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Ms Diane Abbott vs Bob Blackman

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


Voting alignment

Ms Diane Abbott and Bob Blackman voted the same way 5% of the time, based on 1,379 shared comparable votes.

70 same votes 1,309 different votes 1,379 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
23 Aye 13 No
NHS / Health 8% aligned 36 shared votes
16 Aye 20 No
72 Aye 80 No
Crime / Justice 6% aligned 152 shared votes
85 Aye 67 No
33 Aye 35 No
Trade 6% aligned 68 shared votes
33 Aye 35 No
21 Aye 17 No
Housing 5% aligned 38 shared votes
19 Aye 19 No
22 Aye 17 No
Benefits 5% aligned 39 shared votes
15 Aye 24 No
Most different by topic
34 Aye 84 No
Migration 0% aligned 118 shared votes
84 Aye 34 No
26 Aye 21 No
Defence 0% aligned 47 shared votes
21 Aye 26 No
25 Aye 19 No
Foreign Affairs 0% aligned 44 shared votes
19 Aye 25 No
20 Aye 13 No
Energy 0% aligned 33 shared votes
13 Aye 20 No
13 Aye 11 No
Environment / Climate 0% aligned 24 shared votes
11 Aye 13 No

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

Voting record

64.4 %
8 % below average
Rank 526 of 649
Participation
87.8 %
15 % above average
Rank 50 of 649
1,521
2,361 eligible divisions
Total votes
2,072
2,361 eligible divisions
850
55.9 % of votes cast
Aye votes
972
46.9 % of votes cast
671
44.1 % of votes cast
No votes
1,100
53.1 % of votes cast
31
2.0 % of votes cast
Against party
54
2.6 % of votes cast
39 years, 2 months
Since 11 Jun 1987
Commons service
16 years, 3 months
Since 6 May 2010

Debates

20
-57.9 vs Commons average
Rank 584 of 650
Appearances
146
+68.1 vs Commons average
Rank 61 of 650
27
-111.3 vs Commons average
Rank 577 of 650
Contributions
173
+34.7 vs Commons average
Rank 151 of 650

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

Financials and interests

£2,702,592
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£3,032,116
all imported IPSA years
£270,312
20 % above average
Latest expenses
£312,612
38 % above average
3
3 registered categories
Registered interests
9
6 registered categories
0
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
8
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
Brexit / EU
211 of 211 votes
Trade
70 of 91 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
69 of 69 votes
Migration
129 of 171 votes
#3
Trade
87 of 91 votes
Work / Employment
58 of 77 votes
#4
Defence
66 of 71 votes
Housing
49 of 66 votes
#5
Digital / Online Safety
55 of 60 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No
Aye
No
Aye
Where they voted the same
Aye
Privilege 28 Apr 2026
Aye
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API