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Ms Diane Abbott vs Heidi Alexander

A side-by-side comparison of voting participation, party rebellion, topic focus, and recent voting overlap.

Photograph of Ms Diane Abbott
Ms Diane Abbott
Ind Hackney North and Stoke Newington
vs
Photograph of Heidi Alexander
Heidi Alexander
Lab Swindon South

Voting alignment

Ms Diane Abbott and Heidi Alexander voted the same way 94% of the time, based on 454 shared comparable votes.

425 same votes 29 different votes 454 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
49 Aye 33 No
Tax 100% aligned 82 shared votes
49 Aye 33 No
20 Aye 10 No
Education 100% aligned 30 shared votes
20 Aye 10 No
18 Aye 6 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 24 shared votes
18 Aye 6 No
6 Aye 10 No
Transport 100% aligned 16 shared votes
6 Aye 10 No
4 Aye 4 No
Defence 100% aligned 8 shared votes
4 Aye 4 No
Most different by topic
15 Aye 7 No
Benefits 64% aligned 22 shared votes
13 Aye 9 No
3 Aye 7 No
Migration 80% aligned 10 shared votes
1 Aye 9 No
4 Aye 6 No
Devolution / Local Government 90% aligned 10 shared votes
3 Aye 7 No
6 Aye 5 No
Energy 91% aligned 11 shared votes
7 Aye 4 No
18 Aye 24 No
Crime / Justice 93% aligned 42 shared votes
19 Aye 23 No

Topic alignment uses local topic tags, so a division can count towards more than one topic.

Voting record

65.2 %
8 % below average
Rank 515 of 647
Participation
62.5 %
10 % below average
Rank 552 of 647
1,519
2,328 eligible divisions
Total votes
339
542 eligible divisions
850
56.0 % of votes cast
Aye votes
161
47.5 % of votes cast
669
44.0 % of votes cast
No votes
178
52.5 % of votes cast
31
2.0 % of votes cast
Against party
0
0.0 % of votes cast
39 years, 0 months
Since 11 Jun 1987
Commons service
1 years, 11 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

13
-52.5 vs Commons average
Rank 603 of 647
Appearances
57
-8.5 vs Commons average
Rank 304 of 647
16
-100.9 vs Commons average
Rank 608 of 647
Contributions
481
+364.1 vs Commons average
Rank 13 of 647

Debate figures cover imported Hansard debate appearances from the last 12 months.

Financials and interests

£2,702,592
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£1,369,392
all imported IPSA years
£270,312
20 % above average
Latest expenses
£178,830
21 % below average
3
3 registered categories
Registered interests
1
1 registered category
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

Defence
49 of 59 votes
#1
Migration
11 of 11 votes
Brexit / EU
175 of 211 votes
#2
Transport
24 of 25 votes
Trade
70 of 88 votes
#3
Housing
26 of 31 votes
Work / Employment
58 of 75 votes
#4
Environment / Climate
5 of 6 votes
Migration
127 of 169 votes
#5
Energy
14 of 17 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Privilege 28 Apr 2026
No
No
Courts and Tribunals Bill: Second Reading 10 Mar 2026
Crime / Justice
Aye
Aye
Courts and Tribunals Bill: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 10 Mar 2026
Crime / Justice
No
No
Draft Public Order Act 2023 (Interference With Use or Operation of Key National Infrastructure) Regulations 2025 14 Jan 2026
Aye
Aye
English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill Report Stage: New Clause 29 24 Nov 2025
Devolution / Local Government
No
No rebel
Universal Credit and Personal Independence Payment Bill: Third Reading 9 Jul 2025
Benefits
Aye
Aye rebel
Universal Credit and Personal Independence Payment Bill Committee: Amendment 38 9 Jul 2025
Benefits
No
Aye rebel
Universal Credit and Personal Independence Payment Bill Committee: New Clause 8 9 Jul 2025
Benefits
No
No rebel
Universal Credit and Personal Independence Payment Bill Committee: Clause 2, as amended, and Clause 3 stand part 9 Jul 2025
Benefits
Aye
Aye rebel
Universal Credit and Personal Independent Payment Bill Committee: Amendment 12 9 Jul 2025
Benefits
No
Where they voted the same
Aye
Victims and Courts Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 4 25 Mar 2026
Crime / Justice
Aye
Aye
Victims and Courts Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 3 25 Mar 2026
Crime / Justice
Aye
Aye
Victims and Courts Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 2 25 Mar 2026
Crime / Justice
Aye
No
Opposition Day: Defence 24 Mar 2026
Defence
No
Aye
National Insurance Contributions (Employer Pensions Contributions) Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 6 23 Mar 2026
Tax
Aye
Aye
National Insurance Contributions (Employer Pensions Contributions) Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 5 23 Mar 2026
Tax
Aye
Aye
National Insurance Contributions (Employer Pensions Contributions) Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 3 23 Mar 2026
Tax
Aye
Aye
National Insurance Contributions (Employer Pensions Contributions) Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 2 23 Mar 2026
Tax
Aye
Aye
National Insurance Contributions (Employer Pensions Contributions) Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 1 23 Mar 2026
Tax
Aye
Aye
Finance (No. 2) Bill: Third Reading 11 Mar 2026
Tax
Aye
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