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Valerie Vaz vs Alberto Costa

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

Photograph of Valerie Vaz
Valerie Vaz
Lab Walsall and Bloxwich
vs
Photograph of Alberto Costa
Alberto Costa
Con South Leicestershire

Voting alignment

Valerie Vaz and Alberto Costa voted the same way 5% of the time, based on 1,514 shared comparable votes.

83 same votes 1,431 different votes 1,514 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
106 Aye 64 No
Brexit / EU 8% aligned 170 shared votes
69 Aye 101 No
23 Aye 10 No
NHS / Health 6% aligned 33 shared votes
12 Aye 21 No
33 Aye 16 No
Energy 4% aligned 49 shared votes
18 Aye 31 No
13 Aye 16 No
Democracy / Parliament 3% aligned 29 shared votes
15 Aye 14 No
47 Aye 20 No
Education 3% aligned 67 shared votes
22 Aye 45 No
Most different by topic
39 Aye 23 No
Foreign Affairs 0% aligned 62 shared votes
23 Aye 39 No
22 Aye 28 No
Defence 0% aligned 50 shared votes
28 Aye 22 No
32 Aye 17 No
Housing 0% aligned 49 shared votes
17 Aye 32 No
22 Aye 11 No
Benefits 0% aligned 33 shared votes
11 Aye 22 No
11 Aye 22 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 33 shared votes
22 Aye 11 No

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

Voting record

76.6%
4% above average
Rank 275 of 649
Participation
81.1%
8% above average
Rank 179 of 649
1,821
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,927
2,376 eligible divisions
1,024
56.2% of votes cast
Aye votes
912
47.3% of votes cast
797
43.8% of votes cast
No votes
1,015
52.7% of votes cast
13
0.7% of votes cast
Against party
9
0.5% of votes cast
16 years, 4 months
Since 6 May 2010
Commons service
11 years, 4 months
Since 7 May 2015

Debates

29
-53.3 vs Commons average
Rank 561 of 649
Appearances
22
-60.3 vs Commons average
Rank 587 of 649
14
-129.5 vs Commons average
Rank 616 of 649
Contributions
23
-120.5 vs Commons average
Rank 594 of 649

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

Financials and interests

£2,436,824
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,033,867
all imported IPSA years
£218,663
3% below average
Latest expenses
£291,572
29% above average
2
2 registered categories
Registered interests
29
7 registered categories
2
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
67 of 69 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
199 of 211 votes
Education
91 of 96 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
64 of 69 votes
Migration
149 of 171 votes
#3
Environment / Climate
44 of 48 votes
Brexit / EU
181 of 211 votes
#4
Work / Employment
70 of 77 votes
Transport
80 of 95 votes
#5
Trade
80 of 91 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Representation of the People Bill: Third Reading 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 67 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
Aye
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 65 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
Aye
No
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 19 14 Jul 2026
Aye
No
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 199 14 Jul 2026
Aye
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
No
National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: New Clause 3 17 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
Where they voted the same
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading 11 Sept 2026
No
No
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
No
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
Sentencing Bill Committee: New Clause 30 21 Oct 2025
Crime / Justice
No
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Third Reading 20 Jun 2025
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
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading 29 Nov 2024
No
Aye
Tobacco and Vapes Bill: Second Reading 16 Apr 2024
NHS / Health
Aye
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