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Ms Diane Abbott vs Mr Richard Holden

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 Mr Richard Holden
Mr Richard Holden
Con Basildon and Billericay

Voting alignment

Ms Diane Abbott and Mr Richard Holden voted the same way 5% of the time, based on 825 shared comparable votes.

44 same votes 781 different votes 825 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
16 Aye 13 No
NHS / Health 10% aligned 29 shared votes
16 Aye 13 No
10 Aye 2 No
Digital / Online Safety 8% aligned 12 shared votes
1 Aye 11 No
12 Aye 20 No
Benefits 6% aligned 32 shared votes
18 Aye 14 No
49 Aye 60 No
Crime / Justice 5% aligned 109 shared votes
59 Aye 50 No
7 Aye 19 No
Transport 4% aligned 26 shared votes
20 Aye 6 No
Most different by topic
23 Aye 27 No
Brexit / EU 0% aligned 50 shared votes
27 Aye 23 No
25 Aye 19 No
Defence 0% aligned 44 shared votes
19 Aye 25 No
16 Aye 18 No
Trade 0% aligned 34 shared votes
18 Aye 16 No
12 Aye 12 No
Foreign Affairs 0% aligned 24 shared votes
12 Aye 12 No
12 Aye 10 No
Environment / Climate 0% aligned 22 shared votes
10 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
79.4%
7% above average
Rank 214 of 649
1,523
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,317
1,658 eligible divisions
850
55.8% of votes cast
Aye votes
645
49.0% of votes cast
673
44.2% of votes cast
No votes
672
51.0% of votes cast
33
2.2% of votes cast
Against party
2
0.2% of votes cast
39 years, 3 months
Since 11 Jun 1987
Commons service
6 years, 9 months
Since 12 Dec 2019

Debates

21
-61.3 vs Commons average
Rank 588 of 649
Appearances
44
-38.3 vs Commons average
Rank 484 of 649
28
-115.5 vs Commons average
Rank 578 of 649
Contributions
64
-79.5 vs Commons average
Rank 463 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
£1,267,818
all imported IPSA years
£270,312
20% above average
Latest expenses
£332,582
47% above average
3
3 registered categories
Registered interests
7
3 registered categories
0
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
6
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
49 of 50 votes
Trade
70 of 91 votes
#2
Brexit / EU
60 of 63 votes
Migration
129 of 171 votes
#3
Trade
47 of 53 votes
Work / Employment
58 of 77 votes
#4
Defence
61 of 70 votes
NHS / Health
41 of 56 votes
#5
Housing
47 of 54 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No
Immigration and Asylum Bill: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 13 Jul 2026
Migration
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
Opposition Day: Oil and gas 24 Mar 2026
Energy
Aye
Aye
National Insurance Contributions (Employer Pensions Contributions) Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 6 23 Mar 2026
Tax
No
Aye
National Insurance Contributions (Employer Pensions Contributions) Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 5 23 Mar 2026
Tax
No
Where they voted the same
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading 11 Sept 2026
No
No
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
No
Aye
Privilege 28 Apr 2026
Aye
No
Draft Employment Rights Act 2025 (Investigatory Powers) (Consequential Amendments) Regulations 2026 18 Mar 2026
Crime / Justice Digital / Online Safety Work / Employment
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
Universal Credit and Personal Independence Payment Bill: Third Reading 9 Jul 2025
Benefits
No
No
Universal Credit and Personal Independent Payment Bill: Second Reading 1 Jul 2025
Benefits
No
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Third Reading 20 Jun 2025
No
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Amendment 94 20 Jun 2025
No
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