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Ms Diane Abbott vs Mrs Kemi Badenoch

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

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Ms Diane Abbott
Lab Hackney North and Stoke Newington
vs
Photograph of Mrs Kemi Badenoch
Mrs Kemi Badenoch
Con North West Essex

Voting alignment

Ms Diane Abbott and Mrs Kemi Badenoch voted the same way 4% of the time, based on 981 shared comparable votes.

43 same votes 938 different votes 981 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
9 Aye 8 No
Digital / Online Safety 6% aligned 17 shared votes
7 Aye 10 No
14 Aye 4 No
Education 6% aligned 18 shared votes
5 Aye 13 No
49 Aye 57 No
Crime / Justice 5% aligned 106 shared votes
58 Aye 48 No
5 Aye 17 No
Work / Employment 5% aligned 22 shared votes
16 Aye 6 No
33 Aye 67 No
Migration 4% aligned 100 shared votes
65 Aye 35 No
Most different by topic
30 Aye 30 No
Trade 0% aligned 60 shared votes
30 Aye 30 No
21 Aye 21 No
Transport 0% aligned 42 shared votes
21 Aye 21 No
19 Aye 16 No
Foreign Affairs 0% aligned 35 shared votes
16 Aye 19 No
20 Aye 14 No
Defence 0% aligned 34 shared votes
14 Aye 20 No
13 Aye 9 No
Energy 0% aligned 22 shared votes
9 Aye 13 No

Topic alignment uses local topic tags, so a division can count towards more than one topic.

Voting record

64.4 %
8 % below average
Rank 526 of 649
Participation
67.0 %
6 % below average
Rank 482 of 649
1,521
2,361 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,410
2,106 eligible divisions
850
55.9 % of votes cast
Aye votes
699
49.6 % of votes cast
671
44.1 % of votes cast
No votes
711
50.4 % of votes cast
31
2.0 % of votes cast
Against party
3
0.2 % of votes cast
39 years, 2 months
Since 11 Jun 1987
Commons service
9 years, 2 months
Since 8 Jun 2017

Debates

20
-57.9 vs Commons average
Rank 584 of 650
Appearances
61
-16.9 vs Commons average
Rank 358 of 650
27
-111.3 vs Commons average
Rank 577 of 650
Contributions
249
+110.7 vs Commons average
Rank 79 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
£1,740,878
all imported IPSA years
£270,312
20 % above average
Latest expenses
£278,687
23 % above average
3
3 registered categories
Registered interests
19
5 registered categories
0
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
4
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
167 of 188 votes
Trade
70 of 91 votes
#2
Trade
73 of 87 votes
Migration
129 of 171 votes
#3
Migration
134 of 163 votes
Work / Employment
58 of 77 votes
#4
Foreign Affairs
54 of 69 votes
Housing
49 of 66 votes
#5
Energy
45 of 59 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No
Immigration and Asylum Bill: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 13 Jul 2026
Migration
Aye
No
Opposition Day: Defence 24 Mar 2026
Defence
Aye
No
Opposition Day: Oil and gas 24 Mar 2026
Energy
Aye
No
Opposition day: Fuel duty 18 Mar 2026
Tax
Aye
Aye
Finance (No. 2) Bill: Third Reading 11 Mar 2026
Tax
No
No
Finance (No. 2) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 6 11 Mar 2026
Tax
Aye
No
Finance (No. 2) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 5 11 Mar 2026
Tax
Aye
No
Finance (No. 2) Bill Report Stage: New Clause 11 11 Mar 2026
Tax
Aye
Aye
Children's Wellbeing and Schools Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 102 9 Mar 2026
Education
No
Aye
Children's Wellbeing and Schools Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 44 9 Mar 2026
Education
No
Where they voted the same
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 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: Second Reading 29 Nov 2024
No
No
Safety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) Bill Committee: Amendment 23 17 Jan 2024
Migration
No
No
Safety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) Bill Committee: Amendment 19 16 Jan 2024
Migration
No
No
Safety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) Bill Committee: Amendment 10 16 Jan 2024
Migration
No
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