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Alberto Costa vs Carolyn Harris

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

Photograph of Alberto Costa
Alberto Costa
Con South Leicestershire
vs
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Carolyn Harris
Lab Neath and Swansea East

Voting alignment

Alberto Costa and Carolyn Harris voted the same way 5% of the time, based on 1,479 shared comparable votes.

76 same votes 1,403 different votes 1,479 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
64 Aye 100 No
Brexit / EU 8% aligned 164 shared votes
105 Aye 59 No
12 Aye 18 No
NHS / Health 7% aligned 30 shared votes
20 Aye 10 No
15 Aye 26 No
Benefits 5% aligned 41 shared votes
24 Aye 17 No
87 Aye 38 No
Migration 4% aligned 125 shared votes
35 Aye 90 No
35 Aye 31 No
Trade 3% aligned 66 shared votes
33 Aye 33 No
Most different by topic
25 Aye 35 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 60 shared votes
35 Aye 25 No
20 Aye 37 No
Foreign Affairs 0% aligned 57 shared votes
37 Aye 20 No
13 Aye 32 No
Housing 0% aligned 45 shared votes
32 Aye 13 No
24 Aye 20 No
Defence 0% aligned 44 shared votes
20 Aye 24 No
25 Aye 18 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 43 shared votes
18 Aye 25 No

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

Voting record

81.1%
8% above average
Rank 179 of 649
Participation
75.1%
3% above average
Rank 308 of 649
1,927
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,785
2,376 eligible divisions
912
47.3% of votes cast
Aye votes
1,025
57.4% of votes cast
1,015
52.7% of votes cast
No votes
760
42.6% of votes cast
9
0.5% of votes cast
Against party
2
0.1% of votes cast
11 years, 4 months
Since 7 May 2015
Commons service
11 years, 4 months
Since 7 May 2015

Debates

22
-60.3 vs Commons average
Rank 587 of 649
Appearances
49
-33.3 vs Commons average
Rank 454 of 649
23
-120.5 vs Commons average
Rank 594 of 649
Contributions
29
-114.5 vs Commons average
Rank 577 of 649

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

Financials and interests

£2,033,867
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,394,912
all imported IPSA years
£291,572
29% above average
Latest expenses
£305,970
35% above average
29
7 registered categories
Registered interests
6
3 registered categories
3
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

Brexit / EU
199 of 211 votes
#1
Foreign Affairs
62 of 69 votes
Foreign Affairs
64 of 69 votes
#2
Environment / Climate
42 of 48 votes
Environment / Climate
44 of 48 votes
#3
Education
83 of 96 votes
Work / Employment
70 of 77 votes
#4
Work / Employment
66 of 77 votes
Trade
80 of 91 votes
#5
Devolution / Local Government
55 of 66 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Social Housing Bill [Lords]: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 10 Sept 2026
Housing
No
No
Draft Plant Health, Seeds, Seed Potatoes and Plant Propagating Material (Amendment) (Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026 9 Sept 2026
Aye
No
Draft Trade Unions (Permissible Means of Voting) and Employment Rights (Unfair Dismissal) (Amendment) Order 2026 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
Aye
No
Draft Code of Practice on Electronic and Workplace Ballots for Statutory Trade Union Ballots 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
Aye
Aye
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 19 14 Jul 2026
No
Aye
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 199 14 Jul 2026
No
Aye
Immigration and Asylum Bill: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 13 Jul 2026
Migration
No
No
Draft Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Act 2026 (Establishment of Schools) (Consequential Amendments) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
Education
Aye
No
Draft Town and Country Planning (Discharge of Local Planning Authority Functions) (England) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
Aye
No
National Security (State Threats) Bill: motion to agree to Lords Amendment 1 6 Jul 2026
Defence
Aye
Where they voted the same
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
Aye
Tobacco and Vapes Bill: Second Reading 16 Apr 2024
NHS / Health
Aye
No
Safety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) Bill Committee: Amendment 23 17 Jan 2024
Migration
No
No
Safety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) Bill Committee: Amendment 19 16 Jan 2024
Migration
No
No
Safety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) Bill Committee: Amendment 10 16 Jan 2024
Migration
No
No
Scotland (Self-Determination): Ten Minute Rule Motion 16 Jan 2024
No
Aye
Draft Vehicle Emissions Trading Schemes Order 2023 4 Dec 2023
Environment / Climate
Aye
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