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Mary Kelly Foy vs Alberto Costa

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

Photograph of Mary Kelly Foy
Mary Kelly Foy
Lab City of Durham
vs
Photograph of Alberto Costa
Alberto Costa
Con South Leicestershire

Voting alignment

Mary Kelly Foy and Alberto Costa voted the same way 4% of the time, based on 885 shared comparable votes.

39 same votes 846 different votes 885 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
19 Aye 17 No
Benefits 8% aligned 36 shared votes
14 Aye 22 No
16 Aye 5 No
Energy 5% aligned 21 shared votes
6 Aye 15 No
12 Aye 11 No
NHS / Health 4% aligned 23 shared votes
12 Aye 11 No
12 Aye 13 No
Democracy / Parliament 4% aligned 25 shared votes
12 Aye 13 No
35 Aye 67 No
Migration 4% aligned 102 shared votes
63 Aye 39 No
Most different by topic
24 Aye 25 No
Defence 0% aligned 49 shared votes
25 Aye 24 No
19 Aye 24 No
Brexit / EU 0% aligned 43 shared votes
24 Aye 19 No
27 Aye 15 No
Foreign Affairs 0% aligned 42 shared votes
15 Aye 27 No
30 Aye 9 No
Education 0% aligned 39 shared votes
9 Aye 30 No
13 Aye 25 No
Transport 0% aligned 38 shared votes
25 Aye 13 No

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

Voting record

66.4%
6% below average
Rank 494 of 649
Participation
81.1%
8% above average
Rank 179 of 649
1,101
1,658 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,927
2,376 eligible divisions
559
50.8% of votes cast
Aye votes
912
47.3% of votes cast
542
49.2% of votes cast
No votes
1,015
52.7% of votes cast
30
2.7% of votes cast
Against party
9
0.5% of votes cast
6 years, 9 months
Since 12 Dec 2019
Commons service
11 years, 4 months
Since 7 May 2015

Debates

57
-26.7 vs Commons average
Rank 397 of 649
Appearances
23
-60.7 vs Commons average
Rank 585 of 649
70
-75.9 vs Commons average
Rank 444 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

£1,276,742
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,033,867
all imported IPSA years
£286,681
27% above average
Latest expenses
£291,572
29% above average
0
0 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

Environment / Climate
39 of 44 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
199 of 211 votes
Education
59 of 69 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
64 of 69 votes
Foreign Affairs
42 of 50 votes
#3
Environment / Climate
44 of 48 votes
Devolution / Local Government
46 of 55 votes
#4
Work / Employment
70 of 77 votes
Defence
58 of 70 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
No
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 19 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
Draft Town and Country Planning (Discharge of Local Planning Authority Functions) (England) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
No
Aye
Opposition Day: Early release of prisoners 7 Jul 2026
Crime / Justice
Aye
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: Third Reading 9 Jul 2025
Benefits
No
No
Universal Credit and Personal Independent Payment Bill Committee: Amendment 39 9 Jul 2025
Benefits
No
No
Universal Credit and Personal Independent Payment Bill: Second Reading 1 Jul 2025
Benefits
No
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