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Ms Diane Abbott vs Sir Iain Duncan Smith

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


Voting alignment

Ms Diane Abbott and Sir Iain Duncan Smith voted the same way 5% of the time, based on 1,280 shared comparable votes.

70 same votes 1,210 different votes 1,280 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
31 Aye 31 No
Trade 6% aligned 62 shared votes
29 Aye 33 No
36 Aye 84 No
Migration 5% aligned 120 shared votes
82 Aye 38 No
20 Aye 21 No
Benefits 5% aligned 41 shared votes
19 Aye 22 No
27 Aye 17 No
Housing 5% aligned 44 shared votes
19 Aye 25 No
64 Aye 82 No
Crime / Justice 4% aligned 146 shared votes
84 Aye 62 No
Most different by topic
23 Aye 18 No
Defence 0% aligned 41 shared votes
18 Aye 23 No
21 Aye 18 No
Foreign Affairs 0% aligned 39 shared votes
18 Aye 21 No
27 Aye 8 No
Education 0% aligned 35 shared votes
8 Aye 27 No
16 Aye 10 No
Energy 0% aligned 26 shared votes
10 Aye 16 No
6 Aye 9 No
Environment / Climate 0% aligned 15 shared votes
9 Aye 6 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
81.4%
9% above average
Rank 172 of 649
1,523
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,935
2,376 eligible divisions
850
55.8% of votes cast
Aye votes
887
45.8% of votes cast
673
44.2% of votes cast
No votes
1,048
54.2% of votes cast
33
2.2% of votes cast
Against party
41
2.1% of votes cast
39 years, 3 months
Since 11 Jun 1987
Commons service
34 years, 5 months
Since 9 Apr 1992

Debates

21
-61.3 vs Commons average
Rank 588 of 649
Appearances
96
+13.7 vs Commons average
Rank 186 of 649
28
-115.5 vs Commons average
Rank 578 of 649
Contributions
167
+23.5 vs Commons average
Rank 170 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
£2,530,064
all imported IPSA years
£270,312
20% above average
Latest expenses
£265,254
17% above average
3
3 registered categories
Registered interests
9
3 registered categories
0
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
6
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
208 of 211 votes
Trade
70 of 91 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
63 of 69 votes
Migration
129 of 171 votes
#3
Housing
60 of 67 votes
Work / Employment
58 of 77 votes
#4
Migration
153 of 171 votes
NHS / Health
41 of 56 votes
#5
Crime / Justice
198 of 230 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