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Ms Diane Abbott vs Sir Alec Shelbrooke

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


Voting alignment

Ms Diane Abbott and Sir Alec Shelbrooke voted the same way 5% of the time, based on 1,163 shared comparable votes.

60 same votes 1,103 different votes 1,163 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
16 Aye 9 No
NHS / Health 8% aligned 25 shared votes
11 Aye 14 No
25 Aye 17 No
Foreign Affairs 7% aligned 42 shared votes
20 Aye 22 No
105 Aye 66 No
Brexit / EU 5% aligned 171 shared votes
68 Aye 103 No
32 Aye 55 No
Migration 5% aligned 87 shared votes
53 Aye 34 No
57 Aye 60 No
Crime / Justice 4% aligned 117 shared votes
63 Aye 54 No
Most different by topic
105 Aye 52 No
Tax 0% aligned 157 shared votes
52 Aye 105 No
31 Aye 34 No
Trade 0% aligned 65 shared votes
34 Aye 31 No
25 Aye 20 No
Defence 0% aligned 45 shared votes
20 Aye 25 No
22 Aye 17 No
Benefits 0% aligned 39 shared votes
17 Aye 22 No
21 Aye 12 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 33 shared votes
12 Aye 21 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
72.4%
same as average
Rank 370 of 649
1,523
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,720
2,376 eligible divisions
850
55.8% of votes cast
Aye votes
790
45.9% of votes cast
673
44.2% of votes cast
No votes
930
54.1% of votes cast
33
2.2% of votes cast
Against party
7
0.4% of votes cast
39 years, 3 months
Since 11 Jun 1987
Commons service
16 years, 4 months
Since 6 May 2010

Debates

21
-61.3 vs Commons average
Rank 588 of 649
Appearances
145
+62.7 vs Commons average
Rank 74 of 649
28
-115.5 vs Commons average
Rank 578 of 649
Contributions
181
+37.5 vs Commons average
Rank 155 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
£2,686,484
all imported IPSA years
£270,312
20% above average
Latest expenses
£274,658
21% above average
3
3 registered categories
Registered interests
4
2 registered categories
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 211 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
202 of 211 votes
Trade
70 of 91 votes
#2
Trade
86 of 91 votes
Migration
129 of 171 votes
#3
Foreign Affairs
65 of 69 votes
Work / Employment
58 of 77 votes
#4
Housing
62 of 67 votes
NHS / Health
41 of 56 votes
#5
Defence
65 of 71 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No
Aye
No
Aye
Where they voted the same
No
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
No
Aye
Privilege 28 Apr 2026
Aye
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API