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Alberto Costa vs Christine Jardine

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
Photograph of Christine Jardine
Christine Jardine
LD Edinburgh West

Voting alignment

Alberto Costa and Christine Jardine voted the same way 16% of the time, based on 1,148 shared comparable votes.

185 same votes 963 different votes 1,148 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
12 Aye 29 No
Education 59% aligned 41 shared votes
27 Aye 14 No
10 Aye 15 No
Devolution / Local Government 48% aligned 25 shared votes
7 Aye 18 No
8 Aye 6 No
NHS / Health 36% aligned 14 shared votes
11 Aye 3 No
21 Aye 23 No
Defence 34% aligned 44 shared votes
26 Aye 18 No
42 Aye 95 No
Tax 31% aligned 137 shared votes
81 Aye 56 No
Most different by topic
10 Aye 3 No
Democracy / Parliament 0% aligned 13 shared votes
3 Aye 10 No
0 Aye 3 No
Cost of Living 0% aligned 3 shared votes
3 Aye 0 No
21 Aye 30 No
Foreign Affairs 2% aligned 51 shared votes
31 Aye 20 No
77 Aye 40 No
Migration 3% aligned 117 shared votes
37 Aye 80 No
10 Aye 20 No
Energy 3% aligned 30 shared votes
21 Aye 9 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 177 of 649
Participation
66.2%
6% below average
Rank 497 of 649
1,919
2,366 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,398
2,111 eligible divisions
907
47.3% of votes cast
Aye votes
779
55.7% of votes cast
1,012
52.7% of votes cast
No votes
619
44.3% of votes cast
9
0.5% of votes cast
Against party
1
0.1% of votes cast
11 years, 3 months
Since 7 May 2015
Commons service
9 years, 2 months
Since 8 Jun 2017

Debates

20
-58.7 vs Commons average
Rank 586 of 649
Appearances
141
+62.3 vs Commons average
Rank 71 of 649
21
-116.1 vs Commons average
Rank 595 of 649
Contributions
142
+4.9 vs Commons average
Rank 201 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
£1,941,958
all imported IPSA years
£291,572
29% above average
Latest expenses
£318,822
41% above average
29
7 registered categories
Registered interests
6
3 registered categories
3
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
16
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
Brexit / EU
176 of 188 votes
Foreign Affairs
64 of 69 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
58 of 69 votes
Environment / Climate
44 of 48 votes
#3
Migration
136 of 163 votes
Work / Employment
70 of 77 votes
#4
Environment / Climate
36 of 46 votes
Trade
80 of 91 votes
#5
Trade
68 of 87 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No
National Security (State Threats) Bill: motion to agree to Lords Amendment 1 6 Jul 2026
Defence
Aye
No
Draft Climate Change Act 2008 (Credit Limit) Order 2026 24 Jun 2026
Environment / Climate
Aye
No
Draft Climate Change Act 2008 (International Aviation and International Shipping) Regulations 2026 24 Jun 2026
Environment / Climate Transport
Aye
No
Draft Carbon Budget Order 2026 24 Jun 2026
Environment / Climate
Aye
Aye
Opposition Day: Puberty blockers 23 Jun 2026
No
Aye
Armed Forces Bill Report Stage: New Clause 11 22 Jun 2026
Defence
No
Aye
National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: Amendment 3 17 Jun 2026
Defence
No
Aye
Armed Forces Bill Committee: New Clause 6 2 Jun 2026
Defence
No
No
Draft Employment Rights Act 2025 (Investigatory Powers) (Consequential Amendments) Regulations 2026 18 Mar 2026
Crime / Justice Digital / Online Safety Work / Employment
Aye
No
Universal Credit (Removal of Two Child Limit) Bill: Third Reading 23 Feb 2026
Benefits
Aye
Where they voted the same
No
Customs (Tariff and Miscellaneous Amendments) (No. 4) Regulations 2026 24 Jun 2026
Trade
No
Aye
Armed Forces Bill Report Stage: Amendment 11 22 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
Aye
Armed Forces Bill Report Stage: New Clause 4 22 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
Aye
National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: New Clause 3 17 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
Aye
National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: Amendment 13 17 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
Aye
National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: Amendment 8 17 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
Aye
Cyber Security and Resilience (Network and Information Systems) Bill Remaining Stages: Amendment 3 16 Jun 2026
Aye
Aye
Cyber Security and Resilience (Network and Information Systems) Bill Remaining Stages: New Clause 14 16 Jun 2026
Aye
Aye
Steel Industry (Nationalisation) Bill Committee: New Clause 8 8 Jun 2026
Aye
No
Draft Agriculture (Delinked Payments) (Reductions) (England) Regulations 2026 3 Jun 2026
No
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