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Ms Diane Abbott vs Esther McVey

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 Esther McVey
Esther McVey
Con Tatton

Voting alignment

Ms Diane Abbott and Esther McVey voted the same way 5% of the time, based on 954 shared comparable votes.

52 same votes 902 different votes 954 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
9 Aye 7 No
NHS / Health 38% aligned 16 shared votes
3 Aye 13 No
12 Aye 17 No
Benefits 10% aligned 29 shared votes
14 Aye 15 No
11 Aye 9 No
Housing 10% aligned 20 shared votes
11 Aye 9 No
51 Aye 50 No
Crime / Justice 7% aligned 101 shared votes
53 Aye 48 No
20 Aye 22 No
Transport 5% aligned 42 shared votes
24 Aye 18 No
Most different by topic
77 Aye 46 No
Tax 0% aligned 123 shared votes
46 Aye 77 No
26 Aye 27 No
Trade 0% aligned 53 shared votes
27 Aye 26 No
22 Aye 19 No
Foreign Affairs 0% aligned 41 shared votes
19 Aye 22 No
24 Aye 15 No
Defence 0% aligned 39 shared votes
15 Aye 24 No
22 Aye 14 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 36 shared votes
14 Aye 22 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
64.7%
8% below average
Rank 522 of 649
1,523
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,373
2,121 eligible divisions
850
55.8% of votes cast
Aye votes
630
45.9% of votes cast
673
44.2% of votes cast
No votes
743
54.1% of votes cast
33
2.2% of votes cast
Against party
54
3.9% of votes cast
39 years, 3 months
Since 11 Jun 1987
Commons service
9 years, 3 months
Since 8 Jun 2017

Debates

21
-61.3 vs Commons average
Rank 588 of 649
Appearances
108
+25.7 vs Commons average
Rank 141 of 649
28
-115.5 vs Commons average
Rank 578 of 649
Contributions
159
+15.5 vs Commons average
Rank 182 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
£2,413,915
all imported IPSA years
£270,312
20% above average
Latest expenses
£295,931
31% above average
3
3 registered categories
Registered interests
7
3 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

Brexit / EU
175 of 211 votes
#1
Foreign Affairs
62 of 69 votes
Trade
70 of 91 votes
#2
Brexit / EU
164 of 188 votes
Migration
129 of 171 votes
#3
Digital / Online Safety
39 of 49 votes
Work / Employment
58 of 77 votes
#4
Trade
68 of 87 votes
NHS / Health
41 of 56 votes
#5
Transport
67 of 88 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Victims and Courts Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 3 25 Mar 2026
Crime / Justice
No
Aye
Victims and Courts Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 2 25 Mar 2026
Crime / Justice
No
Aye
Victims and Courts Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 1 25 Mar 2026
Crime / Justice
No
No
Opposition Day: Defence 24 Mar 2026
Defence
Aye
No
Opposition Day: Oil and gas 24 Mar 2026
Energy
Aye
Aye
Finance (No. 2) Bill: Third Reading 11 Mar 2026
Tax
No
No
Finance (No. 2) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 6 11 Mar 2026
Tax
Aye
No
Finance (No. 2) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 5 11 Mar 2026
Tax
Aye
No
Finance (No. 2) Bill Report Stage: New Clause 11 11 Mar 2026
Tax
Aye
No
Representation of the People Bill: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 2 Mar 2026
Democracy / Parliament
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
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
Aye
Planning and Infrastructure Bill Report Stage: Amendment 69 9 Jun 2025
Housing
Aye
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading 29 Nov 2024
No
No
Safety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) Bill Committee: Amendment 23 17 Jan 2024
Migration
No
No
Safety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) Bill Committee: Amendment 19 16 Jan 2024
Migration
No
No
Safety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) Bill Committee: Amendment 10 16 Jan 2024
Migration
No
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