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Dame Meg Hillier vs Alberto Costa

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

Photograph of Dame Meg Hillier
Dame Meg Hillier
Lab Hackney South and Shoreditch
vs
Photograph of Alberto Costa
Alberto Costa
Con South Leicestershire

Voting alignment

Dame Meg Hillier and Alberto Costa voted the same way 5% of the time, based on 1,442 shared comparable votes.

72 same votes 1,370 different votes 1,442 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
32 Aye 16 No
Energy 6% aligned 48 shared votes
19 Aye 29 No
108 Aye 71 No
Brexit / EU 6% aligned 179 shared votes
73 Aye 106 No
27 Aye 16 No
Benefits 5% aligned 43 shared votes
14 Aye 29 No
30 Aye 27 No
Transport 4% aligned 57 shared votes
29 Aye 28 No
38 Aye 79 No
Migration 3% aligned 117 shared votes
77 Aye 40 No
Most different by topic
38 Aye 20 No
Foreign Affairs 0% aligned 58 shared votes
20 Aye 38 No
28 Aye 28 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 56 shared votes
28 Aye 28 No
21 Aye 25 No
Defence 0% aligned 46 shared votes
25 Aye 21 No
22 Aye 23 No
Housing 0% aligned 45 shared votes
23 Aye 22 No
21 Aye 10 No
NHS / Health 0% aligned 31 shared votes
10 Aye 21 No

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

Voting record

73.4%
1% above average
Rank 346 of 649
Participation
81.1%
8% above average
Rank 179 of 649
1,745
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,927
2,376 eligible divisions
985
56.4% of votes cast
Aye votes
912
47.3% of votes cast
760
43.6% of votes cast
No votes
1,015
52.7% of votes cast
21
1.2% of votes cast
Against party
9
0.5% of votes cast
21 years, 4 months
Since 5 May 2005
Commons service
11 years, 4 months
Since 7 May 2015

Debates

130
+47.7 vs Commons average
Rank 94 of 649
Appearances
22
-60.3 vs Commons average
Rank 587 of 649
202
+58.5 vs Commons average
Rank 131 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

£2,571,517
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,033,867
all imported IPSA years
£274,096
21% above average
Latest expenses
£291,572
29% above average
9
2 registered categories
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

Brexit / EU
190 of 211 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
199 of 211 votes
Foreign Affairs
61 of 69 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
64 of 69 votes
Education
82 of 96 votes
#3
Environment / Climate
44 of 48 votes
NHS / Health
47 of 56 votes
#4
Work / Employment
70 of 77 votes
Benefits
66 of 81 votes
#5
Trade
80 of 91 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No
Social Housing Bill [Lords]: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 10 Sept 2026
Housing
Aye
Aye
Draft Plant Health, Seeds, Seed Potatoes and Plant Propagating Material (Amendment) (Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026 9 Sept 2026
No
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: Amendment 1 8 Sept 2026
Aye
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 143 8 Sept 2026
Aye
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 142 8 Sept 2026
Aye
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 145 7 Sept 2026
Aye
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
Aye
Draft Code of Practice on Electronic and Workplace Ballots for Statutory Trade Union Ballots 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
No
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
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
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
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