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Sammy Wilson vs Alberto Costa

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


Voting alignment

Sammy Wilson and Alberto Costa voted the same way 77% of the time, based on 1,226 shared comparable votes.

945 same votes 281 different votes 1,226 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
0 Aye 3 No
Cost of Living 100% aligned 3 shared votes
0 Aye 3 No
16 Aye 19 No
Work / Employment 97% aligned 35 shared votes
15 Aye 20 No
10 Aye 10 No
Digital / Online Safety 95% aligned 20 shared votes
9 Aye 11 No
11 Aye 4 No
Democracy / Parliament 93% aligned 15 shared votes
10 Aye 5 No
19 Aye 22 No
Energy 93% aligned 41 shared votes
18 Aye 23 No
Most different by topic
51 Aye 31 No
Migration 59% aligned 82 shared votes
57 Aye 25 No
16 Aye 21 No
Benefits 59% aligned 37 shared votes
13 Aye 24 No
8 Aye 10 No
NHS / Health 61% aligned 18 shared votes
7 Aye 11 No
16 Aye 11 No
Environment / Climate 63% aligned 27 shared votes
12 Aye 15 No
25 Aye 14 No
Defence 64% aligned 39 shared votes
23 Aye 16 No

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

Voting record

61.8 %
11 % below average
Rank 561 of 650
Participation
81.1 %
8 % above average
Rank 180 of 650
1,452
2,351 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,907
2,351 eligible divisions
721
49.7 % of votes cast
Aye votes
902
47.3 % of votes cast
731
50.3 % of votes cast
No votes
1,005
52.7 % of votes cast
11
0.8 % of votes cast
Against party
9
0.5 % of votes cast
21 years, 2 months
Since 5 May 2005
Commons service
11 years, 2 months
Since 7 May 2015

Debates

101
+29.6 vs Commons average
Rank 120 of 650
Appearances
13
-58.4 vs Commons average
Rank 608 of 650
139
+12.2 vs Commons average
Rank 180 of 650
Contributions
14
-112.8 vs Commons average
Rank 612 of 650

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

Financials and interests

£2,714,557
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,033,867
all imported IPSA years
£250,082
11 % above average
Latest expenses
£291,572
29 % above average
2
2 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

Brexit / EU
195 of 211 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
199 of 211 votes
Foreign Affairs
63 of 69 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
64 of 69 votes
Trade
68 of 89 votes
#3
Environment / Climate
44 of 48 votes
Defence
50 of 71 votes
#4
Work / Employment
68 of 75 votes
Energy
47 of 70 votes
#5
Trade
78 of 89 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Where they voted the same
Aye
Aye
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API