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Sir Desmond Swayne vs Alberto Costa

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

Photograph of Sir Desmond Swayne
Sir Desmond Swayne
Con New Forest West
vs
Photograph of Alberto Costa
Alberto Costa
Con South Leicestershire

Voting alignment

Sir Desmond Swayne and Alberto Costa voted the same way 97% of the time, based on 1,869 shared comparable votes.

1,818 same votes 51 different votes 1,869 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
94 Aye 146 No
Tax 100% aligned 240 shared votes
94 Aye 146 No
82 Aye 94 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 176 shared votes
82 Aye 94 No
32 Aye 42 No
Foreign Affairs 100% aligned 74 shared votes
32 Aye 42 No
34 Aye 31 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 65 shared votes
34 Aye 31 No
33 Aye 27 No
Defence 100% aligned 60 shared votes
33 Aye 27 No
Most different by topic
13 Aye 23 No
NHS / Health 94% aligned 36 shared votes
15 Aye 21 No
77 Aye 122 No
Brexit / EU 95% aligned 199 shared votes
81 Aye 118 No
31 Aye 39 No
Transport 97% aligned 70 shared votes
33 Aye 37 No
100 Aye 41 No
Migration 98% aligned 141 shared votes
97 Aye 44 No
25 Aye 33 No
Energy 98% aligned 58 shared votes
26 Aye 32 No

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

Voting record

88.2%
16% above average
Rank 38 of 650
Participation
80.8%
9% above average
Rank 175 of 650
2,135
2,422 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,958
2,422 eligible divisions
988
46.3% of votes cast
Aye votes
927
47.3% of votes cast
1,147
53.7% of votes cast
No votes
1,031
52.7% of votes cast
54
2.5% of votes cast
Against party
9
0.5% of votes cast
29 years, 6 months
Since 1 May 1997
Commons service
11 years, 6 months
Since 7 May 2015

Debates

154
+58.4 vs Commons average
Rank 88 of 650
Appearances
23
-72.6 vs Commons average
Rank 603 of 650
165
-1.4 vs Commons average
Rank 212 of 650
Contributions
24
-142.4 vs Commons average
Rank 609 of 650

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

Financials and interests

£1,360,399
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,033,867
all imported IPSA years
£127,783
44% below average
Latest expenses
£291,572
29% above average
4
3 registered categories
Registered interests
30
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
211 of 212 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
200 of 212 votes
Trade
92 of 94 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
76 of 82 votes
Foreign Affairs
80 of 82 votes
#3
Environment / Climate
44 of 49 votes
Digital / Online Safety
57 of 60 votes
#4
Work / Employment
70 of 80 votes
Defence
67 of 71 votes
#5
Energy
61 of 70 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No rebel
Tobacco and Vapes Bill: Second Reading 16 Apr 2024
NHS / Health
Aye
Aye rebel
Safety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) Bill Committee: Amendment 23 17 Jan 2024
Migration
No
Aye rebel
Safety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) Bill Committee: Amendment 19 16 Jan 2024
Migration
No
Aye rebel
Safety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) Bill Committee: Amendment 10 16 Jan 2024
Migration
No
No rebel
Energy Bill [Lords]: Third Reading 5 Sept 2023
Energy
Aye
Aye rebel
Holocaust Memorial Bill: Instruction (Amendment a) 28 Jun 2023
No
No rebel
Relationships and Sexuality Education (Northern Ireland) (Amendment) Regulations 2023 28 Jun 2023
Education
Aye
No rebel
Abortion (Northern Ireland) Regulations 2022 (SI, 2022, No. 554) 22 Jun 2022
Aye
No rebel
draft Health and Social Care Act 2008 (Regulated Activities) (Amendment) (Coronavirus) (No.2) Regulations 2021 14 Dec 2021
Aye
No rebel
Health Protection (Entry to venues etc) SI No 1416 14 Dec 2021
Aye
Where they voted the same
No
Budget Resolution No. 86: High value council tax surcharge 3 Nov 2026
Tax
No
No
Budget Resolution No. 76: Rates of alcohol duty 3 Nov 2026
Tax
No
No
Budget Resolution No. 15: Charges in connection with employment visas 3 Nov 2026
Tax
No
No
Budget Resolution No. 8: Capital gains tax (business asset disposal relief) 3 Nov 2026
Tax Transport
No
No
Budget Resolution No.7: Increase in rate of banking surcharge for temporary period 3 Nov 2026
Tax
No
No
Budget Resolution No. 3: Income tax (default, property and savings rates) 3 Nov 2026
Tax
No
No
Withdrawal Agreement (Windsor Framework and Governance) (Amendment) Regulations 2026 21 Oct 2026
Brexit / EU Foreign Affairs
No
No
Draft Code of Practice on Access and Unfair Practices During the Recognition and Derecognition Process 21 Oct 2026
No
Aye
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: New Clause 12 20 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
Aye
Aye
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: New Clause 7 20 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
Aye
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API