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Chris Elmore vs Alberto Costa

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

Photograph of Chris Elmore
Chris Elmore
Lab Bridgend
vs
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Alberto Costa
Con South Leicestershire

Voting alignment

Chris Elmore and Alberto Costa voted the same way 6% of the time, based on 1,465 shared comparable votes.

86 same votes 1,379 different votes 1,465 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
104 Aye 59 No
Brexit / EU 8% aligned 163 shared votes
64 Aye 99 No
20 Aye 12 No
NHS / Health 6% aligned 32 shared votes
14 Aye 18 No
21 Aye 15 No
Benefits 6% aligned 36 shared votes
13 Aye 23 No
26 Aye 14 No
Energy 5% aligned 40 shared votes
16 Aye 24 No
60 Aye 71 No
Crime / Justice 5% aligned 131 shared votes
73 Aye 58 No
Most different by topic
30 Aye 28 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 58 shared votes
28 Aye 30 No
25 Aye 29 No
Defence 0% aligned 54 shared votes
29 Aye 25 No
35 Aye 15 No
Foreign Affairs 0% aligned 50 shared votes
15 Aye 35 No
32 Aye 17 No
Housing 0% aligned 49 shared votes
17 Aye 32 No
11 Aye 21 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 32 shared votes
21 Aye 11 No

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

Voting record

77.9%
5% above average
Rank 247 of 649
Participation
81.1%
8% above average
Rank 179 of 649
1,812
2,325 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,927
2,376 eligible divisions
995
54.9% of votes cast
Aye votes
912
47.3% of votes cast
817
45.1% of votes cast
No votes
1,015
52.7% of votes cast
0
0.0% of votes cast
Against party
9
0.5% of votes cast
10 years, 4 months
Since 5 May 2016
Commons service
11 years, 4 months
Since 7 May 2015

Debates

39
-43.3 vs Commons average
Rank 507 of 649
Appearances
22
-60.3 vs Commons average
Rank 587 of 649
232
+88.5 vs Commons average
Rank 98 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

£2,290,713
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,033,867
all imported IPSA years
£343,439
52% above average
Latest expenses
£291,572
29% above average
3
1 registered category
Registered interests
29
7 registered categories
1
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

Housing
58 of 62 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
199 of 211 votes
Migration
151 of 165 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
64 of 69 votes
Defence
64 of 71 votes
#3
Environment / Climate
44 of 48 votes
Foreign Affairs
61 of 69 votes
#4
Work / Employment
70 of 77 votes
NHS / Health
48 of 55 votes
#5
Trade
80 of 91 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 145 7 Sept 2026
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
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
Draft Climate Change Act 2008 (Credit Limit) 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
Sentencing Bill Committee: New Clause 30 21 Oct 2025
Crime / Justice
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
Aye
Terrorism Act 2000 (Proscribed Organisations) (Amendment) Order 2025 2 Jul 2025
Crime / Justice
Aye
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
High Speed Rail (Crewe - Manchester) Bill: Instruction (No. 3) 21 May 2024
Transport
Aye
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
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