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Jack Abbott vs Rebecca Paul

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

Photograph of Jack Abbott
Jack Abbott
Lab Ipswich
vs
Photograph of Rebecca Paul
Rebecca Paul
Con Reigate

Voting alignment

Jack Abbott and Rebecca Paul voted the same way 2% of the time, based on 348 shared comparable votes.

8 same votes 340 different votes 348 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
14 Aye 3 No
Benefits 12% aligned 17 shared votes
1 Aye 16 No
21 Aye 18 No
Crime / Justice 5% aligned 39 shared votes
18 Aye 21 No
39 Aye 29 No
Tax 0% aligned 68 shared votes
29 Aye 39 No
22 Aye 13 No
Education 0% aligned 35 shared votes
13 Aye 22 No
21 Aye 8 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 29 shared votes
8 Aye 21 No
Most different by topic
39 Aye 29 No
Tax 0% aligned 68 shared votes
29 Aye 39 No
22 Aye 13 No
Education 0% aligned 35 shared votes
13 Aye 22 No
21 Aye 8 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 29 shared votes
8 Aye 21 No
11 Aye 11 No
Defence 0% aligned 22 shared votes
11 Aye 11 No
14 Aye 5 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 19 shared votes
5 Aye 14 No

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

Voting record

91.2 %
18 % above average
Rank 13 of 650
Participation
78.7 %
6 % above average
Rank 233 of 650
509
558 eligible divisions
Total votes
439
558 eligible divisions
254
49.9 % of votes cast
Aye votes
196
44.6 % of votes cast
255
50.1 % of votes cast
No votes
243
55.4 % of votes cast
3
0.6 % of votes cast
Against party
1
0.2 % of votes cast
1 years, 11 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
1 years, 11 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

20
-49.7 vs Commons average
Rank 575 of 650
Appearances
81
+11.3 vs Commons average
Rank 185 of 650
27
-96.8 vs Commons average
Rank 571 of 650
Contributions
124
+0.2 vs Commons average
Rank 204 of 650

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

Financials and interests

£181,106
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£124,847
all imported IPSA years
£181,106
20 % below average
Latest expenses
£124,847
45 % below average
6
3 registered categories
Registered interests
4
3 registered categories
0
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
0
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

Crime / Justice
61 of 61 votes
#1
Foreign Affairs
4 of 4 votes
Education
49 of 49 votes
#2
Work / Employment
34 of 37 votes
Work / Employment
37 of 37 votes
#3
Democracy / Parliament
9 of 10 votes
Defence
33 of 33 votes
#4
Defence
29 of 33 votes
NHS / Health
11 of 11 votes
#5
Devolution / Local Government
21 of 24 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Draft Climate Change Act 2008 (Credit Limit) Order 2026 24 Jun 2026
Environment / Climate
No
Aye
Draft Climate Change Act 2008 (International Aviation and International Shipping) Regulations 2026 24 Jun 2026
Environment / Climate Transport
No
Aye
Customs (Tariff and Miscellaneous Amendments) (No. 4) Regulations 2026 24 Jun 2026
Trade
No
No
Opposition Day: Puberty blockers 23 Jun 2026
Aye
Aye
Opposition Day Motion: Defence spending and readiness - Prime Minister's Amendment 23 Jun 2026
Defence
No
No
Opposition day: Defence spending and readiness 23 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
No
Armed Forces Bill Report Stage: Amendment 11 22 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
No
Armed Forces Bill Report Stage: New Clause 11 22 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
No
Armed Forces Bill Report Stage: New Clause 4 22 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
No
National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: New Clause 3 17 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
Where they voted the same
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (l) 20 May 2026
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
Aye
Terrorism Act 2000 (Proscribed Organisations) (Amendment) Order 2025 2 Jul 2025
Crime / Justice
Aye
No
Crime and Policing Bill Report Stage: Amendment 160 17 Jun 2025
Crime / Justice
No
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: New Clause 2 13 Jun 2025
Aye
No
Elections (proportional representation): Ten Minute Rule Motion 3 Dec 2024
No
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading 29 Nov 2024
No
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Voting source Commons Votes API