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Ms Diane Abbott vs Sir Edward Leigh

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


Voting alignment

Ms Diane Abbott and Sir Edward Leigh voted the same way 4% of the time, based on 1,205 shared comparable votes.

47 same votes 1,158 different votes 1,205 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
13 Aye 9 No
Digital / Online Safety 5% aligned 22 shared votes
8 Aye 14 No
58 Aye 76 No
Crime / Justice 4% aligned 134 shared votes
77 Aye 57 No
20 Aye 11 No
NHS / Health 3% aligned 31 shared votes
12 Aye 19 No
14 Aye 18 No
Benefits 3% aligned 32 shared votes
17 Aye 15 No
17 Aye 21 No
Work / Employment 3% aligned 38 shared votes
20 Aye 18 No
Most different by topic
123 Aye 62 No
Tax 0% aligned 185 shared votes
62 Aye 123 No
28 Aye 29 No
Trade 0% aligned 57 shared votes
29 Aye 28 No
23 Aye 25 No
Transport 0% aligned 48 shared votes
25 Aye 23 No
24 Aye 18 No
Defence 0% aligned 42 shared votes
18 Aye 24 No
21 Aye 18 No
Foreign Affairs 0% aligned 39 shared votes
18 Aye 21 No

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

Voting record

65.7 %
8 % below average
Rank 510 of 648
Participation
75.4 %
2 % above average
Rank 308 of 648
1,519
2,312 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,744
2,312 eligible divisions
850
56.0 % of votes cast
Aye votes
818
46.9 % of votes cast
669
44.0 % of votes cast
No votes
926
53.1 % of votes cast
n/a
rebellion not calculated
Against party
21
1.2 % of votes cast
38 years, 11 months
Since 11 Jun 1987
Commons service
42 years, 11 months
Since 9 Jun 1983

Debates

13
-47.4 vs Commons average
Rank 605 of 648
Appearances
142
+81.6 vs Commons average
Rank 21 of 648
16
-92.9 vs Commons average
Rank 601 of 648
Contributions
163
+54.1 vs Commons average
Rank 102 of 648

Debate figures cover imported Hansard debate appearances from the last 12 months.

Financials and interests

£2,702,592
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,223,219
all imported IPSA years
£270,312
20 % above average
Latest expenses
£216,835
4 % 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

Defence
49 of 59 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
188 of 211 votes
Brexit / EU
175 of 211 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
59 of 69 votes
Trade
70 of 88 votes
#3
Defence
50 of 59 votes
Work / Employment
58 of 75 votes
#4
Energy
54 of 67 votes
Migration
127 of 169 votes
#5
Tax
254 of 318 votes

Recent voting overlap

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