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Ms Diane Abbott vs Edward Argar

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 Edward Argar
Edward Argar
Con Melton and Syston

Voting alignment

Ms Diane Abbott and Edward Argar voted the same way 5% of the time, based on 1,394 shared comparable votes.

75 same votes 1,319 different votes 1,394 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
108 Aye 65 No
Brexit / EU 7% aligned 173 shared votes
69 Aye 104 No
24 Aye 13 No
NHS / Health 5% aligned 37 shared votes
15 Aye 22 No
63 Aye 85 No
Crime / Justice 5% aligned 148 shared votes
86 Aye 62 No
23 Aye 21 No
Benefits 5% aligned 44 shared votes
19 Aye 25 No
17 Aye 12 No
Digital / Online Safety 3% aligned 29 shared votes
11 Aye 18 No
Most different by topic
31 Aye 35 No
Trade 0% aligned 66 shared votes
35 Aye 31 No
26 Aye 21 No
Defence 0% aligned 47 shared votes
21 Aye 26 No
21 Aye 19 No
Foreign Affairs 0% aligned 40 shared votes
19 Aye 21 No
19 Aye 14 No
Energy 0% aligned 33 shared votes
14 Aye 19 No
14 Aye 11 No
Environment / Climate 0% aligned 25 shared votes
11 Aye 14 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
90.2 %
18 % above average
Rank 17 of 649
1,521
2,361 eligible divisions
Total votes
2,130
2,361 eligible divisions
850
55.9 % of votes cast
Aye votes
1,014
47.6 % of votes cast
671
44.1 % of votes cast
No votes
1,116
52.4 % of votes cast
31
2.0 % of votes cast
Against party
2
0.1 % of votes cast
39 years, 2 months
Since 11 Jun 1987
Commons service
11 years, 3 months
Since 7 May 2015

Debates

20
-57.9 vs Commons average
Rank 584 of 650
Appearances
82
+4.1 vs Commons average
Rank 221 of 650
27
-111.3 vs Commons average
Rank 577 of 650
Contributions
128
-10.3 vs Commons average
Rank 219 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
£1,201,891
all imported IPSA years
£270,312
20 % above average
Latest expenses
£201,413
11 % below average
3
3 registered categories
Registered interests
1
1 registered category
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

Brexit / EU
175 of 211 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
209 of 211 votes
Trade
70 of 91 votes
#2
Migration
164 of 171 votes
Migration
129 of 171 votes
#3
Environment / Climate
46 of 48 votes
Work / Employment
58 of 77 votes
#4
Democracy / Parliament
41 of 43 votes
Housing
49 of 66 votes
#5
Digital / Online Safety
57 of 60 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
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
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 Independence Payment Bill: Third Reading 9 Jul 2025
Benefits
No
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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