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Ms Diane Abbott vs Sir John Whittingdale
A side-by-side comparison of voting participation, party rebellion, topic focus, and recent voting overlap.
Voting alignment
Ms Diane Abbott and Sir John Whittingdale voted the same way 4% of the time, based on 1,264 shared comparable votes.
50 same votes
1,214 different votes
1,264 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
Most different by topic
Topic alignment uses local topic tags, so a division can count towards more than one topic.
Voting record
64.4 %
8 % below average
Participation
80.5 %
8 % above average
1,521
2,361 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,901
2,361 eligible divisions
850
55.9 % of votes cast
Aye votes
908
47.8 % of votes cast
671
44.1 % of votes cast
No votes
993
52.2 % of votes cast
31
2.0 % of votes cast
Against party
12
0.6 % of votes cast
39 years, 2 months
Since 11 Jun 1987
Commons service
34 years, 4 months
Since 9 Apr 1992
Debates
20
-57.9 vs Commons average
Appearances
74
-3.9 vs Commons average
27
-111.3 vs Commons average
Contributions
106
-32.3 vs Commons average
Debate figures cover imported Hansard debate appearances from the last 12 months.
Financials and interests
£2,702,592
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,404,047
all imported IPSA years
£270,312
20 % above average
Latest expenses
£243,709
8 % above average
3
3 registered categories
Registered interests
10
6 registered categories
0
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
1
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
Recent voting overlap
Where they voted differently
Aye
No
Where they voted the same
Aye
Aye
Member source
UK Parliament Members API
Voting source
Commons Votes API