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Brendan O'Hara vs Alberto Costa

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

Photograph of Brendan O'Hara
Brendan O'Hara
SNP Argyll, Bute and South Lochaber
vs
Photograph of Alberto Costa
Alberto Costa
Con South Leicestershire

Voting alignment

Brendan O'Hara and Alberto Costa voted the same way 7% of the time, based on 1,170 shared comparable votes.

79 same votes 1,091 different votes 1,170 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
110 Aye 71 No
Tax 20% aligned 181 shared votes
65 Aye 116 No
6 Aye 2 No
NHS / Health 13% aligned 8 shared votes
3 Aye 5 No
24 Aye 18 No
Energy 10% aligned 42 shared votes
16 Aye 26 No
26 Aye 29 No
Work / Employment 7% aligned 55 shared votes
27 Aye 28 No
17 Aye 14 No
Defence 6% aligned 31 shared votes
16 Aye 15 No
Most different by topic
31 Aye 18 No
Foreign Affairs 0% aligned 49 shared votes
18 Aye 31 No
12 Aye 17 No
Democracy / Parliament 0% aligned 29 shared votes
17 Aye 12 No
9 Aye 2 No
Education 0% aligned 11 shared votes
2 Aye 9 No
5 Aye 3 No
Environment / Climate 0% aligned 8 shared votes
3 Aye 5 No
5 Aye 1 No
Cost of Living 0% aligned 6 shared votes
1 Aye 5 No

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

Voting record

57.7%
15% below average
Rank 590 of 649
Participation
81.1%
8% above average
Rank 179 of 649
1,370
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,927
2,376 eligible divisions
754
55.0% of votes cast
Aye votes
912
47.3% of votes cast
616
45.0% of votes cast
No votes
1,015
52.7% of votes cast
1
0.1% of votes cast
Against party
9
0.5% of votes cast
11 years, 4 months
Since 7 May 2015
Commons service
11 years, 4 months
Since 7 May 2015

Debates

80
-1.8 vs Commons average
Rank 259 of 649
Appearances
22
-59.8 vs Commons average
Rank 585 of 649
94
-48.5 vs Commons average
Rank 350 of 649
Contributions
23
-119.5 vs Commons average
Rank 594 of 649

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

Financials and interests

£2,535,264
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,033,867
all imported IPSA years
£358,048
58% above average
Latest expenses
£291,572
29% above average
7
5 registered categories
Registered interests
29
7 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

Migration
163 of 171 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
199 of 211 votes
Brexit / EU
199 of 211 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
64 of 69 votes
Digital / Online Safety
53 of 60 votes
#3
Environment / Climate
44 of 48 votes
Trade
74 of 91 votes
#4
Work / Employment
70 of 77 votes
Work / Employment
62 of 77 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
Aye
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 88 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
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
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
National Security (State Threats) Bill: motion to agree to Lords Amendment 1 6 Jul 2026
Defence
No
Where they voted the same
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address 20 May 2026
No
No
National Insurance Contributions (Employer Pensions Contributions) Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 6 23 Mar 2026
Tax
No
No
National Insurance Contributions (Employer Pensions Contributions) Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 5 23 Mar 2026
Tax
No
No
National Insurance Contributions (Employer Pensions Contributions) Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 3 23 Mar 2026
Tax
No
No
National Insurance Contributions (Employer Pensions Contributions) Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 2 23 Mar 2026
Tax
No
No
National Insurance Contributions (Employer Pensions Contributions) Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 1 23 Mar 2026
Tax
No
Aye
Finance (No. 2) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 6 11 Mar 2026
Tax
Aye
Aye
Finance (No. 2) Bill Report Stage: New Clause 11 11 Mar 2026
Tax
Aye
Aye
Industry and Exports (Financial Assistance) Bill Committee: New Clause 2 23 Feb 2026
Trade
Aye
Aye
Industry and Exports (Financial Assistance) Bill Committee: Amendment 1 23 Feb 2026
Trade
Aye
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