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Ms Diane Abbott vs Sir Andrew Mitchell

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


Voting alignment

Ms Diane Abbott and Sir Andrew Mitchell voted the same way 6% of the time, based on 1,043 shared comparable votes.

65 same votes 978 different votes 1,043 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
17 Aye 8 No
NHS / Health 12% aligned 25 shared votes
9 Aye 16 No
22 Aye 14 No
Foreign Affairs 8% aligned 36 shared votes
17 Aye 19 No
54 Aye 55 No
Crime / Justice 7% aligned 109 shared votes
57 Aye 52 No
20 Aye 23 No
Transport 7% aligned 43 shared votes
26 Aye 17 No
100 Aye 53 No
Brexit / EU 6% aligned 153 shared votes
58 Aye 95 No
Most different by topic
17 Aye 15 No
Defence 0% aligned 32 shared votes
15 Aye 17 No
18 Aye 11 No
Housing 0% aligned 29 shared votes
11 Aye 18 No
13 Aye 9 No
Energy 0% aligned 22 shared votes
9 Aye 13 No
11 Aye 6 No
Environment / Climate 0% aligned 17 shared votes
6 Aye 11 No
3 Aye 6 No
Democracy / Parliament 0% aligned 9 shared votes
6 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
62.9%
10% below average
Rank 543 of 649
1,523
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,494
2,376 eligible divisions
850
55.8% of votes cast
Aye votes
718
48.1% of votes cast
673
44.2% of votes cast
No votes
776
51.9% of votes cast
33
2.2% of votes cast
Against party
41
2.7% of votes cast
39 years, 3 months
Since 11 Jun 1987
Commons service
25 years, 3 months
Since 7 Jun 2001

Debates

21
-61.3 vs Commons average
Rank 588 of 649
Appearances
62
-20.3 vs Commons average
Rank 356 of 649
28
-115.5 vs Commons average
Rank 578 of 649
Contributions
72
-71.5 vs Commons average
Rank 435 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
£2,625,709
all imported IPSA years
£270,312
20% above average
Latest expenses
£265,608
17% above average
3
3 registered categories
Registered interests
13
5 registered categories
0
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
2
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
181 of 211 votes
Trade
70 of 91 votes
#2
Migration
119 of 171 votes
Migration
129 of 171 votes
#3
Digital / Online Safety
41 of 60 votes
Work / Employment
58 of 77 votes
#4
Transport
64 of 95 votes
NHS / Health
41 of 56 votes
#5
Trade
61 of 91 votes

Recent voting overlap

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