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Ms Diane Abbott vs Shivani Raja

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

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Ms Diane Abbott
Lab Hackney North and Stoke Newington
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Shivani Raja
Con Leicester East

Voting alignment

Ms Diane Abbott and Shivani Raja voted the same way 7% of the time, based on 218 shared comparable votes.

16 same votes 202 different votes 218 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
2 Aye 7 No
Benefits 22% aligned 9 shared votes
5 Aye 4 No
13 Aye 6 No
Housing 5% aligned 19 shared votes
7 Aye 12 No
24 Aye 16 No
Tax 0% aligned 40 shared votes
16 Aye 24 No
24 Aye 6 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 30 shared votes
6 Aye 24 No
7 Aye 19 No
Crime / Justice 0% aligned 26 shared votes
19 Aye 7 No
Most different by topic
24 Aye 16 No
Tax 0% aligned 40 shared votes
16 Aye 24 No
24 Aye 6 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 30 shared votes
6 Aye 24 No
7 Aye 19 No
Crime / Justice 0% aligned 26 shared votes
19 Aye 7 No
7 Aye 5 No
Defence 0% aligned 12 shared votes
5 Aye 7 No
5 Aye 7 No
Education 0% aligned 12 shared votes
7 Aye 5 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
63.4%
9% below average
Rank 536 of 649
1,523
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
374
590 eligible divisions
850
55.8% of votes cast
Aye votes
187
50.0% of votes cast
673
44.2% of votes cast
No votes
187
50.0% of votes cast
33
2.2% of votes cast
Against party
1
0.3% of votes cast
39 years, 3 months
Since 11 Jun 1987
Commons service
2 years, 2 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

21
-61.3 vs Commons average
Rank 588 of 649
Appearances
16
-66.3 vs Commons average
Rank 606 of 649
28
-115.5 vs Commons average
Rank 578 of 649
Contributions
18
-125.5 vs Commons average
Rank 610 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
£205,066
all imported IPSA years
£270,312
20% above average
Latest expenses
£205,066
9% below average
3
3 registered categories
Registered interests
3
3 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
Work / Employment
36 of 39 votes
Trade
70 of 91 votes
#2
Defence
29 of 34 votes
Migration
129 of 171 votes
#3
Housing
27 of 32 votes
Work / Employment
58 of 77 votes
#4
Democracy / Parliament
11 of 14 votes
NHS / Health
41 of 56 votes
#5
Transport
22 of 29 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No
Immigration and Asylum Bill: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 13 Jul 2026
Migration
Aye
Aye
Draft Medical Devices (Fees Amendment) Regulations 2026 28 Jan 2026
No
Aye
Diego Garcia Military Base and British Indian Ocean Territory Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 6 20 Jan 2026
Defence
No
Aye
Diego Garcia Military Base and British Indian Ocean Territory Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 5 20 Jan 2026
Defence
No
Aye
Diego Garcia Military Base and British Indian Ocean Territory Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 1 20 Jan 2026
Defence
No
Aye
Sentencing Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 7 20 Jan 2026
Crime / Justice
No
No
Finance (No. 2) Bill Committee: New Clause 26 13 Jan 2026
Tax
Aye
No
Finance (No. 2) Bill Committee: New Clause 9 13 Jan 2026
Tax
Aye
Aye
Finance (No. 2) Bill Committee: Clause 86 stand part 13 Jan 2026
Tax
No
No
Finance (No. 2) Bill Committee: New Clause 25 13 Jan 2026
Tax
Aye
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
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
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Amendment 77 20 Jun 2025
No
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Amendment 12 20 Jun 2025
Aye
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Amendment 24 20 Jun 2025
Aye
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: New Clause 16 20 Jun 2025
Aye
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