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Ms Diane Abbott vs Lisa Smart

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 Lisa Smart
Lisa Smart
LD Hazel Grove

Voting alignment

Ms Diane Abbott and Lisa Smart voted the same way 23% of the time, based on 230 shared comparable votes.

52 same votes 178 different votes 230 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
2 Aye 3 No
Migration 100% aligned 5 shared votes
2 Aye 3 No
5 Aye 7 No
Benefits 75% aligned 12 shared votes
8 Aye 4 No
10 Aye 6 No
Housing 44% aligned 16 shared votes
11 Aye 5 No
1 Aye 2 No
Environment / Climate 33% aligned 3 shared votes
3 Aye 0 No
6 Aye 5 No
Digital / Online Safety 27% aligned 11 shared votes
6 Aye 5 No
Most different by topic
25 Aye 17 No
Tax 0% aligned 42 shared votes
17 Aye 25 No
7 Aye 6 No
Defence 0% aligned 13 shared votes
6 Aye 7 No
1 Aye 4 No
Transport 0% aligned 5 shared votes
4 Aye 1 No
0 Aye 4 No
NHS / Health 0% aligned 4 shared votes
4 Aye 0 No
19 Aye 7 No
Work / Employment 8% aligned 26 shared votes
7 Aye 19 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
66.4%
6% below average
Rank 493 of 649
1,523
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
392
590 eligible divisions
850
55.8% of votes cast
Aye votes
216
55.1% of votes cast
673
44.2% of votes cast
No votes
176
44.9% of votes cast
33
2.2% of votes cast
Against party
2
0.5% of votes cast
39 years, 4 months
Since 11 Jun 1987
Commons service
2 years, 3 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

22
-62.8 vs Commons average
Rank 592 of 650
Appearances
177
+92.2 vs Commons average
Rank 38 of 650
29
-118.7 vs Commons average
Rank 581 of 650
Contributions
250
+102.3 vs Commons average
Rank 90 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
£239,061
all imported IPSA years
£270,312
20% above average
Latest expenses
£239,061
6% above average
3
3 registered categories
Registered interests
21
4 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
Digital / Online Safety
11 of 11 votes
Trade
70 of 91 votes
#2
Devolution / Local Government
23 of 24 votes
Migration
129 of 171 votes
#3
Environment / Climate
8 of 9 votes
Work / Employment
58 of 77 votes
#4
Education
43 of 50 votes
NHS / Health
41 of 56 votes
#5
Defence
28 of 34 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No rebel
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading 11 Sept 2026
Aye
No rebel
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
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
Draft Employment Rights Act 2025 (Investigatory Powers) (Consequential Amendments) Regulations 2026 18 Mar 2026
Crime / Justice Digital / Online Safety Work / Employment
Aye
Aye
Finance (No. 2) Bill: Third Reading 11 Mar 2026
Tax
No
Where they voted the same
No
Immigration and Asylum Bill: Second Reading 13 Jul 2026
Migration
No
No
Immigration and Asylum Bill: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 13 Jul 2026
Migration
No
Aye
Privilege 28 Apr 2026
Aye
No
Draft Higher Education (Fee Limits and Fee Limit Condition) (England) (Amendment) Regulations 2026 18 Mar 2026
Education
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
Representation of the People Bill: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 2 Mar 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
Aye
Draft Greenhouse Gas Emissions Trading Scheme (Amendment) Order 2026 4 Feb 2026
Energy Environment / Climate
Aye
Aye
Universal Credit (Removal of Two Child Limit) Bill: Second Reading 3 Feb 2026
Benefits
Aye
No
Medical Training (Prioritisation) Bill: Amendment 9 27 Jan 2026
No
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Voting source Commons Votes API