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Helen Hayes vs Alberto Costa

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

Photograph of Helen Hayes
Helen Hayes
Lab Dulwich and West Norwood
vs
Photograph of Alberto Costa
Alberto Costa
Con South Leicestershire

Voting alignment

Helen Hayes and Alberto Costa voted the same way 5% of the time, based on 1,566 shared comparable votes.

78 same votes 1,488 different votes 1,566 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
24 Aye 11 No
NHS / Health 6% aligned 35 shared votes
13 Aye 22 No
109 Aye 70 No
Brexit / EU 6% aligned 179 shared votes
72 Aye 107 No
26 Aye 15 No
Benefits 5% aligned 41 shared votes
13 Aye 28 No
19 Aye 3 No
Digital / Online Safety 5% aligned 22 shared votes
4 Aye 18 No
31 Aye 17 No
Energy 4% aligned 48 shared votes
19 Aye 29 No
Most different by topic
39 Aye 22 No
Foreign Affairs 0% aligned 61 shared votes
22 Aye 39 No
28 Aye 30 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 58 shared votes
30 Aye 28 No
25 Aye 30 No
Defence 0% aligned 55 shared votes
30 Aye 25 No
32 Aye 22 No
Housing 0% aligned 54 shared votes
22 Aye 32 No
2 Aye 25 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 27 shared votes
25 Aye 2 No

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

Voting record

79.4%
7% above average
Rank 215 of 649
Participation
81.1%
8% above average
Rank 179 of 649
1,886
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,927
2,376 eligible divisions
1,039
55.1% of votes cast
Aye votes
912
47.3% of votes cast
847
44.9% of votes cast
No votes
1,015
52.7% of votes cast
20
1.1% 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

99
+16.7 vs Commons average
Rank 168 of 649
Appearances
22
-60.3 vs Commons average
Rank 587 of 649
127
-16.5 vs Commons average
Rank 245 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

£2,194,899
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,033,867
all imported IPSA years
£295,156
30% above average
Latest expenses
£291,572
29% above average
2
2 registered categories
Registered interests
29
7 registered categories
4
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
65 of 69 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
199 of 211 votes
Housing
63 of 67 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
64 of 69 votes
Brexit / EU
190 of 211 votes
#3
Environment / Climate
44 of 48 votes
Defence
62 of 71 votes
#4
Work / Employment
70 of 77 votes
Democracy / Parliament
41 of 47 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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