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Ms Diane Abbott vs Sir Gavin Williamson

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
vs
Photograph of Sir Gavin Williamson
Sir Gavin Williamson
Con Stone, Great Wyrley and Penkridge

Voting alignment

Ms Diane Abbott and Sir Gavin Williamson voted the same way 5% of the time, based on 1,267 shared comparable votes.

68 same votes 1,199 different votes 1,267 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
24 Aye 7 No
NHS / Health 10% aligned 31 shared votes
10 Aye 21 No
10 Aye 6 No
Digital / Online Safety 6% aligned 16 shared votes
5 Aye 11 No
104 Aye 65 No
Brexit / EU 5% aligned 169 shared votes
65 Aye 104 No
60 Aye 74 No
Crime / Justice 4% aligned 134 shared votes
74 Aye 60 No
32 Aye 14 No
Education 4% aligned 46 shared votes
14 Aye 32 No
Most different by topic
29 Aye 31 No
Trade 0% aligned 60 shared votes
31 Aye 29 No
26 Aye 26 No
Transport 0% aligned 52 shared votes
26 Aye 26 No
23 Aye 19 No
Defence 0% aligned 42 shared votes
19 Aye 23 No
19 Aye 17 No
Foreign Affairs 0% aligned 36 shared votes
17 Aye 19 No
17 Aye 11 No
Energy 0% aligned 28 shared votes
11 Aye 17 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
78.3%
6% above average
Rank 235 of 649
1,523
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,860
2,376 eligible divisions
850
55.8% of votes cast
Aye votes
889
47.8% of votes cast
673
44.2% of votes cast
No votes
971
52.2% of votes cast
33
2.2% of votes cast
Against party
8
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
72
-10.3 vs Commons average
Rank 302 of 649
28
-115.5 vs Commons average
Rank 578 of 649
Contributions
89
-54.5 vs Commons average
Rank 370 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
£2,645,311
all imported IPSA years
£270,312
20% above average
Latest expenses
£278,816
23% above average
3
3 registered categories
Registered interests
11
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
200 of 211 votes
Trade
70 of 91 votes
#2
Migration
155 of 171 votes
Migration
129 of 171 votes
#3
Transport
83 of 95 votes
Work / Employment
58 of 77 votes
#4
Trade
78 of 91 votes
NHS / Health
41 of 56 votes
#5
Housing
57 of 67 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No
Immigration and Asylum Bill: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 13 Jul 2026
Migration
Aye
No
Opposition Day: Oil and gas 24 Mar 2026
Energy
Aye
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
Aye
National Insurance Contributions (Employer Pensions Contributions) Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 2 23 Mar 2026
Tax
No
Aye
National Insurance Contributions (Employer Pensions Contributions) Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 1 23 Mar 2026
Tax
No
No
Opposition day: Fuel duty 18 Mar 2026
Tax
Aye
Aye
Finance (No. 2) Bill: Third Reading 11 Mar 2026
Tax
No
No
Finance (No. 2) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 6 11 Mar 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
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
Universal Credit and Personal Independence Payment Bill: Third Reading 9 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
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