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Steve Witherden vs Alberto Costa

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


Voting alignment

Steve Witherden and Alberto Costa voted the same way 2% of the time, based on 309 shared comparable votes.

5 same votes 304 different votes 309 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
3 Aye 3 No
Migration 17% aligned 6 shared votes
2 Aye 4 No
3 Aye 4 No
Benefits 14% aligned 7 shared votes
3 Aye 4 No
15 Aye 20 No
Crime / Justice 6% aligned 35 shared votes
20 Aye 15 No
38 Aye 28 No
Tax 0% aligned 66 shared votes
28 Aye 38 No
26 Aye 8 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 34 shared votes
8 Aye 26 No
Most different by topic
38 Aye 28 No
Tax 0% aligned 66 shared votes
28 Aye 38 No
26 Aye 8 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 34 shared votes
8 Aye 26 No
18 Aye 7 No
Housing 0% aligned 25 shared votes
7 Aye 18 No
13 Aye 9 No
Education 0% aligned 22 shared votes
9 Aye 13 No
9 Aye 9 No
Transport 0% aligned 18 shared votes
9 Aye 9 No

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

Voting record

80.8 %
8 % above average
Rank 188 of 650
Participation
81.1 %
8 % above average
Rank 183 of 650
455
563 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,905
2,349 eligible divisions
238
52.3 % of votes cast
Aye votes
901
47.3 % of votes cast
217
47.7 % of votes cast
No votes
1,004
52.7 % of votes cast
2
0.4 % of votes cast
Against party
9
0.5 % of votes cast
1 years, 11 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
11 years, 1 months
Since 7 May 2015

Debates

58
-12.3 vs Commons average
Rank 346 of 650
Appearances
13
-57.3 vs Commons average
Rank 608 of 650
73
-51.9 vs Commons average
Rank 387 of 650
Contributions
14
-110.9 vs Commons average
Rank 613 of 650

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

Financials and interests

£141,271
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,033,867
all imported IPSA years
£141,271
38 % below average
Latest expenses
£291,572
29 % above average
2
2 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

Energy
20 of 20 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
199 of 211 votes
Digital / Online Safety
11 of 11 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
64 of 69 votes
NHS / Health
11 of 11 votes
#3
Environment / Climate
44 of 48 votes
Democracy / Parliament
10 of 10 votes
#4
Work / Employment
68 of 75 votes
Environment / Climate
9 of 9 votes
#5
Trade
78 of 89 votes
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API