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Richard Foord vs Alberto Costa

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


Voting alignment

Richard Foord and Alberto Costa voted the same way 38% of the time, based on 503 shared comparable votes.

189 same votes 314 different votes 503 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
10 Aye 11 No
Education 81% aligned 21 shared votes
8 Aye 13 No
35 Aye 34 No
Tax 67% aligned 69 shared votes
24 Aye 45 No
15 Aye 11 No
Defence 65% aligned 26 shared votes
16 Aye 10 No
8 Aye 29 No
Work / Employment 62% aligned 37 shared votes
14 Aye 23 No
5 Aye 0 No
NHS / Health 60% aligned 5 shared votes
3 Aye 2 No
Most different by topic
17 Aye 3 No
Energy 0% aligned 20 shared votes
3 Aye 17 No
5 Aye 6 No
Brexit / EU 0% aligned 11 shared votes
6 Aye 5 No
3 Aye 0 No
Cost of Living 0% aligned 3 shared votes
0 Aye 3 No
17 Aye 7 No
Foreign Affairs 4% aligned 24 shared votes
6 Aye 18 No
17 Aye 55 No
Migration 6% aligned 72 shared votes
51 Aye 21 No

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

Voting record

61.1%
12% below average
Rank 566 of 649
Participation
81.1%
8% above average
Rank 179 of 649
664
1,087 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,927
2,376 eligible divisions
358
53.9% of votes cast
Aye votes
912
47.3% of votes cast
306
46.1% of votes cast
No votes
1,015
52.7% of votes cast
4
0.6% of votes cast
Against party
9
0.5% of votes cast
4 years, 3 months
Since 23 Jun 2022
Commons service
11 years, 5 months
Since 7 May 2015

Debates

244
+160.4 vs Commons average
Rank 10 of 650
Appearances
23
-60.6 vs Commons average
Rank 585 of 650
267
+121.3 vs Commons average
Rank 78 of 650
Contributions
24
-121.7 vs Commons average
Rank 597 of 650

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

Financials and interests

£772,982
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,033,867
all imported IPSA years
£302,531
34% above average
Latest expenses
£291,572
29% above average
1
1 registered category
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
24 of 29 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
199 of 211 votes
Environment / Climate
16 of 20 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
64 of 69 votes
Housing
34 of 44 votes
#3
Environment / Climate
44 of 48 votes
Democracy / Parliament
13 of 17 votes
#4
Work / Employment
70 of 77 votes
Migration
74 of 97 votes
#5
Trade
80 of 91 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
No
Where they voted the same
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API