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Ms Diane Abbott vs Jesse Norman

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 Jesse Norman
Jesse Norman
Con Hereford and South Herefordshire

Voting alignment

Ms Diane Abbott and Jesse Norman voted the same way 5% of the time, based on 1,172 shared comparable votes.

61 same votes 1,111 different votes 1,172 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
19 Aye 5 No
NHS / Health 13% aligned 24 shared votes
8 Aye 16 No
66 Aye 67 No
Crime / Justice 8% aligned 133 shared votes
73 Aye 60 No
23 Aye 21 No
Benefits 5% aligned 44 shared votes
19 Aye 25 No
17 Aye 9 No
Digital / Online Safety 4% aligned 26 shared votes
8 Aye 18 No
104 Aye 64 No
Brexit / EU 4% aligned 168 shared votes
64 Aye 104 No
Most different by topic
33 Aye 34 No
Trade 0% aligned 67 shared votes
34 Aye 33 No
19 Aye 17 No
Foreign Affairs 0% aligned 36 shared votes
17 Aye 19 No
17 Aye 12 No
Energy 0% aligned 29 shared votes
12 Aye 17 No
13 Aye 11 No
Environment / Climate 0% aligned 24 shared votes
11 Aye 13 No
8 Aye 8 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 16 shared votes
8 Aye 8 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
72.1%
1% below average
Rank 377 of 649
1,523
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,713
2,376 eligible divisions
850
55.8% of votes cast
Aye votes
791
46.2% of votes cast
673
44.2% of votes cast
No votes
922
53.8% of votes cast
33
2.2% of votes cast
Against party
5
0.3% of votes cast
39 years, 3 months
Since 11 Jun 1987
Commons service
16 years, 4 months
Since 6 May 2010

Debates

21
-61.3 vs Commons average
Rank 588 of 649
Appearances
52
-30.3 vs Commons average
Rank 434 of 649
28
-115.5 vs Commons average
Rank 578 of 649
Contributions
101
-42.5 vs Commons average
Rank 331 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
£1,812,464
all imported IPSA years
£270,312
20% above average
Latest expenses
£134,182
41% below average
3
3 registered categories
Registered interests
8
4 registered categories
0
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
8
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
87 of 91 votes
Trade
70 of 91 votes
#2
Brexit / EU
199 of 211 votes
Migration
129 of 171 votes
#3
Environment / Climate
42 of 48 votes
Work / Employment
58 of 77 votes
#4
Devolution / Local Government
56 of 66 votes
NHS / Health
41 of 56 votes
#5
Democracy / Parliament
39 of 47 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
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
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
Diego Garcia Military Base and British Indian Ocean Territory Bill Committee: Amendment 9 20 Oct 2025
Defence
No
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
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