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Tahir Ali vs Alberto Costa

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


Voting alignment

Tahir Ali and Alberto Costa voted the same way 4% of the time, based on 1,014 shared comparable votes.

38 same votes 976 different votes 1,014 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
15 Aye 8 No
NHS / Health 9% aligned 23 shared votes
10 Aye 13 No
23 Aye 9 No
Energy 6% aligned 32 shared votes
11 Aye 21 No
18 Aye 16 No
Benefits 6% aligned 34 shared votes
14 Aye 20 No
37 Aye 71 No
Migration 4% aligned 108 shared votes
67 Aye 41 No
11 Aye 18 No
Democracy / Parliament 3% aligned 29 shared votes
17 Aye 12 No
Most different by topic
22 Aye 26 No
Brexit / EU 0% aligned 48 shared votes
26 Aye 22 No
27 Aye 21 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 48 shared votes
21 Aye 27 No
29 Aye 18 No
Foreign Affairs 0% aligned 47 shared votes
18 Aye 29 No
21 Aye 25 No
Defence 0% aligned 46 shared votes
25 Aye 21 No
16 Aye 27 No
Transport 0% aligned 43 shared votes
27 Aye 16 No

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

Voting record

75.8%
3% above average
Rank 291 of 649
Participation
81.1%
8% above average
Rank 179 of 649
1,257
1,658 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,927
2,376 eligible divisions
664
52.8% of votes cast
Aye votes
912
47.3% of votes cast
593
47.2% of votes cast
No votes
1,015
52.7% of votes cast
6
0.5% of votes cast
Against party
9
0.5% of votes cast
6 years, 9 months
Since 12 Dec 2019
Commons service
11 years, 5 months
Since 7 May 2015

Debates

29
-54.6 vs Commons average
Rank 560 of 650
Appearances
23
-60.6 vs Commons average
Rank 585 of 650
42
-103.7 vs Commons average
Rank 541 of 650
Contributions
24
-121.7 vs Commons average
Rank 597 of 650

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

Financials and interests

£1,069,100
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,033,867
all imported IPSA years
£269,557
19% above average
Latest expenses
£291,572
29% above average
4
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

Foreign Affairs
47 of 50 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
199 of 211 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
64 of 69 votes
Environment / Climate
38 of 44 votes
#3
Environment / Climate
44 of 48 votes
Digital / Online Safety
38 of 44 votes
#4
Work / Employment
70 of 77 votes
Crime / Justice
146 of 174 votes
#5
Trade
80 of 91 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Where they voted the same
No
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
No
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API