 Aye 7 No
Defence 100% aligned 16 shared votes
9 Aye 7 No
8 Aye 4 No
Education 100% aligned 12 shared votes
8 Aye 4 No
3 Aye 5 No
Benefits 100% aligned 8 shared votes
3 Aye 5 No
Most different by topic
6 Aye 3 No
Transport 89% aligned 9 shared votes
5 Aye 4 No
6 Aye 18 No
Housing 96% aligned 24 shared votes
7 Aye 17 No
17 Aye 11 No
Crime / Justice 96% aligned 28 shared votes
16 Aye 12 No
15 Aye 25 No
Tax 100% aligned 40 shared votes
15 Aye 25 No
3 Aye 17 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 20 shared votes
3 Aye 17 No

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

Voting record

51.7%
21% below average
Rank 618 of 649
Participation
81.1%
8% above average
Rank 179 of 649
305
590 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,927
2,376 eligible divisions
146
47.9% of votes cast
Aye votes
912
47.3% of votes cast
159
52.1% of votes cast
No votes
1,015
52.7% of votes cast
11
3.6% of votes cast
Against party
9
0.5% of votes cast
2 years, 3 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
11 years, 5 months
Since 7 May 2015

Debates

186
+102.3 vs Commons average
Rank 26 of 649
Appearances
23
-60.7 vs Commons average
Rank 585 of 649
272
+126.1 vs Commons average
Rank 74 of 649
Contributions
24
-121.9 vs Commons average
Rank 597 of 649

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

Financials and interests

£176,036
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,033,867
all imported IPSA years
£176,036
22% below average
Latest expenses
£291,572
29% above average
23
5 registered categories
Registered interests
29
7 registered categories
3
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
Trade
6 of 7 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
64 of 69 votes
Housing
27 of 32 votes
#3
Environment / Climate
44 of 48 votes
Environment / Climate
6 of 9 votes
#4
Work / Employment
70 of 77 votes
Defence
22 of 34 votes
#5
Trade
80 of 91 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Railways Bill: Third Reading 10 Jun 2026
Transport
No
No
Steel Industry (Nationalisation) Bill Committee: New Clause 8 8 Jun 2026
Aye
No
Steel Industry (Nationalisation) Bill Committee: Amendment 12 8 Jun 2026
Aye
No
Steel Industry (Nationalisation) Bill: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 21 May 2026
Aye
Aye rebel
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Third Reading 20 Jun 2025
No
Aye
Crime and Policing Bill Report Stage: Amendment 160 17 Jun 2025
Crime / Justice
No
No
Planning and Infrastructure Bill Report Stage: Amendment 69 9 Jun 2025
Housing
Aye
No rebel
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill Report Stage: Amendment (a) to New Clause 10 16 May 2025
Aye
Aye rebel
Closure motion 16 May 2025
No
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading 29 Nov 2024
No
Where they voted the same
No
Draft Plant Health, Seeds, Seed Potatoes and Plant Propagating Material (Amendment) (Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026 9 Sept 2026
No
Aye
Health Bill: Report Stage: Amendment 1 8 Sept 2026
Aye
Aye
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 143 8 Sept 2026
Aye
No
Representation of the People Bill: Third Reading 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 88 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
Aye
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 67 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
Aye
Aye
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 65 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
Aye
No
Draft Trade Unions (Permissible Means of Voting) and Employment Rights (Unfair Dismissal) (Amendment) Order 2026 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
No
No
Draft Code of Practice on Electronic and Workplace Ballots for Statutory Trade Union Ballots 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
No
Aye
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 19 14 Jul 2026
Aye
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