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Ms Diane Abbott vs Rebecca Paul

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


Voting alignment

Ms Diane Abbott and Rebecca Paul voted the same way 8% of the time, based on 198 shared comparable votes.

15 same votes 183 different votes 198 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 3 No
Benefits 33% aligned 6 shared votes
1 Aye 5 No
12 Aye 6 No
Housing 6% aligned 18 shared votes
7 Aye 11 No
18 Aye 17 No
Tax 0% aligned 35 shared votes
17 Aye 18 No
19 Aye 6 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 25 shared votes
6 Aye 19 No
8 Aye 15 No
Crime / Justice 0% aligned 23 shared votes
15 Aye 8 No
Most different by topic
18 Aye 17 No
Tax 0% aligned 35 shared votes
17 Aye 18 No
19 Aye 6 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 25 shared votes
6 Aye 19 No
8 Aye 15 No
Crime / Justice 0% aligned 23 shared votes
15 Aye 8 No
7 Aye 7 No
Education 0% aligned 14 shared votes
7 Aye 7 No
6 Aye 3 No
Defence 0% aligned 9 shared votes
3 Aye 6 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
78.8%
6% above average
Rank 226 of 649
1,523
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
465
590 eligible divisions
850
55.8% of votes cast
Aye votes
209
44.9% of votes cast
673
44.2% of votes cast
No votes
256
55.1% of votes cast
33
2.2% of votes cast
Against party
1
0.2% of votes cast
39 years, 3 months
Since 11 Jun 1987
Commons service
2 years, 2 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

21
-60.8 vs Commons average
Rank 586 of 649
Appearances
102
+20.2 vs Commons average
Rank 157 of 649
28
-114.5 vs Commons average
Rank 578 of 649
Contributions
148
+5.5 vs Commons average
Rank 202 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
£124,847
all imported IPSA years
£270,312
20% above average
Latest expenses
£124,847
45% below average
3
3 registered categories
Registered interests
6
4 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
Foreign Affairs
4 of 4 votes
Trade
70 of 91 votes
#2
Democracy / Parliament
13 of 14 votes
Migration
129 of 171 votes
#3
Work / Employment
36 of 39 votes
Work / Employment
58 of 77 votes
#4
Defence
30 of 34 votes
NHS / Health
41 of 56 votes
#5
Housing
28 of 32 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Where they voted the same
Aye
Privilege 28 Apr 2026
Aye
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API