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Torsten Bell vs Alberto Costa

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

Photograph of Torsten Bell
Torsten Bell
Lab Swansea West
vs
Photograph of Alberto Costa
Alberto Costa
Con South Leicestershire

Voting alignment

Torsten Bell and Alberto Costa voted the same way 2% of the time, based on 331 shared comparable votes.

5 same votes 326 different votes 331 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
6 Aye 7 No
Benefits 15% aligned 13 shared votes
5 Aye 8 No
4 Aye 7 No
Democracy / Parliament 9% aligned 11 shared votes
6 Aye 5 No
16 Aye 15 No
Crime / Justice 3% aligned 31 shared votes
14 Aye 17 No
51 Aye 28 No
Tax 0% aligned 79 shared votes
28 Aye 51 No
26 Aye 3 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 29 shared votes
3 Aye 26 No
Most different by topic
51 Aye 28 No
Tax 0% aligned 79 shared votes
28 Aye 51 No
26 Aye 3 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 29 shared votes
3 Aye 26 No
17 Aye 10 No
Education 0% aligned 27 shared votes
10 Aye 17 No
17 Aye 7 No
Housing 0% aligned 24 shared votes
7 Aye 17 No
9 Aye 6 No
Transport 0% aligned 15 shared votes
6 Aye 9 No

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

Voting record

71.8%
1% below average
Rank 386 of 650
Participation
80.8%
8% above average
Rank 179 of 650
453
631 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,953
2,417 eligible divisions
244
53.9% of votes cast
Aye votes
925
47.4% of votes cast
209
46.1% of votes cast
No votes
1,028
52.6% of votes cast
0
0.0% of votes cast
Against party
9
0.5% of votes cast
2 years, 4 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
11 years, 5 months
Since 7 May 2015

Debates

79
-15.2 vs Commons average
Rank 318 of 650
Appearances
23
-71.2 vs Commons average
Rank 601 of 650
224
+59.9 vs Commons average
Rank 137 of 650
Contributions
24
-140.1 vs Commons average
Rank 609 of 650

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

Financials and interests

£152,220
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,033,867
all imported IPSA years
£152,220
33% below average
Latest expenses
£291,572
29% above average
2
2 registered categories
Registered interests
30
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

Democracy / Parliament
14 of 14 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
200 of 212 votes
Environment / Climate
10 of 10 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
76 of 82 votes
Benefits
29 of 30 votes
#3
Environment / Climate
44 of 49 votes
Energy
18 of 20 votes
#4
Work / Employment
70 of 80 votes
Trade
9 of 10 votes
#5
Energy
61 of 70 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Railways Bill: Carry-over extension (Motion) 4 Nov 2026
Transport
No
No
Sporting Events Bill [Lords] Report: Amendment 8 4 Nov 2026
Aye
No
Sporting Events Bill [Lords] Report: Amendment 6 4 Nov 2026
Aye
Aye
Budget Resolution No. 86: High value council tax surcharge 3 Nov 2026
Tax
No
Aye
Budget Resolution No. 76: Rates of alcohol duty 3 Nov 2026
Tax
No
Aye
Budget Resolution No. 15: Charges in connection with employment visas 3 Nov 2026
Tax
No
Aye
Budget Resolution No. 8: Capital gains tax (business asset disposal relief) 3 Nov 2026
Tax Transport
No
Aye
Budget Resolution No.7: Increase in rate of banking surcharge for temporary period 3 Nov 2026
Tax
No
Aye
Budget Resolution No. 3: Income tax (default, property and savings rates) 3 Nov 2026
Tax
No
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: New Clause 12 20 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
Aye
Where they voted the same
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 88 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (l) 20 May 2026
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
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Voting source Commons Votes API