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Ms Diane Abbott vs John Cooper

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


Voting alignment

Ms Diane Abbott and John Cooper voted the same way 8% of the time, based on 225 shared comparable votes.

18 same votes 207 different votes 225 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
4 Aye 7 No
Benefits 18% aligned 11 shared votes
5 Aye 6 No
13 Aye 14 No
Crime / Justice 7% aligned 27 shared votes
14 Aye 13 No
28 Aye 22 No
Tax 0% aligned 50 shared votes
22 Aye 28 No
24 Aye 6 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 30 shared votes
6 Aye 24 No
11 Aye 3 No
Housing 0% aligned 14 shared votes
3 Aye 11 No
Most different by topic
28 Aye 22 No
Tax 0% aligned 50 shared votes
22 Aye 28 No
24 Aye 6 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 30 shared votes
6 Aye 24 No
11 Aye 3 No
Housing 0% aligned 14 shared votes
3 Aye 11 No
7 Aye 6 No
Defence 0% aligned 13 shared votes
6 Aye 7 No
7 Aye 2 No
Education 0% aligned 9 shared votes
2 Aye 7 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
72.2%
same as average
Rank 374 of 649
1,523
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
426
590 eligible divisions
850
55.8% of votes cast
Aye votes
180
42.3% of votes cast
673
44.2% of votes cast
No votes
246
57.7% of votes cast
33
2.2% of votes cast
Against party
1
0.2% of votes cast
39 years, 3 months
Since 11 Jun 1987
Commons service
2 years, 2 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

21
-60.8 vs Commons average
Rank 586 of 649
Appearances
98
+16.2 vs Commons average
Rank 168 of 649
28
-114.5 vs Commons average
Rank 578 of 649
Contributions
115
-27.5 vs Commons average
Rank 280 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
£154,450
all imported IPSA years
£270,312
20% above average
Latest expenses
£154,450
32% below average
3
3 registered categories
Registered interests
2
1 registered category
0
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
1
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
Foreign Affairs
4 of 4 votes
Trade
70 of 91 votes
#2
Democracy / Parliament
13 of 14 votes
Migration
129 of 171 votes
#3
Work / Employment
36 of 39 votes
Work / Employment
58 of 77 votes
#4
NHS / Health
41 of 56 votes
#5
Trade
6 of 7 votes

Recent voting overlap

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