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Ms Diane Abbott vs James McMurdock

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 James McMurdock
James McMurdock
Ind South Basildon and East Thurrock

Voting alignment

Ms Diane Abbott and James McMurdock voted the same way 12% of the time, based on 152 shared comparable votes.

18 same votes 134 different votes 152 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
1 Aye 2 No
Benefits 67% aligned 3 shared votes
2 Aye 1 No
5 Aye 4 No
Digital / Online Safety 11% aligned 9 shared votes
5 Aye 4 No
25 Aye 8 No
Tax 0% aligned 33 shared votes
8 Aye 25 No
8 Aye 13 No
Crime / Justice 0% aligned 21 shared votes
13 Aye 8 No
11 Aye 6 No
Housing 0% aligned 17 shared votes
6 Aye 11 No
Most different by topic
25 Aye 8 No
Tax 0% aligned 33 shared votes
8 Aye 25 No
8 Aye 13 No
Crime / Justice 0% aligned 21 shared votes
13 Aye 8 No
11 Aye 6 No
Housing 0% aligned 17 shared votes
6 Aye 11 No
7 Aye 6 No
Education 0% aligned 13 shared votes
6 Aye 7 No
6 Aye 5 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 11 shared votes
5 Aye 6 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
41.4%
31% below average
Rank 632 of 649
1,523
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
244
590 eligible divisions
850
55.8% of votes cast
Aye votes
119
48.8% of votes cast
673
44.2% of votes cast
No votes
125
51.2% of votes cast
33
2.2% of votes cast
Against party
1
0.4% of votes cast
39 years, 3 months
Since 11 Jun 1987
Commons service
2 years, 2 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

21
-60.7 vs Commons average
Rank 585 of 649
Appearances
28
-53.7 vs Commons average
Rank 560 of 649
28
-114.3 vs Commons average
Rank 579 of 649
Contributions
33
-109.3 vs Commons average
Rank 565 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
£171,670
all imported IPSA years
£270,312
20% above average
Latest expenses
£171,670
24% below average
3
3 registered categories
Registered interests
2
2 registered categories
0
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
0
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
Digital / Online Safety
9 of 11 votes
Trade
70 of 91 votes
#2
Energy
14 of 20 votes
Migration
129 of 171 votes
#3
Migration
9 of 13 votes
Work / Employment
58 of 77 votes
#4
Tax
71 of 112 votes
NHS / Health
41 of 56 votes
#5
Housing
19 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 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
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
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
Draft Enterprise Act 2002 (Mergers Involving Newspaper Enterprises and Foreign Powers) Regulations 2025 2 Jul 2025
Aye
No
Universal Credit and Personal Independent Payment Bill: Second Reading 1 Jul 2025
Benefits
No
Aye
Universal Credit and Personal Independent Payment Bill: Reasoned Amendment at Second Reading 1 Jul 2025
Benefits
Aye
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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