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Ms Diane Abbott vs Andy McDonald

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


Voting alignment

Ms Diane Abbott and Andy McDonald voted the same way 99% of the time, based on 1,337 shared comparable votes.

1,328 same votes 9 different votes 1,337 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
116 Aye 64 No
Tax 100% aligned 180 shared votes
116 Aye 64 No
108 Aye 67 No
Brexit / EU 100% aligned 175 shared votes
108 Aye 67 No
30 Aye 31 No
Trade 100% aligned 61 shared votes
30 Aye 31 No
26 Aye 28 No
Transport 100% aligned 54 shared votes
26 Aye 28 No
24 Aye 20 No
Defence 100% aligned 44 shared votes
24 Aye 20 No
Most different by topic
26 Aye 19 No
Benefits 96% aligned 45 shared votes
24 Aye 21 No
14 Aye 10 No
Devolution / Local Government 96% aligned 24 shared votes
13 Aye 11 No
18 Aye 9 No
Digital / Online Safety 96% aligned 27 shared votes
19 Aye 8 No
34 Aye 16 No
Education 98% aligned 50 shared votes
33 Aye 17 No
32 Aye 79 No
Migration 98% aligned 111 shared votes
30 Aye 81 No

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

Voting record

64.1%
9% below average
Rank 531 of 649
Participation
75.5%
3% above average
Rank 298 of 649
1,523
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,794
2,376 eligible divisions
850
55.8% of votes cast
Aye votes
996
55.5% of votes cast
673
44.2% of votes cast
No votes
798
44.5% of votes cast
33
2.2% of votes cast
Against party
23
1.3% of votes cast
39 years, 3 months
Since 11 Jun 1987
Commons service
13 years, 10 months
Since 29 Nov 2012

Debates

22
-61.7 vs Commons average
Rank 586 of 649
Appearances
90
+6.3 vs Commons average
Rank 219 of 649
29
-116.9 vs Commons average
Rank 576 of 649
Contributions
120
-25.9 vs Commons average
Rank 272 of 649

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

Financials and interests

£2,702,592
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,505,391
all imported IPSA years
£270,312
20% above average
Latest expenses
£296,890
31% above average
3
3 registered categories
Registered interests
4
2 registered categories
0
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
2
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
175 of 211 votes
#1
Work / Employment
71 of 77 votes
Trade
70 of 91 votes
#2
Defence
65 of 71 votes
Migration
129 of 171 votes
#3
Democracy / Parliament
42 of 47 votes
Work / Employment
58 of 77 votes
#4
Brexit / EU
182 of 211 votes
NHS / Health
41 of 56 votes
#5
Transport
81 of 95 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Where they voted the same
Aye
Privilege 28 Apr 2026
Aye
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API