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Ms Diane Abbott vs Harriet Cross

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 Harriet Cross
Harriet Cross
Con Gordon and Buchan

Voting alignment

Ms Diane Abbott and Harriet Cross voted the same way 7% of the time, based on 216 shared comparable votes.

16 same votes 200 different votes 216 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
5 Aye 3 No
Digital / Online Safety 13% aligned 8 shared votes
2 Aye 6 No
9 Aye 21 No
Crime / Justice 10% aligned 30 shared votes
20 Aye 10 No
4 Aye 6 No
Benefits 10% aligned 10 shared votes
5 Aye 5 No
7 Aye 7 No
Work / Employment 7% aligned 14 shared votes
6 Aye 8 No
11 Aye 6 No
Housing 6% aligned 17 shared votes
7 Aye 10 No
Most different by topic
27 Aye 20 No
Tax 0% aligned 47 shared votes
20 Aye 27 No
11 Aye 7 No
Education 0% aligned 18 shared votes
7 Aye 11 No
3 Aye 6 No
Defence 0% aligned 9 shared votes
6 Aye 3 No
2 Aye 4 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 6 shared votes
4 Aye 2 No
2 Aye 3 No
Transport 0% aligned 5 shared votes
3 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
72.9%
same as average
Rank 360 of 649
1,523
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
430
590 eligible divisions
850
55.8% of votes cast
Aye votes
202
47.0% of votes cast
673
44.2% of votes cast
No votes
228
53.0% of votes cast
33
2.2% of votes cast
Against party
1
0.2% of votes cast
39 years, 3 months
Since 11 Jun 1987
Commons service
2 years, 2 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

21
-61.3 vs Commons average
Rank 588 of 649
Appearances
119
+36.7 vs Commons average
Rank 117 of 649
28
-115.5 vs Commons average
Rank 578 of 649
Contributions
205
+61.5 vs Commons average
Rank 128 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
£178,612
all imported IPSA years
£270,312
20% above average
Latest expenses
£178,612
21% below average
3
3 registered categories
Registered interests
0
0 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
4 of 4 votes
Trade
70 of 91 votes
#2
Democracy / Parliament
13 of 14 votes
Migration
129 of 171 votes
#3
Tax
99 of 112 votes
Work / Employment
58 of 77 votes
#4
Trade
6 of 7 votes
NHS / Health
41 of 56 votes
#5
Housing
27 of 32 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 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
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
Where they voted the same
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading 11 Sept 2026
No
No
Closure motion 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
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