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Jack Abbott vs Sojan Joseph

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 Sojan Joseph
Sojan Joseph
Lab Ashford

Voting alignment

Jack Abbott and Sojan Joseph voted the same way 98% of the time, based on 540 shared comparable votes.

530 same votes 10 different votes 540 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
58 Aye 45 No
Tax 100% aligned 103 shared votes
58 Aye 45 No
31 Aye 27 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 58 shared votes
31 Aye 27 No
32 Aye 18 No
Education 100% aligned 50 shared votes
32 Aye 18 No
29 Aye 9 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 38 shared votes
29 Aye 9 No
13 Aye 21 No
Defence 100% aligned 34 shared votes
13 Aye 21 No
Most different by topic
58 Aye 45 No
Tax 100% aligned 103 shared votes
58 Aye 45 No
31 Aye 27 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 58 shared votes
31 Aye 27 No
32 Aye 18 No
Education 100% aligned 50 shared votes
32 Aye 18 No
29 Aye 9 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 38 shared votes
29 Aye 9 No
13 Aye 21 No
Defence 100% aligned 34 shared votes
13 Aye 21 No

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

Voting record

91.1%
19% above average
Rank 12 of 650
Participation
90.0%
18% above average
Rank 19 of 650
575
631 eligible divisions
Total votes
568
631 eligible divisions
285
49.6% of votes cast
Aye votes
282
49.6% of votes cast
290
50.4% of votes cast
No votes
286
50.4% of votes cast
3
0.5% of votes cast
Against party
14
2.5% of votes cast
2 years, 4 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
2 years, 4 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

47
-47.5 vs Commons average
Rank 502 of 650
Appearances
75
-19.5 vs Commons average
Rank 340 of 650
56
-108.6 vs Commons average
Rank 516 of 650
Contributions
89
-75.6 vs Commons average
Rank 419 of 650

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

Financials and interests

£181,221
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£158,669
all imported IPSA years
£181,221
20% below average
Latest expenses
£158,669
30% below average
6
3 registered categories
Registered interests
6
4 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

Education
50 of 50 votes
#1
Education
50 of 50 votes
Work / Employment
42 of 42 votes
#2
Defence
34 of 34 votes
Defence
34 of 34 votes
#3
Benefits
30 of 30 votes
Foreign Affairs
17 of 17 votes
#4
Devolution / Local Government
24 of 24 votes
Democracy / Parliament
14 of 14 votes
#5
Energy
20 of 20 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Third Reading 20 Jun 2025
No rebel
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Amendment 94 20 Jun 2025
No rebel
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Amendment 77 20 Jun 2025
No rebel
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Amendment 12 20 Jun 2025
Aye rebel
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Amendment 24 20 Jun 2025
Aye rebel
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: New Clause 16 20 Jun 2025
Aye rebel
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: New Clause 1 13 Jun 2025
Aye rebel
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Amendment (b) to New Clause 14 13 Jun 2025
Aye rebel
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill Report Stage: Amendment (a) to New Clause 10 16 May 2025
Aye rebel
Aye
Closure motion 16 May 2025
No rebel
Where they voted the same
Aye
Draft Town and Country Planning (Fees for Applications, Deemed Applications, Requests and Site Visits) (England) (Amendment and Transitional Provision) Regulations 2026 27 Oct 2026
Aye
No
Opposition day motion: Support for British farmers 21 Oct 2026
No
Aye
Withdrawal Agreement (Windsor Framework and Governance) (Amendment) Regulations 2026 21 Oct 2026
Brexit / EU Foreign Affairs
Aye
Aye
Draft Railways (Interoperability in Northern Ireland) (Convention on International Carriage by Rail) (Amendment) Regulations 2026 21 Oct 2026
Transport
Aye
Aye
Draft Code of Practice on Access and Unfair Practices During the Recognition and Derecognition Process 21 Oct 2026
Aye
Aye
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill: Third Reading 20 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
Aye
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: New Clause 12 20 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: New Clause 7 20 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: Amendment 32 20 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: Amendment 51 20 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
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