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Ms Diane Abbott vs Helen Whately

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 Helen Whately
Helen Whately
Con Faversham and Mid Kent

Voting alignment

Ms Diane Abbott and Helen Whately voted the same way 6% of the time, based on 1,296 shared comparable votes.

74 same votes 1,222 different votes 1,296 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
23 Aye 13 No
NHS / Health 8% aligned 36 shared votes
16 Aye 20 No
55 Aye 73 No
Crime / Justice 5% aligned 128 shared votes
72 Aye 56 No
23 Aye 17 No
Foreign Affairs 5% aligned 40 shared votes
19 Aye 21 No
101 Aye 63 No
Brexit / EU 5% aligned 164 shared votes
63 Aye 101 No
23 Aye 21 No
Benefits 5% aligned 44 shared votes
19 Aye 25 No
Most different by topic
31 Aye 34 No
Trade 0% aligned 65 shared votes
34 Aye 31 No
25 Aye 26 No
Transport 0% aligned 51 shared votes
26 Aye 25 No
24 Aye 19 No
Defence 0% aligned 43 shared votes
19 Aye 24 No
25 Aye 17 No
Housing 0% aligned 42 shared votes
17 Aye 25 No
13 Aye 14 No
Energy 0% aligned 27 shared votes
14 Aye 13 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
83.7%
11% above average
Rank 119 of 649
1,523
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,989
2,376 eligible divisions
850
55.8% of votes cast
Aye votes
950
47.8% of votes cast
673
44.2% of votes cast
No votes
1,039
52.2% of votes cast
33
2.2% of votes cast
Against party
4
0.2% of votes cast
39 years, 3 months
Since 11 Jun 1987
Commons service
11 years, 4 months
Since 7 May 2015

Debates

21
-61.3 vs Commons average
Rank 588 of 649
Appearances
43
-39.3 vs Commons average
Rank 489 of 649
28
-115.5 vs Commons average
Rank 578 of 649
Contributions
65
-78.5 vs Commons average
Rank 459 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
£1,969,279
all imported IPSA years
£270,312
20% above average
Latest expenses
£269,510
19% above average
3
3 registered categories
Registered interests
9
2 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
Trade
86 of 91 votes
Trade
70 of 91 votes
#2
Brexit / EU
199 of 211 votes
Migration
129 of 171 votes
#3
Foreign Affairs
65 of 69 votes
Work / Employment
58 of 77 votes
#4
Migration
157 of 171 votes
NHS / Health
41 of 56 votes
#5
Devolution / Local Government
59 of 66 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No
Immigration and Asylum Bill: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 13 Jul 2026
Migration
Aye
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
Aye
National Insurance Contributions (Employer Pensions Contributions) Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 1 23 Mar 2026
Tax
No
No
Opposition day: Fuel duty 18 Mar 2026
Tax
Aye
Aye
Children's Wellbeing and Schools Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 102 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
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
No
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
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