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Ms Diane Abbott vs Gregory Stafford

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 Gregory Stafford
Gregory Stafford
Con Farnham and Bordon

Voting alignment

Ms Diane Abbott and Gregory Stafford voted the same way 9% of the time, based on 211 shared comparable votes.

18 same votes 193 different votes 211 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
2 Aye 4 No
Benefits 17% aligned 6 shared votes
3 Aye 3 No
4 Aye 3 No
Digital / Online Safety 14% aligned 7 shared votes
2 Aye 5 No
9 Aye 20 No
Crime / Justice 10% aligned 29 shared votes
19 Aye 10 No
11 Aye 6 No
Housing 6% aligned 17 shared votes
7 Aye 10 No
15 Aye 7 No
Work / Employment 5% aligned 22 shared votes
6 Aye 16 No
Most different by topic
28 Aye 20 No
Tax 0% aligned 48 shared votes
20 Aye 28 No
11 Aye 7 No
Education 0% aligned 18 shared votes
7 Aye 11 No
7 Aye 5 No
Defence 0% aligned 12 shared votes
5 Aye 7 No
2 Aye 3 No
Migration 0% aligned 5 shared votes
3 Aye 2 No
2 Aye 2 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 4 shared votes
2 Aye 2 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
75.9%
3% above average
Rank 290 of 649
1,523
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
448
590 eligible divisions
850
55.8% of votes cast
Aye votes
208
46.4% of votes cast
673
44.2% of votes cast
No votes
240
53.6% of votes cast
33
2.2% of votes cast
Against party
0
0.0% of votes cast
39 years, 3 months
Since 11 Jun 1987
Commons service
2 years, 2 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

21
-61.1 vs Commons average
Rank 587 of 649
Appearances
146
+63.9 vs Commons average
Rank 73 of 649
28
-114.9 vs Commons average
Rank 581 of 649
Contributions
291
+148.1 vs Commons average
Rank 59 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
£192,386
all imported IPSA years
£270,312
20% above average
Latest expenses
£192,386
15% below average
3
3 registered categories
Registered interests
3
2 registered categories
0
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
5
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
Tax
101 of 112 votes
Trade
70 of 91 votes
#2
Crime / Justice
54 of 62 votes
Migration
129 of 171 votes
#3
Work / Employment
33 of 39 votes
Work / Employment
58 of 77 votes
#4
Education
41 of 50 votes
NHS / Health
41 of 56 votes
#5
Energy
16 of 20 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
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
Aye
Children's Wellbeing and Schools Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 102 9 Mar 2026
Education
No
Aye
Children's Wellbeing and Schools Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 44 9 Mar 2026
Education
No
Where they voted the same
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading 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 Independence Payment Bill: Third Reading 9 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
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Amendment 24 20 Jun 2025
Aye
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