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Ms Diane Abbott vs Carla Lockhart

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

Photograph of Ms Diane Abbott
Ms Diane Abbott
Lab Hackney North and Stoke Newington
vs
Photograph of Carla Lockhart
Carla Lockhart
DUP Upper Bann

Voting alignment

Ms Diane Abbott and Carla Lockhart voted the same way 39% of the time, based on 466 shared comparable votes.

181 same votes 285 different votes 466 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
0 Aye 4 No
Democracy / Parliament 75% aligned 4 shared votes
1 Aye 3 No
5 Aye 2 No
Digital / Online Safety 71% aligned 7 shared votes
5 Aye 2 No
10 Aye 11 No
Benefits 57% aligned 21 shared votes
15 Aye 6 No
4 Aye 16 No
Transport 55% aligned 20 shared votes
9 Aye 11 No
12 Aye 12 No
Defence 54% aligned 24 shared votes
15 Aye 9 No
Most different by topic
1 Aye 3 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 4 shared votes
3 Aye 1 No
9 Aye 2 No
Energy 9% aligned 11 shared votes
3 Aye 8 No
43 Aye 22 No
Tax 18% aligned 65 shared votes
30 Aye 35 No
8 Aye 6 No
Housing 21% aligned 14 shared votes
9 Aye 5 No
16 Aye 18 No
Brexit / EU 24% aligned 34 shared votes
18 Aye 16 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
45.5%
27% below average
Rank 628 of 649
1,523
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
755
1,658 eligible divisions
850
55.8% of votes cast
Aye votes
389
51.5% of votes cast
673
44.2% of votes cast
No votes
366
48.5% of votes cast
33
2.2% of votes cast
Against party
1
0.1% of votes cast
39 years, 4 months
Since 11 Jun 1987
Commons service
6 years, 9 months
Since 12 Dec 2019

Debates

22
-61.6 vs Commons average
Rank 586 of 650
Appearances
176
+92.4 vs Commons average
Rank 35 of 650
29
-116.7 vs Commons average
Rank 576 of 650
Contributions
198
+52.3 vs Commons average
Rank 140 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
£1,275,108
all imported IPSA years
£270,312
20% above average
Latest expenses
£258,626
14% above average
3
3 registered categories
Registered interests
3
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

Brexit / EU
175 of 211 votes
#1
Foreign Affairs
41 of 50 votes
Trade
70 of 91 votes
#2
Brexit / EU
46 of 63 votes
Migration
129 of 171 votes
#3
Devolution / Local Government
38 of 55 votes
Work / Employment
58 of 77 votes
#4
Crime / Justice
100 of 174 votes
NHS / Health
41 of 56 votes
#5
Environment / Climate
24 of 44 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No
Opposition Day: Oil and gas 24 Mar 2026
Energy
Aye
Aye
National Insurance Contributions (Employer Pensions Contributions) Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 6 23 Mar 2026
Tax
No
Aye
National Insurance Contributions (Employer Pensions Contributions) Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 5 23 Mar 2026
Tax
No
Aye
National Insurance Contributions (Employer Pensions Contributions) Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 3 23 Mar 2026
Tax
No
Aye
National Insurance Contributions (Employer Pensions Contributions) Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 2 23 Mar 2026
Tax
No
Aye
National Insurance Contributions (Employer Pensions Contributions) Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 1 23 Mar 2026
Tax
No
No
Universal Credit (Removal of Two Child Limit) Bill Committee: New Clause 3 23 Feb 2026
Benefits
Aye
No
Industry and Exports (Financial Assistance) Bill Committee: New Clause 3 23 Feb 2026
Trade
Aye
No
Industry and Exports (Financial Assistance) Bill Committee: New Clause 2 23 Feb 2026
Trade
Aye
No
Industry and Exports (Financial Assistance) Bill Committee: Amendment 1 23 Feb 2026
Trade
Aye
Where they voted the same
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading 11 Sept 2026
No
No
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
No
Aye
Privilege 28 Apr 2026
Aye
No
Draft Employment Rights Act 2025 (Investigatory Powers) (Consequential Amendments) Regulations 2026 18 Mar 2026
Crime / Justice Digital / Online Safety Work / Employment
No
No
Draft Higher Education (Fee Limits and Fee Limit Condition) (England) (Amendment) Regulations 2026 18 Mar 2026
Education
No
No
Courts and Tribunals Bill: Second Reading 10 Mar 2026
Crime / Justice
No
Aye
Courts and Tribunals Bill: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 10 Mar 2026
Crime / Justice
Aye
No
Opposition Day: Protections for children from online harms 24 Feb 2026
Education
No
Aye
Universal Credit (Removal of Two Child Limit) Bill: Third Reading 23 Feb 2026
Benefits
Aye
Aye
Universal Credit (Removal of Two Child Limit) Bill: Second Reading 3 Feb 2026
Benefits
Aye
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