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Sir John Whittingdale vs Alberto Costa
A side-by-side comparison of voting participation, party rebellion, topic focus, and recent voting overlap.
Voting alignment
Sir John Whittingdale and Alberto Costa voted the same way 99% of the time, based on 1,712 shared comparable votes.
1,693 same votes
19 different votes
1,712 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
80.4%
8% above average
Participation
80.9%
8% above average
1,920
2,388 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,931
2,388 eligible divisions
918
47.8% of votes cast
Aye votes
914
47.3% of votes cast
1,002
52.2% of votes cast
No votes
1,017
52.7% of votes cast
12
0.6% of votes cast
Against party
9
0.5% of votes cast
34 years, 6 months
Since 9 Apr 1992
Commons service
11 years, 5 months
Since 7 May 2015
Debates
78
-8.4 vs Commons average
Appearances
24
-62.4 vs Commons average
112
-38.6 vs Commons average
Contributions
25
-125.6 vs Commons average
Debate figures cover imported Hansard debate appearances from the last 12 months.
Financials and interests
£2,404,047
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,033,867
all imported IPSA years
£243,709
8% above average
Latest expenses
£291,572
29% above average
9
5 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
Recent voting overlap
Where they voted differently
No
rebel
Aye
No
rebel
Aye
Where they voted the same
No
No
Member source
UK Parliament Members API
Voting source
Commons Votes API