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Ms Diane Abbott vs Sarah Pochin

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 Sarah Pochin
Sarah Pochin
RUK Runcorn and Helsby

Voting alignment

Ms Diane Abbott and Sarah Pochin voted the same way 12% of the time, based on 157 shared comparable votes.

19 same votes 138 different votes 157 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
6 Aye 7 No
Benefits 46% aligned 13 shared votes
7 Aye 6 No
1 Aye 2 No
Transport 33% aligned 3 shared votes
3 Aye 0 No
13 Aye 13 No
Crime / Justice 12% aligned 26 shared votes
12 Aye 14 No
4 Aye 5 No
Digital / Online Safety 11% aligned 9 shared votes
4 Aye 5 No
13 Aye 1 No
Work / Employment 7% aligned 14 shared votes
0 Aye 14 No
Most different by topic
15 Aye 5 No
Tax 0% aligned 20 shared votes
5 Aye 15 No
10 Aye 5 No
Housing 0% aligned 15 shared votes
5 Aye 10 No
7 Aye 4 No
Defence 0% aligned 11 shared votes
4 Aye 7 No
2 Aye 5 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 7 shared votes
5 Aye 2 No
3 Aye 3 No
Migration 0% aligned 6 shared votes
3 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
57.4%
15% below average
Rank 593 of 649
1,523
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
232
404 eligible divisions
850
55.8% of votes cast
Aye votes
105
45.3% of votes cast
673
44.2% of votes cast
No votes
127
54.7% of votes cast
33
2.2% of votes cast
Against party
7
3.0% of votes cast
39 years, 3 months
Since 11 Jun 1987
Commons service
1 years, 4 months
Since 1 May 2025

Debates

21
-60.7 vs Commons average
Rank 585 of 649
Appearances
100
+18.3 vs Commons average
Rank 166 of 649
28
-114.3 vs Commons average
Rank 579 of 649
Contributions
120
-22.3 vs Commons average
Rank 263 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
£0
all imported IPSA years
£270,312
20% above average
Latest expenses
n/a
average unavailable
3
3 registered categories
Registered interests
7
5 registered categories
0
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
1
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
Trade
7 of 7 votes
Trade
70 of 91 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
4 of 4 votes
Migration
129 of 171 votes
#3
Digital / Online Safety
9 of 10 votes
Work / Employment
58 of 77 votes
#4
Housing
22 of 25 votes
NHS / Health
41 of 56 votes
#5
Energy
6 of 8 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
Aye
National Insurance Contributions (Employer Pensions Contributions) Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 6 23 Mar 2026
Tax
No
Aye
National Insurance Contributions (Employer Pensions Contributions) Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 5 23 Mar 2026
Tax
No
Aye
National Insurance Contributions (Employer Pensions Contributions) Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 3 23 Mar 2026
Tax
No
Where they voted the same
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
Draft Higher Education (Fee Limits and Fee Limit Condition) (England) (Amendment) Regulations 2026 18 Mar 2026
Education
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
Draft Public Order Act 2023 (Interference With Use or Operation of Key National Infrastructure) Regulations 2025 14 Jan 2026
No
Aye
Railways Bill: Second Reading 9 Dec 2025
Transport
Aye
Aye
Draft Enterprise Act 2002 (Definition of Newspaper) Order 2025 16 Jul 2025
Aye
Aye
Enterprise Act 2002 (Amendment of Section 58 Considerations) Order 2025 (SI, 2025, No. 737) 16 Jul 2025
Aye
No
Universal Credit and Personal Independence Payment Bill: Third Reading 9 Jul 2025
Benefits
No
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