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Ms Diane Abbott vs David Davis

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 David Davis
David Davis
Con Goole and Pocklington

Voting alignment

Ms Diane Abbott and David Davis voted the same way 9% of the time, based on 1,045 shared comparable votes.

93 same votes 952 different votes 1,045 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
43 Aye 44 No
Crime / Justice 16% aligned 87 shared votes
42 Aye 45 No
26 Aye 30 No
Trade 14% aligned 56 shared votes
26 Aye 30 No
15 Aye 14 No
Benefits 14% aligned 29 shared votes
12 Aye 17 No
20 Aye 17 No
Defence 14% aligned 37 shared votes
22 Aye 15 No
29 Aye 71 No
Migration 11% aligned 100 shared votes
68 Aye 32 No
Most different by topic
25 Aye 17 No
Foreign Affairs 0% aligned 42 shared votes
17 Aye 25 No
18 Aye 24 No
Transport 0% aligned 42 shared votes
24 Aye 18 No
8 Aye 23 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 31 shared votes
23 Aye 8 No
18 Aye 9 No
Energy 0% aligned 27 shared votes
9 Aye 18 No
14 Aye 9 No
Environment / Climate 0% aligned 23 shared votes
9 Aye 14 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
64.8%
8% below average
Rank 521 of 649
1,523
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,539
2,376 eligible divisions
850
55.8% of votes cast
Aye votes
720
46.8% of votes cast
673
44.2% of votes cast
No votes
819
53.2% of votes cast
33
2.2% of votes cast
Against party
93
6.0% of votes cast
39 years, 3 months
Since 11 Jun 1987
Commons service
18 years, 2 months
Since 10 Jul 2008

Debates

21
-60.7 vs Commons average
Rank 585 of 649
Appearances
53
-28.7 vs Commons average
Rank 422 of 649
28
-114.3 vs Commons average
Rank 580 of 649
Contributions
82
-60.3 vs Commons average
Rank 388 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
£2,621,658
all imported IPSA years
£270,312
20% above average
Latest expenses
£277,187
23% above average
3
3 registered categories
Registered interests
8
3 registered categories
0
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
7
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
198 of 211 votes
Trade
70 of 91 votes
#2
Environment / Climate
41 of 48 votes
Migration
129 of 171 votes
#3
Trade
72 of 91 votes
Work / Employment
58 of 77 votes
#4
Defence
53 of 71 votes
NHS / Health
41 of 56 votes
#5
Migration
126 of 171 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No rebel
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading 11 Sept 2026
Aye rebel
No rebel
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
Aye rebel
No
Immigration and Asylum Bill: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 13 Jul 2026
Migration
Aye
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
Opposition day: Fuel duty 18 Mar 2026
Tax
Aye
Where they voted the same
Aye
Privilege 28 Apr 2026
Aye
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
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: New Clause 2 13 Jun 2025
Aye
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: New Clause 1 13 Jun 2025
Aye
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Amendment (b) to New Clause 14 13 Jun 2025
Aye
Aye
Public Authorities (Fraud, Error and Recovery) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 11 29 Apr 2025
Aye
Aye
the draft Economic Growth (Regulatory Functions) (Amendment) Order 2024 24 Apr 2024
Aye
Aye
Tobacco and Vapes Bill: Second Reading 16 Apr 2024
NHS / Health
Aye
No
Safety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) Bill Committee: Amendment 23 17 Jan 2024
Migration
No
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