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Ms Diane Abbott vs Dr Ben Spencer

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
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Photograph of Dr Ben Spencer
Dr Ben Spencer
Con Runnymede and Weybridge

Voting alignment

Ms Diane Abbott and Dr Ben Spencer voted the same way 5% of the time, based on 829 shared comparable votes.

44 same votes 785 different votes 829 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
17 Aye 11 No
NHS / Health 7% aligned 28 shared votes
13 Aye 15 No
13 Aye 4 No
Digital / Online Safety 6% aligned 17 shared votes
3 Aye 14 No
7 Aye 14 No
Benefits 5% aligned 21 shared votes
13 Aye 8 No
7 Aye 16 No
Transport 4% aligned 23 shared votes
17 Aye 6 No
41 Aye 59 No
Crime / Justice 4% aligned 100 shared votes
57 Aye 43 No
Most different by topic
23 Aye 24 No
Brexit / EU 0% aligned 47 shared votes
24 Aye 23 No
25 Aye 18 No
Defence 0% aligned 43 shared votes
18 Aye 25 No
19 Aye 20 No
Trade 0% aligned 39 shared votes
20 Aye 19 No
17 Aye 8 No
Education 0% aligned 25 shared votes
8 Aye 17 No
12 Aye 13 No
Foreign Affairs 0% aligned 25 shared votes
13 Aye 12 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
82.1%
10% above average
Rank 155 of 649
1,523
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,362
1,658 eligible divisions
850
55.8% of votes cast
Aye votes
655
48.1% of votes cast
673
44.2% of votes cast
No votes
707
51.9% of votes cast
33
2.2% of votes cast
Against party
13
1.0% of votes cast
39 years, 3 months
Since 11 Jun 1987
Commons service
6 years, 9 months
Since 12 Dec 2019

Debates

21
-61.3 vs Commons average
Rank 588 of 649
Appearances
107
+24.7 vs Commons average
Rank 143 of 649
28
-115.5 vs Commons average
Rank 578 of 649
Contributions
220
+76.5 vs Commons average
Rank 112 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
£1,246,190
all imported IPSA years
£270,312
20% above average
Latest expenses
£263,058
16% above average
3
3 registered categories
Registered interests
5
3 registered categories
0
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
3
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
48 of 50 votes
Trade
70 of 91 votes
#2
Trade
50 of 53 votes
Migration
129 of 171 votes
#3
Brexit / EU
59 of 63 votes
Work / Employment
58 of 77 votes
#4
Migration
141 of 154 votes
NHS / Health
41 of 56 votes
#5
Environment / Climate
40 of 44 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No
Immigration and Asylum Bill: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 13 Jul 2026
Migration
Aye
No
Opposition Day: Defence 24 Mar 2026
Defence
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
Aye
Finance (No. 2) Bill: Third Reading 11 Mar 2026
Tax
No
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
No
Draft Employment Rights Act 2025 (Investigatory Powers) (Consequential Amendments) Regulations 2026 18 Mar 2026
Crime / Justice Digital / Online Safety Work / Employment
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
Universal Credit and Personal Independent Payment Bill: Second Reading 1 Jul 2025
Benefits
No
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Third Reading 20 Jun 2025
No
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Amendment 94 20 Jun 2025
No
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Amendment 77 20 Jun 2025
No
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Amendment 12 20 Jun 2025
Aye
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