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Emma Hardy vs Alberto Costa

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

Photograph of Emma Hardy
Emma Hardy
Lab Kingston upon Hull West and Haltemprice
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Photograph of Alberto Costa
Alberto Costa
Con South Leicestershire

Voting alignment

Emma Hardy and Alberto Costa voted the same way 6% of the time, based on 1,255 shared comparable votes.

70 same votes 1,185 different votes 1,255 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
91 Aye 58 No
Brexit / EU 7% aligned 149 shared votes
60 Aye 89 No
17 Aye 14 No
Benefits 6% aligned 31 shared votes
12 Aye 19 No
21 Aye 11 No
NHS / Health 6% aligned 32 shared votes
13 Aye 19 No
25 Aye 12 No
Education 5% aligned 37 shared votes
14 Aye 23 No
28 Aye 74 No
Migration 5% aligned 102 shared votes
71 Aye 31 No
Most different by topic
38 Aye 21 No
Foreign Affairs 0% aligned 59 shared votes
21 Aye 38 No
27 Aye 18 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 45 shared votes
18 Aye 27 No
20 Aye 22 No
Defence 0% aligned 42 shared votes
22 Aye 20 No
15 Aye 22 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 37 shared votes
22 Aye 15 No
23 Aye 11 No
Energy 0% aligned 34 shared votes
11 Aye 23 No

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

Voting record

70.6%
2% below average
Rank 417 of 649
Participation
81.1%
8% above average
Rank 179 of 649
1,497
2,121 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,927
2,376 eligible divisions
807
53.9% of votes cast
Aye votes
912
47.3% of votes cast
690
46.1% of votes cast
No votes
1,015
52.7% of votes cast
10
0.7% of votes cast
Against party
9
0.5% of votes cast
9 years, 3 months
Since 8 Jun 2017
Commons service
11 years, 4 months
Since 7 May 2015

Debates

78
-4.3 vs Commons average
Rank 272 of 649
Appearances
22
-60.3 vs Commons average
Rank 587 of 649
391
+247.5 vs Commons average
Rank 38 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

£1,996,509
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,033,867
all imported IPSA years
£312,134
38% above average
Latest expenses
£291,572
29% above average
0
0 registered categories
Registered interests
29
7 registered categories
6
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

Foreign Affairs
63 of 69 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
199 of 211 votes
Democracy / Parliament
39 of 44 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
64 of 69 votes
NHS / Health
45 of 52 votes
#3
Environment / Climate
44 of 48 votes
Brexit / EU
160 of 188 votes
#4
Work / Employment
70 of 77 votes
Environment / Climate
37 of 46 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: 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 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
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
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
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Third Reading 20 Jun 2025
No
No
Crime and Policing Bill Report Stage: Amendment 160 17 Jun 2025
Crime / Justice
No
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill Report Stage: Amendment (a) to New Clause 10 16 May 2025
Aye
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