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Tom Collins vs Alberto Costa

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

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Tom Collins
Lab Worcester
vs
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Alberto Costa
Con South Leicestershire

Voting alignment

Tom Collins and Alberto Costa voted the same way 3% of the time, based on 342 shared comparable votes.

11 same votes 331 different votes 342 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
2 Aye 4 No
Migration 17% aligned 6 shared votes
3 Aye 3 No
7 Aye 7 No
Benefits 14% aligned 14 shared votes
5 Aye 9 No
15 Aye 25 No
Crime / Justice 8% aligned 40 shared votes
24 Aye 16 No
37 Aye 32 No
Tax 0% aligned 69 shared votes
32 Aye 37 No
27 Aye 8 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 35 shared votes
8 Aye 27 No
Most different by topic
37 Aye 32 No
Tax 0% aligned 69 shared votes
32 Aye 37 No
27 Aye 8 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 35 shared votes
8 Aye 27 No
17 Aye 11 No
Education 0% aligned 28 shared votes
11 Aye 17 No
9 Aye 17 No
Defence 0% aligned 26 shared votes
17 Aye 9 No
19 Aye 6 No
Housing 0% aligned 25 shared votes
6 Aye 19 No

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

Voting record

88.8 %
16 % above average
Rank 34 of 650
Participation
81.1 %
8 % above average
Rank 183 of 650
500
563 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,905
2,349 eligible divisions
246
49.2 % of votes cast
Aye votes
901
47.3 % of votes cast
254
50.8 % of votes cast
No votes
1,004
52.7 % of votes cast
13
2.6 % 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

37
-33.9 vs Commons average
Rank 485 of 650
Appearances
13
-57.9 vs Commons average
Rank 609 of 650
54
-71.8 vs Commons average
Rank 459 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

£199,237
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,033,867
all imported IPSA years
£199,237
12 % below average
Latest expenses
£291,572
29 % above average
0
0 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

Defence
33 of 33 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
199 of 211 votes
Benefits
30 of 30 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
64 of 69 votes
Digital / Online Safety
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

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
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
Armed Forces Bill Report Stage: Amendment 11 22 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
No
Armed Forces Bill Report Stage: New Clause 11 22 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
No
Armed Forces Bill Report Stage: New Clause 4 22 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
No
National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: New Clause 3 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
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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