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Tim Roca vs Alberto Costa

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

Photograph of Tim Roca
Tim Roca
Lab Macclesfield
vs
Photograph of Alberto Costa
Alberto Costa
Con South Leicestershire

Voting alignment

Tim Roca and Alberto Costa voted the same way 2% of the time, based on 289 shared comparable votes.

6 same votes 283 different votes 289 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
1 Aye 2 No
Migration 33% aligned 3 shared votes
1 Aye 2 No
6 Aye 6 No
Benefits 17% aligned 12 shared votes
4 Aye 8 No
14 Aye 17 No
Crime / Justice 6% aligned 31 shared votes
15 Aye 16 No
37 Aye 26 No
Tax 0% aligned 63 shared votes
26 Aye 37 No
22 Aye 8 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 30 shared votes
8 Aye 22 No
Most different by topic
37 Aye 26 No
Tax 0% aligned 63 shared votes
26 Aye 37 No
22 Aye 8 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 30 shared votes
8 Aye 22 No
15 Aye 11 No
Education 0% aligned 26 shared votes
11 Aye 15 No
14 Aye 3 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 17 shared votes
3 Aye 14 No
10 Aye 7 No
Housing 0% aligned 17 shared votes
7 Aye 10 No

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

Voting record

75.5 %
3 % above average
Rank 302 of 650
Participation
81.1 %
8 % above average
Rank 183 of 650
425
563 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,905
2,349 eligible divisions
226
53.2 % of votes cast
Aye votes
901
47.3 % of votes cast
199
46.8 % of votes cast
No votes
1,004
52.7 % of votes cast
0
0.0 % of votes cast
Against party
9
0.5 % of votes cast
2 years, 0 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
11 years, 1 months
Since 7 May 2015

Debates

49
-21.9 vs Commons average
Rank 391 of 650
Appearances
13
-57.9 vs Commons average
Rank 609 of 650
57
-68.8 vs Commons average
Rank 447 of 650
Contributions
14
-111.8 vs Commons average
Rank 613 of 650

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

Financials and interests

£202,502
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,033,867
all imported IPSA years
£202,502
10 % below average
Latest expenses
£291,572
29 % above average
7
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

Devolution / Local Government
24 of 24 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
199 of 211 votes
Education
45 of 49 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
64 of 69 votes
Benefits
27 of 30 votes
#3
Environment / Climate
44 of 48 votes
Energy
18 of 20 votes
#4
Work / Employment
68 of 75 votes
Democracy / Parliament
9 of 10 votes
#5
Trade
78 of 89 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
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
Aye
Customs (Tariff and Miscellaneous Amendments) (No. 4) Regulations 2026 24 Jun 2026
Trade
No
No
Opposition Day: Puberty blockers 23 Jun 2026
Aye
Aye
Opposition Day Motion: Defence spending and readiness - Prime Minister's Amendment 23 Jun 2026
Defence
No
No
Opposition day: Defence spending and readiness 23 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
No
National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: New Clause 3 17 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
No
National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: Amendment 13 17 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
No
National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: Amendment 8 17 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
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
No
Crime and Policing Bill Report Stage: Amendment 160 17 Jun 2025
Crime / Justice
No
No
Border Security, Asylum and Immigration Bill Report Stage: New Clause 21 12 May 2025
Migration
No
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