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Ms Diane Abbott vs Greg Smith

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 Greg Smith
Greg Smith
Con Mid Buckinghamshire

Voting alignment

Ms Diane Abbott and Greg Smith voted the same way 4% of the time, based on 898 shared comparable votes.

35 same votes 863 different votes 898 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
14 Aye 20 No
Benefits 6% aligned 34 shared votes
18 Aye 16 No
13 Aye 9 No
Digital / Online Safety 5% aligned 22 shared votes
8 Aye 14 No
17 Aye 9 No
Housing 4% aligned 26 shared votes
10 Aye 16 No
17 Aye 13 No
NHS / Health 3% aligned 30 shared votes
14 Aye 16 No
51 Aye 72 No
Crime / Justice 2% aligned 123 shared votes
71 Aye 52 No
Most different by topic
34 Aye 80 No
Migration 0% aligned 114 shared votes
80 Aye 34 No
23 Aye 27 No
Brexit / EU 0% aligned 50 shared votes
27 Aye 23 No
25 Aye 19 No
Defence 0% aligned 44 shared votes
19 Aye 25 No
19 Aye 20 No
Trade 0% aligned 39 shared votes
20 Aye 19 No
6 Aye 20 No
Transport 0% aligned 26 shared votes
20 Aye 6 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
88.8 %
16 % above average
Rank 31 of 649
1,521
2,361 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,459
1,643 eligible divisions
850
55.9 % of votes cast
Aye votes
710
48.7 % of votes cast
671
44.1 % of votes cast
No votes
749
51.3 % of votes cast
31
2.0 % of votes cast
Against party
21
1.4 % of votes cast
39 years, 2 months
Since 11 Jun 1987
Commons service
6 years, 8 months
Since 12 Dec 2019

Debates

20
-57.9 vs Commons average
Rank 584 of 650
Appearances
200
+122.1 vs Commons average
Rank 14 of 650
27
-111.3 vs Commons average
Rank 577 of 650
Contributions
235
+96.7 vs Commons average
Rank 94 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
£1,059,267
all imported IPSA years
£270,312
20 % above average
Latest expenses
£286,530
27 % above average
3
3 registered categories
Registered interests
9
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
Brexit / EU
63 of 63 votes
Trade
70 of 91 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
50 of 50 votes
Migration
129 of 171 votes
#3
Trade
52 of 53 votes
Work / Employment
58 of 77 votes
#4
Migration
149 of 154 votes
Housing
49 of 66 votes
#5
Environment / Climate
42 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
Aye
Victims and Courts Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 6 25 Mar 2026
Crime / Justice
No
Aye
Victims and Courts Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 5 25 Mar 2026
Crime / Justice
No
Aye
Victims and Courts Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 4 25 Mar 2026
Crime / Justice
No
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
National Insurance Contributions (Employer Pensions Contributions) Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 6 23 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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