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Ms Diane Abbott vs Neil O'Brien

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
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Photograph of Neil O'Brien
Neil O'Brien
Con Harborough, Oadby and Wigston

Voting alignment

Ms Diane Abbott and Neil O'Brien voted the same way 4% of the time, based on 1,179 shared comparable votes.

48 same votes 1,131 different votes 1,179 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
20 Aye 13 No
NHS / Health 6% aligned 33 shared votes
15 Aye 18 No
90 Aye 64 No
Brexit / EU 6% aligned 154 shared votes
65 Aye 89 No
17 Aye 21 No
Benefits 5% aligned 38 shared votes
19 Aye 19 No
12 Aye 10 No
Digital / Online Safety 5% aligned 22 shared votes
9 Aye 13 No
51 Aye 76 No
Crime / Justice 4% aligned 127 shared votes
77 Aye 50 No
Most different by topic
31 Aye 31 No
Trade 0% aligned 62 shared votes
31 Aye 31 No
25 Aye 21 No
Defence 0% aligned 46 shared votes
21 Aye 25 No
13 Aye 10 No
Environment / Climate 0% aligned 23 shared votes
10 Aye 13 No
14 Aye 8 No
Energy 0% aligned 22 shared votes
8 Aye 14 No
12 Aye 7 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 19 shared votes
7 Aye 12 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
84.8 %
12 % above average
Rank 101 of 649
1,521
2,361 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,786
2,106 eligible divisions
850
55.9 % of votes cast
Aye votes
881
49.3 % of votes cast
671
44.1 % of votes cast
No votes
905
50.7 % of votes cast
31
2.0 % of votes cast
Against party
6
0.3 % 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
16
-61.9 vs Commons average
Rank 601 of 650
27
-111.3 vs Commons average
Rank 577 of 650
Contributions
23
-115.3 vs Commons average
Rank 588 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
£1,900,002
all imported IPSA years
£270,312
20 % above average
Latest expenses
£311,946
38 % above average
3
3 registered categories
Registered interests
1
1 registered category
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
Foreign Affairs
67 of 69 votes
Trade
70 of 91 votes
#2
Environment / Climate
44 of 46 votes
Migration
129 of 171 votes
#3
Brexit / EU
178 of 188 votes
Work / Employment
58 of 77 votes
#4
Defence
66 of 71 votes
Housing
49 of 66 votes
#5
Trade
80 of 87 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
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 44 9 Mar 2026
Education
No
Aye
Children's Wellbeing and Schools Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 37 9 Mar 2026
Education
No
Aye
Children's Wellbeing and Schools Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 16 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 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
Aye
Planning and Infrastructure Bill Report Stage: Amendment 69 9 Jun 2025
Housing
Aye
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill Report Stage: Amendment (a) to New Clause 10 16 May 2025
Aye
No
Closure motion 16 May 2025
No
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