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Ruth Cadbury vs Alberto Costa

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

Photograph of Ruth Cadbury
Ruth Cadbury
Lab Brentford and Isleworth
vs
Photograph of Alberto Costa
Alberto Costa
Con South Leicestershire

Voting alignment

Ruth Cadbury and Alberto Costa voted the same way 5% of the time, based on 1,483 shared comparable votes.

69 same votes 1,414 different votes 1,483 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
22 Aye 11 No
NHS / Health 6% aligned 33 shared votes
13 Aye 20 No
22 Aye 16 No
Benefits 5% aligned 38 shared votes
14 Aye 24 No
101 Aye 68 No
Brexit / EU 4% aligned 169 shared votes
68 Aye 101 No
39 Aye 18 No
Education 4% aligned 57 shared votes
20 Aye 37 No
11 Aye 19 No
Democracy / Parliament 3% aligned 30 shared votes
18 Aye 12 No
Most different by topic
27 Aye 29 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 56 shared votes
29 Aye 27 No
33 Aye 22 No
Foreign Affairs 0% aligned 55 shared votes
22 Aye 33 No
22 Aye 25 No
Defence 0% aligned 47 shared votes
25 Aye 22 No
30 Aye 13 No
Housing 0% aligned 43 shared votes
13 Aye 30 No
15 Aye 10 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 25 shared votes
10 Aye 15 No

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

Voting record

75.0%
2% above average
Rank 311 of 649
Participation
81.1%
8% above average
Rank 179 of 649
1,781
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,927
2,376 eligible divisions
990
55.6% of votes cast
Aye votes
912
47.3% of votes cast
791
44.4% of votes cast
No votes
1,015
52.7% of votes cast
5
0.3% 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

65
-17.3 vs Commons average
Rank 339 of 649
Appearances
22
-60.3 vs Commons average
Rank 587 of 649
73
-70.5 vs Commons average
Rank 426 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

£2,210,414
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,033,867
all imported IPSA years
£293,505
30% above average
Latest expenses
£291,572
29% above average
3
3 registered categories
Registered interests
29
7 registered categories
1
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
59 of 69 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
199 of 211 votes
Brexit / EU
180 of 211 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
64 of 69 votes
Transport
78 of 95 votes
#3
Environment / Climate
44 of 48 votes
Trade
74 of 91 votes
#4
Work / Employment
70 of 77 votes
Education
78 of 96 votes
#5
Trade
80 of 91 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading 11 Sept 2026
No
Aye
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
No
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
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
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 Committee: New Clause 8 9 Jul 2025
Benefits
No
No
Universal Credit and Personal Independent Payment Bill Committee: Amendment 39 9 Jul 2025
Benefits
No
No
Crime and Policing Bill Report Stage: Amendment 160 17 Jun 2025
Crime / Justice
No
Aye
High Speed Rail (Crewe - Manchester) Bill: Instruction (No. 3) 21 May 2024
Transport
Aye
Aye
Tobacco and Vapes Bill: Second Reading 16 Apr 2024
NHS / Health
Aye
No
Safety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) Bill Committee: Amendment 23 17 Jan 2024
Migration
No
No
Safety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) Bill Committee: Amendment 19 16 Jan 2024
Migration
No
No
Safety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) Bill Committee: Amendment 10 16 Jan 2024
Migration
No
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