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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 1% of the time, based on 300 shared comparable votes.

4 same votes 296 different votes 300 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
16 Aye 15 No
Crime / Justice 3% aligned 31 shared votes
14 Aye 17 No
45 Aye 28 No
Tax 0% aligned 73 shared votes
28 Aye 45 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
Most different by topic
45 Aye 28 No
Tax 0% aligned 73 shared votes
28 Aye 45 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 6 No
Housing 0% aligned 23 shared votes
6 Aye 17 No
7 Aye 7 No
Defence 0% aligned 14 shared votes
7 Aye 7 No

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

Voting record

71.3 %
1 % below average
Rank 398 of 649
Participation
81.1 %
8 % above average
Rank 182 of 649
410
575 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,915
2,361 eligible divisions
226
55.1 % of votes cast
Aye votes
905
47.3 % of votes cast
184
44.9 % of votes cast
No votes
1,010
52.7 % of votes cast
0
0.0 % of votes cast
Against party
9
0.5 % of votes cast
2 years, 1 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
11 years, 3 months
Since 7 May 2015

Debates

74
-3.9 vs Commons average
Rank 279 of 650
Appearances
20
-57.9 vs Commons average
Rank 587 of 650
340
+201.7 vs Commons average
Rank 48 of 650
Contributions
21
-117.3 vs Commons average
Rank 594 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
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

Democracy / Parliament
10 of 10 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
199 of 211 votes
Environment / Climate
9 of 9 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
64 of 69 votes
Benefits
29 of 30 votes
#3
Environment / Climate
44 of 48 votes
Energy
18 of 20 votes
#4
Work / Employment
70 of 77 votes
Trade
6 of 7 votes
#5
Trade
80 of 91 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Draft Trade Unions (Permissible Means of Voting) and Employment Rights (Unfair Dismissal) (Amendment) Order 2026 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
No
Aye
Draft Code of Practice on Electronic and Workplace Ballots for Statutory Trade Union Ballots 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
No
No
Immigration and Asylum Bill: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 13 Jul 2026
Migration
Aye
Aye
Draft Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Act 2026 (Establishment of Schools) (Consequential Amendments) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
Education
No
Aye
Draft Supply of Machinery (Safety) (Amendment etc.) and the EU Machinery Regulation (Enforcement etc. in Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
No
Aye
Draft Town and Country Planning (Discharge of Local Planning Authority Functions) (England) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
No
Aye
National Security (State Threats) Bill: motion to agree to Lords Amendment 1 6 Jul 2026
Defence
No
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
Where they voted the same
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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