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Ms Diane Abbott vs Nigel Farage

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 Nigel Farage
Nigel Farage
RUK Clacton

Voting alignment

Ms Diane Abbott and Nigel Farage voted the same way 17% of the time, based on 120 shared comparable votes.

20 same votes 100 different votes 120 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 1 No
Digital / Online Safety 25% aligned 4 shared votes
0 Aye 4 No
1 Aye 5 No
Education 17% aligned 6 shared votes
4 Aye 2 No
2 Aye 13 No
Crime / Justice 7% aligned 15 shared votes
12 Aye 3 No
20 Aye 5 No
Work / Employment 4% aligned 25 shared votes
4 Aye 21 No
9 Aye 7 No
Tax 0% aligned 16 shared votes
7 Aye 9 No
Most different by topic
9 Aye 7 No
Tax 0% aligned 16 shared votes
7 Aye 9 No
6 Aye 4 No
Defence 0% aligned 10 shared votes
4 Aye 6 No
4 Aye 5 No
Housing 0% aligned 9 shared votes
5 Aye 4 No
2 Aye 2 No
Migration 0% aligned 4 shared votes
2 Aye 2 No
1 Aye 2 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 3 shared votes
2 Aye 1 No

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

Voting record

64.3%
8% below average
Rank 527 of 649
Participation
80.0%
7% above average
Rank 199 of 649
1,521
2,366 eligible divisions
Total votes
4
5 eligible divisions
850
55.9% of votes cast
Aye votes
2
50.0% of votes cast
671
44.1% of votes cast
No votes
2
50.0% of votes cast
31
2.0% of votes cast
Against party
0
0.0% of votes cast
39 years, 2 months
Since 11 Jun 1987
Commons service
0 months
Since 13 Aug 2026

Debates

21
-57.7 vs Commons average
Rank 580 of 649
Appearances
14
-64.7 vs Commons average
Rank 606 of 649
28
-109.1 vs Commons average
Rank 575 of 649
Contributions
16
-121.1 vs Commons average
Rank 606 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
£162,580
all imported IPSA years
£270,312
20% above average
Latest expenses
£162,580
28% below average
3
3 registered categories
Registered interests
35
7 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
Democracy / Parliament
4 of 4 votes
Trade
70 of 91 votes
#2
No topic data
Migration
129 of 171 votes
#3
No topic data
Work / Employment
58 of 77 votes
#4
No topic data
Housing
49 of 66 votes
#5
No topic data

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
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
No
Representation of the People Bill: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 2 Mar 2026
Democracy / Parliament
Aye
Aye
Draft Greenhouse Gas Emissions Trading Scheme (Amendment) (Extension to Maritime Activities) Order 2026 11 Feb 2026
Energy Environment / Climate
No
Aye
Draft Greenhouse Gas Emissions Trading Scheme (Amendment) Order 2026 4 Feb 2026
Energy Environment / Climate
No
Aye
Diego Garcia Military Base and British Indian Ocean Territory Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 6 20 Jan 2026
Defence
No
Aye
Diego Garcia Military Base and British Indian Ocean Territory Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 5 20 Jan 2026
Defence
No
Aye
Diego Garcia Military Base and British Indian Ocean Territory Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 1 20 Jan 2026
Defence
No
Where they voted the same
No
Draft Employment Rights Act 2025 (Investigatory Powers) (Consequential Amendments) Regulations 2026 18 Mar 2026
Crime / Justice Digital / Online Safety Work / Employment
No
No
Draft Higher Education (Fee Limits and Fee Limit Condition) (England) (Amendment) Regulations 2026 18 Mar 2026
Education
No
No
Draft Public Order Act 2023 (Interference With Use or Operation of Key National Infrastructure) Regulations 2025 14 Jan 2026
No
Aye
Draft Enterprise Act 2002 (Definition of Newspaper) Order 2025 16 Jul 2025
Aye
Aye
Enterprise Act 2002 (Amendment of Section 58 Considerations) Order 2025 (SI, 2025, No. 737) 16 Jul 2025
Aye
Aye
Draft Enterprise Act 2002 (Mergers Involving Newspaper Enterprises and Foreign Powers) Regulations 2025 2 Jul 2025
Aye
No
Universal Credit and Personal Independent Payment Bill: Second Reading 1 Jul 2025
Benefits
No
Aye
Universal Credit and Personal Independent Payment Bill: Reasoned Amendment at Second Reading 1 Jul 2025
Benefits
Aye
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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