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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.

Photograph of Ms Diane Abbott
Ms Diane Abbott
Ind Hackney North and Stoke Newington
vs
Photograph of Sir John Whittingdale
Sir John Whittingdale
Con Maldon

Voting alignment

Ms Diane Abbott and Sir John Whittingdale voted the same way 4% of the time, based on 1,263 shared comparable votes.

50 same votes 1,213 different votes 1,263 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
106 Aye 64 No
Brexit / EU 4% aligned 170 shared votes
61 Aye 109 No
53 Aye 73 No
Crime / Justice 4% aligned 126 shared votes
74 Aye 52 No
35 Aye 85 No
Migration 3% aligned 120 shared votes
83 Aye 37 No
18 Aye 16 No
Housing 3% aligned 34 shared votes
17 Aye 17 No
23 Aye 11 No
NHS / Health 3% aligned 34 shared votes
12 Aye 22 No
Most different by topic
32 Aye 31 No
Trade 0% aligned 63 shared votes
31 Aye 32 No
24 Aye 20 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 44 shared votes
20 Aye 24 No
25 Aye 18 No
Defence 0% aligned 43 shared votes
18 Aye 25 No
23 Aye 18 No
Foreign Affairs 0% aligned 41 shared votes
18 Aye 23 No
17 Aye 12 No
Energy 0% aligned 29 shared votes
12 Aye 17 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
80.8 %
8 % above average
Rank 201 of 648
1,519
2,312 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,868
2,312 eligible divisions
850
56.0 % of votes cast
Aye votes
884
47.3 % of votes cast
669
44.0 % of votes cast
No votes
984
52.7 % of votes cast
n/a
rebellion not calculated
Against party
12
0.6 % of votes cast
38 years, 11 months
Since 11 Jun 1987
Commons service
34 years, 1 months
Since 9 Apr 1992

Debates

13
-47.4 vs Commons average
Rank 605 of 648
Appearances
61
+0.6 vs Commons average
Rank 224 of 648
16
-92.9 vs Commons average
Rank 601 of 648
Contributions
77
-31.9 vs Commons average
Rank 315 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
£2,404,047
all imported IPSA years
£270,312
20 % above average
Latest expenses
£243,709
8 % above average
3
3 registered categories
Registered interests
9
6 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
204 of 211 votes
Brexit / EU
175 of 211 votes
#2
Migration
156 of 169 votes
Trade
70 of 88 votes
#3
Trade
80 of 88 votes
Work / Employment
58 of 75 votes
#4
Devolution / Local Government
56 of 65 votes
Migration
127 of 169 votes
#5
Defence
49 of 59 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
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
No
Finance (No. 2) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 5 11 Mar 2026
Tax
Aye
No
Finance (No. 2) Bill Report Stage: New Clause 11 11 Mar 2026
Tax
Aye
Aye
Children's Wellbeing and Schools Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 102 9 Mar 2026
Education
No
Aye
Children's Wellbeing and Schools Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 44 9 Mar 2026
Education
No
Aye
Children's Wellbeing and Schools Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 41 9 Mar 2026
Education
No
Aye
Children's Wellbeing and Schools Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 37 9 Mar 2026
Education
No
Aye
Children's Wellbeing and Schools Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 16 9 Mar 2026
Education
No
No
Representation of the People Bill: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 2 Mar 2026
Democracy / Parliament
Aye
Where they voted the same
Aye
Privilege 28 Apr 2026
Aye
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
Aye
Planning and Infrastructure Bill Report Stage: Amendment 69 9 Jun 2025
Housing
Aye
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill Report Stage: Amendment (a) to New Clause 10 16 May 2025
Aye
No
Closure motion 16 May 2025
No
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading 29 Nov 2024
No
Aye
High Speed Rail (Crewe - Manchester) Bill: Instruction (No. 3) 21 May 2024
Transport
Aye
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