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Sam Carling vs Alberto Costa

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


Voting alignment

Sam Carling and Alberto Costa voted the same way 2% of the time, based on 372 shared comparable votes.

8 same votes 364 different votes 372 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
7 Aye 7 No
Benefits 14% aligned 14 shared votes
5 Aye 9 No
3 Aye 4 No
Migration 14% aligned 7 shared votes
3 Aye 4 No
1 Aye 7 No
Democracy / Parliament 13% aligned 8 shared votes
6 Aye 2 No
19 Aye 23 No
Crime / Justice 7% aligned 42 shared votes
22 Aye 20 No
45 Aye 36 No
Tax 0% aligned 81 shared votes
36 Aye 45 No
Most different by topic
45 Aye 36 No
Tax 0% aligned 81 shared votes
36 Aye 45 No
28 Aye 8 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 36 shared votes
8 Aye 28 No
18 Aye 11 No
Education 0% aligned 29 shared votes
11 Aye 18 No
19 Aye 7 No
Housing 0% aligned 26 shared votes
7 Aye 19 No
10 Aye 13 No
Defence 0% aligned 23 shared votes
13 Aye 10 No

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

Voting record

89.2%
17% above average
Rank 26 of 649
Participation
81.1%
8% above average
Rank 179 of 649
526
590 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,927
2,376 eligible divisions
275
52.3% of votes cast
Aye votes
912
47.3% of votes cast
251
47.7% of votes cast
No votes
1,015
52.7% of votes cast
0
0.0% of votes cast
Against party
9
0.5% of votes cast
2 years, 2 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
11 years, 4 months
Since 7 May 2015

Debates

61
-20.7 vs Commons average
Rank 365 of 649
Appearances
21
-60.7 vs Commons average
Rank 587 of 649
82
-60.3 vs Commons average
Rank 389 of 649
Contributions
22
-120.3 vs Commons average
Rank 594 of 649

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

Financials and interests

£150,223
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,033,867
all imported IPSA years
£150,223
34% below average
Latest expenses
£291,572
29% above average
8
2 registered categories
Registered interests
29
7 registered categories
0
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

Benefits
30 of 30 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
199 of 211 votes
NHS / Health
11 of 11 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
64 of 69 votes
Foreign Affairs
4 of 4 votes
#3
Environment / Climate
44 of 48 votes
Housing
31 of 32 votes
#4
Work / Employment
70 of 77 votes
Energy
19 of 20 votes
#5
Trade
80 of 91 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
No
Where they voted the same
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API