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Emily Thornberry vs Alberto Costa

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

Photograph of Emily Thornberry
Emily Thornberry
Lab Islington South and Finsbury
vs
Photograph of Alberto Costa
Alberto Costa
Con South Leicestershire

Voting alignment

Emily Thornberry and Alberto Costa voted the same way 4% of the time, based on 1,245 shared comparable votes.

54 same votes 1,191 different votes 1,245 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
103 Aye 55 No
Brexit / EU 6% aligned 158 shared votes
61 Aye 97 No
8 Aye 14 No
Democracy / Parliament 5% aligned 22 shared votes
13 Aye 9 No
14 Aye 9 No
NHS / Health 4% aligned 23 shared votes
10 Aye 13 No
29 Aye 30 No
Trade 3% aligned 59 shared votes
32 Aye 27 No
31 Aye 76 No
Migration 3% aligned 107 shared votes
73 Aye 34 No
Most different by topic
30 Aye 21 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 51 shared votes
21 Aye 30 No
28 Aye 18 No
Housing 0% aligned 46 shared votes
18 Aye 28 No
21 Aye 23 No
Defence 0% aligned 44 shared votes
23 Aye 21 No
30 Aye 14 No
Foreign Affairs 0% aligned 44 shared votes
14 Aye 30 No
22 Aye 14 No
Energy 0% aligned 36 shared votes
14 Aye 22 No

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

Voting record

61.8%
11% below average
Rank 559 of 649
Participation
81.1%
8% above average
Rank 179 of 649
1,469
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,927
2,376 eligible divisions
815
55.5% of votes cast
Aye votes
912
47.3% of votes cast
654
44.5% 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
21 years, 5 months
Since 5 May 2005
Commons service
11 years, 5 months
Since 7 May 2015

Debates

80
-3.7 vs Commons average
Rank 272 of 649
Appearances
23
-60.7 vs Commons average
Rank 585 of 649
131
-14.9 vs Commons average
Rank 237 of 649
Contributions
24
-121.9 vs Commons average
Rank 597 of 649

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

Financials and interests

£2,941,443
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,033,867
all imported IPSA years
£294,489
30% above average
Latest expenses
£291,572
29% above average
2
2 registered categories
Registered interests
29
7 registered categories
2
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
167 of 211 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
199 of 211 votes
Migration
124 of 171 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
64 of 69 votes
Housing
48 of 67 votes
#3
Environment / Climate
44 of 48 votes
Foreign Affairs
49 of 69 votes
#4
Work / Employment
70 of 77 votes
Work / Employment
53 of 77 votes
#5
Trade
80 of 91 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Draft Plant Health, Seeds, Seed Potatoes and Plant Propagating Material (Amendment) (Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026 9 Sept 2026
No
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 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
National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: New Clause 3 17 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
No
National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: Amendment 13 17 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
Where they voted the same
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
Crime and Policing Bill Report Stage: Amendment 160 17 Jun 2025
Crime / Justice
No
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 Equality Act 2010 (Amendment) Regulations 2023 13 Dec 2023
Aye
Aye
Draft Windsor Framework (Enforcement etc.) Regulations 2023 13 Sept 2023
Aye
Aye
Misuse of Drugs Act 1971 (Amendment) Order 2023 12 Sept 2023
Aye
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