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Ms Diane Abbott vs Sarah Owen

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


Voting alignment

Ms Diane Abbott and Sarah Owen voted the same way 97% of the time, based on 773 shared comparable votes.

751 same votes 22 different votes 773 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
63 Aye 36 No
Tax 100% aligned 99 shared votes
63 Aye 36 No
22 Aye 27 No
Brexit / EU 100% aligned 49 shared votes
22 Aye 27 No
24 Aye 19 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 43 shared votes
24 Aye 19 No
19 Aye 18 No
Defence 100% aligned 37 shared votes
19 Aye 18 No
13 Aye 17 No
Trade 100% aligned 30 shared votes
13 Aye 17 No
Most different by topic
16 Aye 13 No
Benefits 72% aligned 29 shared votes
14 Aye 15 No
9 Aye 7 No
Devolution / Local Government 94% aligned 16 shared votes
8 Aye 8 No
10 Aye 7 No
Education 94% aligned 17 shared votes
9 Aye 8 No
14 Aye 10 No
Housing 96% aligned 24 shared votes
13 Aye 11 No
44 Aye 59 No
Crime / Justice 97% aligned 103 shared votes
45 Aye 58 No

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

Voting record

62.9%
9% below average
Rank 543 of 650
Participation
67.0%
5% below average
Rank 473 of 650
1,523
2,422 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,142
1,704 eligible divisions
850
55.8% of votes cast
Aye votes
583
51.1% of votes cast
673
44.2% of votes cast
No votes
559
48.9% of votes cast
33
2.2% of votes cast
Against party
0
0.0% of votes cast
39 years, 5 months
Since 11 Jun 1987
Commons service
6 years, 11 months
Since 12 Dec 2019

Debates

23
-72.6 vs Commons average
Rank 601 of 650
Appearances
67
-28.6 vs Commons average
Rank 391 of 650
27
-139.4 vs Commons average
Rank 603 of 650
Contributions
83
-83.4 vs Commons average
Rank 447 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
£998,822
all imported IPSA years
£270,312
20% above average
Latest expenses
£276,668
22% above average
3
3 registered categories
Registered interests
3
1 registered category
0
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
3
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
Foreign Affairs
60 of 63 votes
Migration
129 of 171 votes
#2
Defence
58 of 70 votes
Trade
70 of 94 votes
#3
Brexit / EU
51 of 64 votes
NHS / Health
41 of 56 votes
#4
Migration
121 of 154 votes
Work / Employment
58 of 80 votes
#5
NHS / Health
35 of 47 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No rebel
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
Aye
Where they voted the same
No
No
No
No
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API