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Ms Diane Abbott vs Priti Patel

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


Voting alignment

Ms Diane Abbott and Priti Patel voted the same way 5% of the time, based on 1,048 shared comparable votes.

51 same votes 997 different votes 1,048 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 6 No
Digital / Online Safety 7% aligned 15 shared votes
5 Aye 10 No
103 Aye 60 No
Brexit / EU 4% aligned 163 shared votes
57 Aye 106 No
42 Aye 53 No
Crime / Justice 4% aligned 95 shared votes
53 Aye 42 No
22 Aye 53 No
Migration 4% aligned 75 shared votes
50 Aye 25 No
14 Aye 11 No
Benefits 4% aligned 25 shared votes
10 Aye 15 No
Most different by topic
27 Aye 29 No
Trade 0% aligned 56 shared votes
29 Aye 27 No
27 Aye 14 No
Education 0% aligned 41 shared votes
14 Aye 27 No
19 Aye 13 No
Foreign Affairs 0% aligned 32 shared votes
13 Aye 19 No
20 Aye 11 No
Defence 0% aligned 31 shared votes
11 Aye 20 No
9 Aye 11 No
Energy 0% aligned 20 shared votes
11 Aye 9 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
61.7%
11% below average
Rank 560 of 649
1,523
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,466
2,376 eligible divisions
850
55.8% of votes cast
Aye votes
666
45.4% of votes cast
673
44.2% of votes cast
No votes
800
54.6% of votes cast
33
2.2% of votes cast
Against party
14
1.0% of votes cast
39 years, 3 months
Since 11 Jun 1987
Commons service
16 years, 4 months
Since 6 May 2010

Debates

21
-61.3 vs Commons average
Rank 588 of 649
Appearances
68
-14.3 vs Commons average
Rank 319 of 649
28
-115.5 vs Commons average
Rank 578 of 649
Contributions
95
-48.5 vs Commons average
Rank 348 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
£2,462,741
all imported IPSA years
£270,312
20% above average
Latest expenses
£244,429
8% above average
3
3 registered categories
Registered interests
14
3 registered categories
0
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
12
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
189 of 211 votes
Trade
70 of 91 votes
#2
Housing
52 of 67 votes
Migration
129 of 171 votes
#3
Trade
70 of 91 votes
Work / Employment
58 of 77 votes
#4
NHS / Health
39 of 56 votes
NHS / Health
41 of 56 votes
#5
Tax
217 of 322 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No
Aye
No
Aye
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