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Simon Hoare vs Alberto Costa

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


Voting alignment

Simon Hoare and Alberto Costa voted the same way 98% of the time, based on 1,607 shared comparable votes.

1,573 same votes 34 different votes 1,607 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
94 Aye 144 No
Tax 100% aligned 238 shared votes
94 Aye 144 No
78 Aye 80 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 158 shared votes
78 Aye 80 No
28 Aye 32 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 60 shared votes
28 Aye 32 No
20 Aye 38 No
Education 100% aligned 58 shared votes
20 Aye 38 No
29 Aye 25 No
Defence 100% aligned 54 shared votes
29 Aye 25 No
Most different by topic
34 Aye 29 No
Trade 87% aligned 63 shared votes
34 Aye 29 No
58 Aye 39 No
Migration 92% aligned 97 shared votes
62 Aye 35 No
21 Aye 17 No
Environment / Climate 97% aligned 38 shared votes
22 Aye 16 No
23 Aye 31 No
Energy 98% aligned 54 shared votes
22 Aye 32 No
74 Aye 110 No
Brexit / EU 98% aligned 184 shared votes
73 Aye 111 No

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

Voting record

73.9%
2% above average
Rank 334 of 650
Participation
80.8%
8% above average
Rank 179 of 650
1,786
2,417 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,953
2,417 eligible divisions
840
47.0% of votes cast
Aye votes
925
47.4% of votes cast
946
53.0% of votes cast
No votes
1,028
52.6% of votes cast
46
2.6% of votes cast
Against party
9
0.5% of votes cast
11 years, 6 months
Since 7 May 2015
Commons service
11 years, 6 months
Since 7 May 2015

Debates

101
+6.5 vs Commons average
Rank 222 of 650
Appearances
23
-71.5 vs Commons average
Rank 601 of 650
132
-32.6 vs Commons average
Rank 295 of 650
Contributions
24
-140.6 vs Commons average
Rank 609 of 650

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

Financials and interests

£2,084,672
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,033,867
all imported IPSA years
£272,934
21% above average
Latest expenses
£291,572
29% above average
4
3 registered categories
Registered interests
30
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

Brexit / EU
193 of 212 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
200 of 212 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
76 of 82 votes
Energy
58 of 70 votes
#3
Environment / Climate
44 of 49 votes
Transport
79 of 98 votes
#4
Work / Employment
70 of 80 votes
Defence
56 of 71 votes
#5
Energy
61 of 70 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Where they voted the same
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API