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Ms Diane Abbott vs John Lamont

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


Voting alignment

Ms Diane Abbott and John Lamont voted the same way 4% of the time, based on 1,180 shared comparable votes.

50 same votes 1,130 different votes 1,180 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
13 Aye 20 No
Benefits 6% aligned 33 shared votes
18 Aye 15 No
14 Aye 12 No
NHS / Health 4% aligned 26 shared votes
13 Aye 13 No
59 Aye 72 No
Crime / Justice 4% aligned 131 shared votes
73 Aye 58 No
17 Aye 10 No
Digital / Online Safety 4% aligned 27 shared votes
9 Aye 18 No
33 Aye 82 No
Migration 3% aligned 115 shared votes
80 Aye 35 No
Most different by topic
33 Aye 33 No
Trade 0% aligned 66 shared votes
33 Aye 33 No
24 Aye 18 No
Defence 0% aligned 42 shared votes
18 Aye 24 No
22 Aye 16 No
Foreign Affairs 0% aligned 38 shared votes
16 Aye 22 No
12 Aye 9 No
Energy 0% aligned 21 shared votes
9 Aye 12 No
12 Aye 6 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 18 shared votes
6 Aye 12 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
85.0%
12% above average
Rank 94 of 649
1,523
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,803
2,121 eligible divisions
850
55.8% of votes cast
Aye votes
871
48.3% of votes cast
673
44.2% of votes cast
No votes
932
51.7% of votes cast
33
2.2% of votes cast
Against party
9
0.5% of votes cast
39 years, 3 months
Since 11 Jun 1987
Commons service
9 years, 4 months
Since 8 Jun 2017

Debates

22
-61.7 vs Commons average
Rank 586 of 649
Appearances
154
+70.3 vs Commons average
Rank 65 of 649
29
-116.9 vs Commons average
Rank 576 of 649
Contributions
244
+98.1 vs Commons average
Rank 92 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
£2,045,465
all imported IPSA years
£270,312
20% above average
Latest expenses
£334,363
48% above average
3
3 registered categories
Registered interests
8
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
83 of 87 votes
Trade
70 of 91 votes
#2
Brexit / EU
179 of 188 votes
Migration
129 of 171 votes
#3
Digital / Online Safety
46 of 49 votes
Work / Employment
58 of 77 votes
#4
Migration
150 of 163 votes
NHS / Health
41 of 56 votes
#5
Crime / Justice
177 of 194 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No
Aye
No
Aye
Where they voted the same
No
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
No
Aye
Privilege 28 Apr 2026
Aye
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API