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Ms Diane Abbott vs Jim McMahon

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


Voting alignment

Ms Diane Abbott and Jim McMahon voted the same way 98% of the time, based on 1,257 shared comparable votes.

1,235 same votes 22 different votes 1,257 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
109 Aye 62 No
Tax 100% aligned 171 shared votes
109 Aye 62 No
105 Aye 61 No
Brexit / EU 100% aligned 166 shared votes
105 Aye 61 No
25 Aye 32 No
Trade 100% aligned 57 shared votes
25 Aye 32 No
27 Aye 26 No
Transport 100% aligned 53 shared votes
27 Aye 26 No
27 Aye 17 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 44 shared votes
27 Aye 17 No
Most different by topic
23 Aye 18 No
Benefits 80% aligned 41 shared votes
21 Aye 20 No
5 Aye 10 No
Devolution / Local Government 93% aligned 15 shared votes
4 Aye 11 No
31 Aye 81 No
Migration 97% aligned 112 shared votes
30 Aye 82 No
24 Aye 17 No
Housing 98% aligned 41 shared votes
23 Aye 18 No
34 Aye 14 No
Education 98% aligned 48 shared votes
33 Aye 15 No

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

Voting record

63.0%
9% below average
Rank 545 of 650
Participation
71.7%
1% below average
Rank 389 of 650
1,523
2,417 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,732
2,417 eligible divisions
850
55.8% of votes cast
Aye votes
968
55.9% of votes cast
673
44.2% of votes cast
No votes
764
44.1% of votes cast
33
2.2% of votes cast
Against party
11
0.6% of votes cast
39 years, 4 months
Since 11 Jun 1987
Commons service
10 years, 11 months
Since 3 Dec 2015

Debates

22
-72.5 vs Commons average
Rank 602 of 650
Appearances
103
+8.5 vs Commons average
Rank 214 of 650
26
-138.6 vs Commons average
Rank 603 of 650
Contributions
344
+179.4 vs Commons average
Rank 54 of 650

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

Financials and interests

£2,702,592
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£1,972,637
all imported IPSA years
£270,312
20% above average
Latest expenses
£264,252
17% above average
3
3 registered categories
Registered interests
2
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 212 votes
#1
Foreign Affairs
76 of 82 votes
Migration
129 of 171 votes
#2
Education
80 of 96 votes
Trade
70 of 94 votes
#3
Housing
55 of 67 votes
NHS / Health
41 of 56 votes
#4
Migration
139 of 171 votes
Housing
49 of 67 votes
#5
Brexit / EU
170 of 212 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Privilege 28 Apr 2026
No
Where they voted the same
No
No
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API