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Ms Diane Abbott vs Rebecca Smith

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
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Photograph of Rebecca Smith
Rebecca Smith
Con South West Devon

Voting alignment

Ms Diane Abbott and Rebecca Smith voted the same way 9% of the time, based on 222 shared comparable votes.

19 same votes 203 different votes 222 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
4 Aye 3 No
Benefits 29% aligned 7 shared votes
1 Aye 6 No
5 Aye 3 No
Digital / Online Safety 13% aligned 8 shared votes
2 Aye 6 No
8 Aye 2 No
Housing 10% aligned 10 shared votes
3 Aye 7 No
14 Aye 22 No
Crime / Justice 8% aligned 36 shared votes
21 Aye 15 No
24 Aye 7 No
Work / Employment 3% aligned 31 shared votes
6 Aye 25 No
Most different by topic
22 Aye 24 No
Tax 0% aligned 46 shared votes
24 Aye 22 No
10 Aye 7 No
Education 0% aligned 17 shared votes
7 Aye 10 No
5 Aye 6 No
Defence 0% aligned 11 shared votes
6 Aye 5 No
2 Aye 3 No
Migration 0% aligned 5 shared votes
3 Aye 2 No
3 Aye 1 No
Democracy / Parliament 0% aligned 4 shared votes
1 Aye 3 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
70.5%
2% below average
Rank 419 of 649
1,523
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
416
590 eligible divisions
850
55.8% of votes cast
Aye votes
196
47.1% of votes cast
673
44.2% of votes cast
No votes
220
52.9% of votes cast
33
2.2% of votes cast
Against party
0
0.0% of votes cast
39 years, 3 months
Since 11 Jun 1987
Commons service
2 years, 2 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

21
-61.1 vs Commons average
Rank 587 of 649
Appearances
148
+65.9 vs Commons average
Rank 72 of 649
28
-114.9 vs Commons average
Rank 581 of 649
Contributions
266
+123.1 vs Commons average
Rank 72 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
£213,132
all imported IPSA years
£270,312
20% above average
Latest expenses
£213,132
6% below average
3
3 registered categories
Registered interests
5
4 registered categories
0
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
2
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
Work / Employment
38 of 39 votes
Migration
129 of 171 votes
#3
Democracy / Parliament
13 of 14 votes
Work / Employment
58 of 77 votes
#4
Trade
6 of 7 votes
NHS / Health
41 of 56 votes
#5
Tax
88 of 112 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No
Immigration and Asylum Bill: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 13 Jul 2026
Migration
Aye
Aye
Victims and Courts Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 6 25 Mar 2026
Crime / Justice
No
Aye
Victims and Courts Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 5 25 Mar 2026
Crime / Justice
No
Aye
Victims and Courts Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 4 25 Mar 2026
Crime / Justice
No
Aye
Victims and Courts Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 3 25 Mar 2026
Crime / Justice
No
Aye
Victims and Courts Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 2 25 Mar 2026
Crime / Justice
No
Aye
Victims and Courts Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 1 25 Mar 2026
Crime / Justice
No
No
Opposition Day: Defence 24 Mar 2026
Defence
Aye
No
Opposition Day: Oil and gas 24 Mar 2026
Energy
Aye
Aye
National Insurance Contributions (Employer Pensions Contributions) Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 6 23 Mar 2026
Tax
No
Where they voted the same
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading 11 Sept 2026
No
No
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
No
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
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Amendment 94 20 Jun 2025
No
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