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Ms Diane Abbott vs Aphra Brandreth

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


Voting alignment

Ms Diane Abbott and Aphra Brandreth voted the same way 3% of the time, based on 218 shared comparable votes.

7 same votes 211 different votes 218 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
4 Aye 5 No
Benefits 22% aligned 9 shared votes
3 Aye 6 No
7 Aye 18 No
Crime / Justice 12% aligned 25 shared votes
17 Aye 8 No
9 Aye 3 No
Housing 8% aligned 12 shared votes
4 Aye 8 No
20 Aye 24 No
Tax 0% aligned 44 shared votes
24 Aye 20 No
24 Aye 6 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 30 shared votes
6 Aye 24 No
Most different by topic
20 Aye 24 No
Tax 0% aligned 44 shared votes
24 Aye 20 No
24 Aye 6 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 30 shared votes
6 Aye 24 No
7 Aye 6 No
Education 0% aligned 13 shared votes
6 Aye 7 No
7 Aye 5 No
Defence 0% aligned 12 shared votes
5 Aye 7 No
5 Aye 2 No
Digital / Online Safety 0% aligned 7 shared votes
2 Aye 5 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
64.9%
8% below average
Rank 520 of 649
1,523
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
383
590 eligible divisions
850
55.8% of votes cast
Aye votes
181
47.3% of votes cast
673
44.2% of votes cast
No votes
202
52.7% of votes cast
33
2.2% of votes cast
Against party
15
3.9% of votes cast
39 years, 3 months
Since 11 Jun 1987
Commons service
2 years, 3 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

22
-61.7 vs Commons average
Rank 586 of 649
Appearances
84
+0.3 vs Commons average
Rank 248 of 649
29
-116.9 vs Commons average
Rank 576 of 649
Contributions
96
-49.9 vs Commons average
Rank 354 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
£250,031
all imported IPSA years
£270,312
20% above average
Latest expenses
£250,031
11% above average
3
3 registered categories
Registered interests
12
5 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
Foreign Affairs
4 of 4 votes
Trade
70 of 91 votes
#2
Work / Employment
37 of 39 votes
Migration
129 of 171 votes
#3
Trade
5 of 7 votes
Work / Employment
58 of 77 votes
#4
Defence
24 of 34 votes
NHS / Health
41 of 56 votes
#5
Tax
79 of 112 votes
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API