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Ms Diane Abbott vs Mr Louie French

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


Voting alignment

Ms Diane Abbott and Mr Louie French voted the same way 5% of the time, based on 548 shared comparable votes.

30 same votes 518 different votes 548 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
3 Aye 2 No
Transport 20% aligned 5 shared votes
3 Aye 2 No
3 Aye 3 No
NHS / Health 17% aligned 6 shared votes
4 Aye 2 No
5 Aye 9 No
Benefits 14% aligned 14 shared votes
7 Aye 7 No
12 Aye 9 No
Digital / Online Safety 5% aligned 21 shared votes
8 Aye 13 No
14 Aye 8 No
Housing 5% aligned 22 shared votes
9 Aye 13 No
Most different by topic
14 Aye 9 No
Defence 0% aligned 23 shared votes
9 Aye 14 No
15 Aye 8 No
Education 0% aligned 23 shared votes
8 Aye 15 No
11 Aye 5 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 16 shared votes
5 Aye 11 No
11 Aye 5 No
Trade 0% aligned 16 shared votes
5 Aye 11 No
11 Aye 3 No
Energy 0% aligned 14 shared votes
3 Aye 11 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
80.2%
8% above average
Rank 193 of 649
1,523
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
999
1,246 eligible divisions
850
55.8% of votes cast
Aye votes
504
50.5% of votes cast
673
44.2% of votes cast
No votes
495
49.5% of votes cast
33
2.2% of votes cast
Against party
1
0.1% of votes cast
39 years, 3 months
Since 11 Jun 1987
Commons service
4 years, 10 months
Since 2 Dec 2021

Debates

22
-61.7 vs Commons average
Rank 586 of 649
Appearances
62
-21.7 vs Commons average
Rank 362 of 649
29
-116.9 vs Commons average
Rank 576 of 649
Contributions
79
-66.9 vs Commons average
Rank 410 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
£423,303
all imported IPSA years
£270,312
20% above average
Latest expenses
£143,451
37% below average
3
3 registered categories
Registered interests
9
4 registered categories
0
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
0
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
Brexit / EU
16 of 16 votes
Trade
70 of 91 votes
#2
Work / Employment
63 of 65 votes
Migration
129 of 171 votes
#3
Foreign Affairs
29 of 30 votes
Work / Employment
58 of 77 votes
#4
Migration
127 of 136 votes
NHS / Health
41 of 56 votes
#5

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
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