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Rishi Sunak vs Alberto Costa

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

Photograph of Rishi Sunak
Rishi Sunak
Con Richmond and Northallerton
vs
Photograph of Alberto Costa
Alberto Costa
Con South Leicestershire

Voting alignment

Rishi Sunak and Alberto Costa voted the same way 99% of the time, based on 936 shared comparable votes.

924 same votes 12 different votes 936 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
43 Aye 80 No
Tax 100% aligned 123 shared votes
43 Aye 80 No
35 Aye 41 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 76 shared votes
35 Aye 41 No
15 Aye 31 No
Foreign Affairs 100% aligned 46 shared votes
15 Aye 31 No
27 Aye 13 No
Migration 100% aligned 40 shared votes
27 Aye 13 No
11 Aye 17 No
Education 100% aligned 28 shared votes
11 Aye 17 No
Most different by topic
26 Aye 24 No
Transport 98% aligned 50 shared votes
27 Aye 23 No
33 Aye 27 No
Trade 98% aligned 60 shared votes
34 Aye 26 No
55 Aye 103 No
Brexit / EU 99% aligned 158 shared votes
56 Aye 102 No
43 Aye 80 No
Tax 100% aligned 123 shared votes
43 Aye 80 No
35 Aye 41 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 76 shared votes
35 Aye 41 No

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

Voting record

41.8%
31% below average
Rank 632 of 650
Participation
80.8%
8% above average
Rank 176 of 650
1,005
2,405 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,944
2,405 eligible divisions
454
45.2% of votes cast
Aye votes
923
47.5% of votes cast
551
54.8% of votes cast
No votes
1,021
52.5% of votes cast
4
0.4% of votes cast
Against party
9
0.5% of votes cast
11 years, 5 months
Since 7 May 2015
Commons service
11 years, 5 months
Since 7 May 2015

Debates

44
-44.8 vs Commons average
Rank 507 of 650
Appearances
24
-64.8 vs Commons average
Rank 594 of 650
53
-101.6 vs Commons average
Rank 510 of 650
Contributions
25
-129.6 vs Commons average
Rank 602 of 650

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

Financials and interests

£1,536,845
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,033,867
all imported IPSA years
£166,813
26% below average
Latest expenses
£291,572
29% above average
15
5 registered categories
Registered interests
29
7 registered categories
9
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

Brexit / EU
167 of 212 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
200 of 212 votes
Trade
61 of 94 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
76 of 82 votes
Foreign Affairs
47 of 82 votes
#3
Environment / Climate
44 of 49 votes
Transport
52 of 96 votes
#4
Work / Employment
70 of 80 votes
Environment / Climate
20 of 49 votes
#5
Energy
61 of 70 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye rebel
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Third Reading 20 Jun 2025
No
Aye rebel
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading 29 Nov 2024
No
Aye rebel
Agriculture Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 2 (Neil Parish) 13 May 2020
No
No
Mr Clarke's motion C (Customs Union) 1 Apr 2019
Trade
Aye rebel
No
Business of the House motion 27 Mar 2019
Transport
Aye rebel
No
George Eustice's motion H (EFTA and EEA) 27 Mar 2019
Aye rebel
Aye
Mr Fysh's motion O (Contingent preferential arrangements) 27 Mar 2019
No rebel
Aye
Mr Baron's motion B (No deal) 27 Mar 2019
No rebel
No
Nick Boles's motion D (Common market 2.0) 27 Mar 2019
Aye rebel
No
European Union Withdrawal Act main Motion as amended 25 Mar 2019
Aye rebel
Where they voted the same
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
Aye
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 199 14 Jul 2026
Aye
Aye
Immigration and Asylum Bill: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 13 Jul 2026
Migration
Aye
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
Finance (No. 2) Bill Committee: Clause 63 Stand part 13 Jan 2026
Tax
No
Aye
Opposition Day: Rural communities 7 Jan 2026
Aye
No
Budget Resolution No. 64: Rates of alcohol duty 2 Dec 2025
Tax
No
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Voting source Commons Votes API