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Ms Diane Abbott vs Dr Simon Opher

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


Voting alignment

Ms Diane Abbott and Dr Simon Opher voted the same way 94% of the time, based on 266 shared comparable votes.

249 same votes 17 different votes 266 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
31 Aye 25 No
Tax 100% aligned 56 shared votes
31 Aye 25 No
12 Aye 19 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 31 shared votes
12 Aye 19 No
12 Aye 9 No
Education 100% aligned 21 shared votes
12 Aye 9 No
11 Aye 8 No
Housing 100% aligned 19 shared votes
11 Aye 8 No
12 Aye 7 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 19 shared votes
12 Aye 7 No
Most different by topic
3 Aye 2 No
Migration 60% aligned 5 shared votes
1 Aye 4 No
7 Aye 8 No
Benefits 87% aligned 15 shared votes
5 Aye 10 No
4 Aye 7 No
Devolution / Local Government 91% aligned 11 shared votes
3 Aye 8 No
31 Aye 25 No
Tax 100% aligned 56 shared votes
31 Aye 25 No
12 Aye 19 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 31 shared votes
12 Aye 19 No

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

Voting record

65.2 %
8 % below average
Rank 515 of 647
Participation
79.5 %
7 % above average
Rank 216 of 647
1,519
2,328 eligible divisions
Total votes
431
542 eligible divisions
850
56.0 % of votes cast
Aye votes
208
48.3 % of votes cast
669
44.0 % of votes cast
No votes
223
51.7 % of votes cast
31
2.0 % of votes cast
Against party
7
1.6 % of votes cast
39 years, 0 months
Since 11 Jun 1987
Commons service
1 years, 11 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

13
-52.5 vs Commons average
Rank 603 of 647
Appearances
38
-27.5 vs Commons average
Rank 460 of 647
16
-100.9 vs Commons average
Rank 608 of 647
Contributions
60
-56.9 vs Commons average
Rank 422 of 647

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

Financials and interests

£2,702,592
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£204,255
all imported IPSA years
£270,312
20 % above average
Latest expenses
£204,255
10 % below average
3
3 registered categories
Registered interests
9
4 registered categories
0
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
1
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

Defence
49 of 59 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
175 of 211 votes
#2
NHS / Health
11 of 11 votes
Trade
70 of 88 votes
#3
Environment / Climate
6 of 6 votes
Work / Employment
58 of 75 votes
#4
Foreign Affairs
4 of 4 votes
Migration
127 of 169 votes
#5
Trade
4 of 4 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Where they voted the same
No
No
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API