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Sir Iain Duncan Smith vs Alberto Costa
A side-by-side comparison of voting participation, party rebellion, topic focus, and recent voting overlap.
Voting alignment
Sir Iain Duncan Smith and Alberto Costa voted the same way 97% of the time, based on 1,738 shared comparable votes.
1,691 same votes
47 different votes
1,738 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
Most different by topic
Topic alignment uses local topic tags, so a division can count towards more than one topic.
Voting record
81.1%
9% above average
Participation
80.8%
9% above average
1,965
2,422 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,958
2,422 eligible divisions
900
45.8% of votes cast
Aye votes
927
47.3% of votes cast
1,065
54.2% of votes cast
No votes
1,031
52.7% of votes cast
41
2.1% of votes cast
Against party
9
0.5% of votes cast
34 years, 7 months
Since 9 Apr 1992
Commons service
11 years, 6 months
Since 7 May 2015
Debates
100
+4.4 vs Commons average
Appearances
23
-72.6 vs Commons average
162
-4.4 vs Commons average
Contributions
24
-142.4 vs Commons average
Debate figures cover imported Hansard debate appearances from the last 12 months.
Financials and interests
£2,530,064
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,033,867
all imported IPSA years
£265,254
17% above average
Latest expenses
£291,572
29% above average
8
3 registered categories
Registered interests
30
7 registered categories
6
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
Recent voting overlap
Where they voted differently
No
rebel
Illegal Migration Bill: Government Amendments (a) and (b) in lieu of Lords Amendments 31, 35 & 36
11 Jul 2023
Aye
Where they voted the same
Member source
UK Parliament Members API
Voting source
Commons Votes API