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Ms Diane Abbott vs Ruth Jones

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


Voting alignment

Ms Diane Abbott and Ruth Jones voted the same way 98% of the time, based on 873 shared comparable votes.

853 same votes 20 different votes 873 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
73 Aye 35 No
Tax 100% aligned 108 shared votes
73 Aye 35 No
30 Aye 29 No
Brexit / EU 100% aligned 59 shared votes
30 Aye 29 No
30 Aye 17 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 47 shared votes
30 Aye 17 No
23 Aye 17 No
Defence 100% aligned 40 shared votes
23 Aye 17 No
14 Aye 22 No
Transport 100% aligned 36 shared votes
14 Aye 22 No
Most different by topic
18 Aye 20 No
Benefits 79% aligned 38 shared votes
16 Aye 22 No
13 Aye 7 No
Devolution / Local Government 95% aligned 20 shared votes
12 Aye 8 No
20 Aye 11 No
Education 97% aligned 31 shared votes
19 Aye 12 No
22 Aye 9 No
Housing 97% aligned 31 shared votes
21 Aye 10 No
29 Aye 74 No
Migration 97% aligned 103 shared votes
28 Aye 75 No

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

Voting record

63.0%
9% below average
Rank 545 of 650
Participation
77.8%
5% above average
Rank 248 of 650
1,523
2,417 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,364
1,753 eligible divisions
850
55.8% of votes cast
Aye votes
711
52.1% of votes cast
673
44.2% of votes cast
No votes
653
47.9% of votes cast
33
2.2% of votes cast
Against party
16
1.2% of votes cast
39 years, 4 months
Since 11 Jun 1987
Commons service
7 years, 7 months
Since 4 Apr 2019

Debates

22
-72.5 vs Commons average
Rank 602 of 650
Appearances
63
-31.5 vs Commons average
Rank 413 of 650
26
-138.6 vs Commons average
Rank 603 of 650
Contributions
88
-76.6 vs Commons average
Rank 424 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
£1,494,987
all imported IPSA years
£270,312
20% above average
Latest expenses
£296,369
31% above average
3
3 registered categories
Registered interests
4
3 registered categories
0
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
6
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 212 votes
#1
Migration
129 of 171 votes
#2
Work / Employment
63 of 71 votes
Trade
70 of 94 votes
#3
Education
61 of 69 votes
NHS / Health
41 of 56 votes
#4
Migration
136 of 154 votes
Housing
49 of 67 votes
#5
Housing
47 of 54 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Privilege 28 Apr 2026
No
Where they voted the same
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API