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Sojan Joseph vs Alberto Costa

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

Photograph of Sojan Joseph
Sojan Joseph
Lab Ashford
vs
Photograph of Alberto Costa
Alberto Costa
Con South Leicestershire

Voting alignment

Sojan Joseph and Alberto Costa voted the same way 3% of the time, based on 372 shared comparable votes.

11 same votes 361 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 5 No
Migration 13% aligned 8 shared votes
4 Aye 4 No
18 Aye 24 No
Crime / Justice 7% aligned 42 shared votes
23 Aye 19 No
47 Aye 36 No
Tax 0% aligned 83 shared votes
36 Aye 47 No
27 Aye 8 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 35 shared votes
8 Aye 27 No
Most different by topic
47 Aye 36 No
Tax 0% aligned 83 shared votes
36 Aye 47 No
27 Aye 8 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 35 shared votes
8 Aye 27 No
18 Aye 12 No
Education 0% aligned 30 shared votes
12 Aye 18 No
10 Aye 17 No
Defence 0% aligned 27 shared votes
17 Aye 10 No
10 Aye 10 No
Transport 0% aligned 20 shared votes
10 Aye 10 No

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

Voting record

93.5 %
21 % above average
Rank 5 of 649
Participation
81.1 %
8 % above average
Rank 182 of 649
536
573 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,913
2,359 eligible divisions
272
50.7 % of votes cast
Aye votes
905
47.3 % of votes cast
264
49.3 % of votes cast
No votes
1,008
52.7 % of votes cast
12
2.2 % of votes cast
Against party
9
0.5 % of votes cast
2 years, 0 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
11 years, 2 months
Since 7 May 2015

Debates

69
-8.0 vs Commons average
Rank 301 of 649
Appearances
17
-60.0 vs Commons average
Rank 596 of 649
87
-49.7 vs Commons average
Rank 358 of 649
Contributions
18
-118.7 vs Commons average
Rank 599 of 649

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

Financials and interests

£158,669
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,033,867
all imported IPSA years
£158,669
30 % below average
Latest expenses
£291,572
29 % above average
5
3 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

Education
50 of 50 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
199 of 211 votes
Defence
34 of 34 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
64 of 69 votes
Benefits
30 of 30 votes
#3
Environment / Climate
44 of 48 votes
Transport
29 of 29 votes
#4
Work / Employment
68 of 75 votes
Devolution / Local Government
24 of 24 votes
#5
Trade
78 of 89 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 19 14 Jul 2026
Aye
No
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 199 14 Jul 2026
Aye
No
Immigration and Asylum Bill: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 13 Jul 2026
Migration
Aye
Aye
Draft Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Act 2026 (Establishment of Schools) (Consequential Amendments) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
Education
No
Aye
Draft Supply of Machinery (Safety) (Amendment etc.) and the EU Machinery Regulation (Enforcement etc. in Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
No
Aye
Draft Town and Country Planning (Discharge of Local Planning Authority Functions) (England) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
No
Aye
National Security (State Threats) Bill: motion to agree to Lords Amendment 1 6 Jul 2026
Defence
No
Aye
Draft Climate Change Act 2008 (Credit Limit) Order 2026 24 Jun 2026
Environment / Climate
No
Aye
Draft Climate Change Act 2008 (International Aviation and International Shipping) Regulations 2026 24 Jun 2026
Environment / Climate Transport
No
Aye
Draft Carbon Budget Order 2026 24 Jun 2026
Environment / Climate
No
Where they voted the same
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (l) 20 May 2026
No
No
Sentencing Bill Committee: New Clause 30 21 Oct 2025
Crime / Justice
No
No
Universal Credit and Personal Independence Payment Bill Committee: New Clause 8 9 Jul 2025
Benefits
No
No
Universal Credit and Personal Independent Payment Bill Committee: Amendment 39 9 Jul 2025
Benefits
No
Aye
Terrorism Act 2000 (Proscribed Organisations) (Amendment) Order 2025 2 Jul 2025
Crime / Justice
Aye
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Third Reading 20 Jun 2025
No
No
Crime and Policing Bill Report Stage: Amendment 160 17 Jun 2025
Crime / Justice
No
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill Report Stage: Amendment (a) to New Clause 10 16 May 2025
Aye
No
Closure motion 16 May 2025
No
No
Border Security, Asylum and Immigration Bill Report Stage: New Clause 21 12 May 2025
Migration
No
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