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Sir John Hayes vs Alberto Costa

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

Photograph of Sir John Hayes
Sir John Hayes
Con South Holland and The Deepings
vs
Photograph of Alberto Costa
Alberto Costa
Con South Leicestershire

Voting alignment

Sir John Hayes and Alberto Costa voted the same way 98% of the time, based on 1,746 shared comparable votes.

1,718 same votes 28 different votes 1,746 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
86 Aye 84 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 170 shared votes
86 Aye 84 No
30 Aye 40 No
Foreign Affairs 100% aligned 70 shared votes
30 Aye 40 No
34 Aye 28 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 62 shared votes
34 Aye 28 No
22 Aye 34 No
Housing 100% aligned 56 shared votes
22 Aye 34 No
28 Aye 25 No
Defence 100% aligned 53 shared votes
28 Aye 25 No
Most different by topic
86 Aye 38 No
Migration 98% aligned 124 shared votes
83 Aye 41 No
23 Aye 19 No
Environment / Climate 98% aligned 42 shared votes
24 Aye 18 No
74 Aye 119 No
Brexit / EU 98% aligned 193 shared votes
76 Aye 117 No
21 Aye 43 No
Education 98% aligned 64 shared votes
22 Aye 42 No
38 Aye 34 No
Trade 99% aligned 72 shared votes
39 Aye 33 No

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

Voting record

81.8%
9% above average
Rank 155 of 650
Participation
80.8%
8% above average
Rank 179 of 650
1,977
2,417 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,953
2,417 eligible divisions
933
47.2% of votes cast
Aye votes
925
47.4% of votes cast
1,044
52.8% of votes cast
No votes
1,028
52.6% of votes cast
25
1.3% of votes cast
Against party
9
0.5% of votes cast
29 years, 6 months
Since 1 May 1997
Commons service
11 years, 6 months
Since 7 May 2015

Debates

141
+46.5 vs Commons average
Rank 106 of 650
Appearances
23
-71.5 vs Commons average
Rank 601 of 650
274
+109.4 vs Commons average
Rank 99 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

£2,932,645
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,033,867
all imported IPSA years
£280,368
24% above average
Latest expenses
£291,572
29% above average
4
3 registered categories
Registered interests
30
7 registered categories
2
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
203 of 212 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
200 of 212 votes
Foreign Affairs
76 of 82 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
76 of 82 votes
Environment / Climate
45 of 49 votes
#3
Environment / Climate
44 of 49 votes
Housing
60 of 67 votes
#4
Work / Employment
70 of 80 votes
Trade
81 of 94 votes
#5
Energy
61 of 70 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No rebel
Finance (No. 2) Bill Committee: New Clause 9 13 Jan 2026
Tax
Aye
Aye rebel
Safety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) Bill Committee: Amendment 23 17 Jan 2024
Migration
No
Aye rebel
Safety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) Bill Committee: Amendment 19 16 Jan 2024
Migration
No
Aye rebel
Safety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) Bill Committee: Amendment 10 16 Jan 2024
Migration
No
No rebel
Draft Equality Act 2010 (Amendment) Regulations 2023 13 Dec 2023
Aye
No rebel
Draft Vehicle Emissions Trading Schemes Order 2023 4 Dec 2023
Environment / Climate
Aye
No rebel
Draft Postal Packets (Miscellaneous Amendments) Order 2023 18 Jul 2023
Aye
No rebel
Relationships and Sexuality Education (Northern Ireland) (Amendment) Regulations 2023 28 Jun 2023
Education
Aye
No rebel
Abortion (Northern Ireland) Regulations 2022 (SI, 2022, No. 554) 22 Jun 2022
Aye
No rebel
Health Protection (Entry to venues etc) SI No 1416 14 Dec 2021
Aye
Where they voted the same
No
Railways Bill: Carry-over extension (Motion) 4 Nov 2026
Transport
No
Aye
Sporting Events Bill [Lords] Report: Amendment 8 4 Nov 2026
Aye
Aye
Sporting Events Bill [Lords] Report: Amendment 6 4 Nov 2026
Aye
No
Budget Resolution No. 86: High value council tax surcharge 3 Nov 2026
Tax
No
No
Budget Resolution No. 76: Rates of alcohol duty 3 Nov 2026
Tax
No
No
Budget Resolution No. 15: Charges in connection with employment visas 3 Nov 2026
Tax
No
No
Budget Resolution No. 8: Capital gains tax (business asset disposal relief) 3 Nov 2026
Tax Transport
No
No
Budget Resolution No.7: Increase in rate of banking surcharge for temporary period 3 Nov 2026
Tax
No
No
Budget Resolution No. 3: Income tax (default, property and savings rates) 3 Nov 2026
Tax
No
No
Draft Code of Practice on Access and Unfair Practices During the Recognition and Derecognition Process 21 Oct 2026
No
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