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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 1,266 shared comparable votes.

52 same votes 1,214 different votes 1,266 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 86 No
Migration 3% aligned 121 shared votes
84 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

64.1%
9% below average
Rank 531 of 649
Participation
80.5%
8% above average
Rank 187 of 649
1,523
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,913
2,376 eligible divisions
850
55.8% of votes cast
Aye votes
915
47.8% of votes cast
673
44.2% of votes cast
No votes
998
52.2% of votes cast
33
2.2% of votes cast
Against party
12
0.6% of votes cast
39 years, 3 months
Since 11 Jun 1987
Commons service
34 years, 5 months
Since 9 Apr 1992

Debates

22
-61.7 vs Commons average
Rank 586 of 649
Appearances
78
-5.7 vs Commons average
Rank 281 of 649
29
-116.9 vs Commons average
Rank 576 of 649
Contributions
112
-33.9 vs Commons average
Rank 301 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
£2,404,047
all imported IPSA years
£270,312
20% above average
Latest expenses
£243,709
8% above average
3
3 registered categories
Registered interests
9
5 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

Brexit / EU
175 of 211 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
204 of 211 votes
Trade
70 of 91 votes
#2
Migration
157 of 171 votes
Migration
129 of 171 votes
#3
Trade
82 of 91 votes
Work / Employment
58 of 77 votes
#4
NHS / Health
41 of 56 votes
#5
Defence
59 of 71 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Where they voted the same
No
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
No
Aye
Privilege 28 Apr 2026
Aye
No
Closure motion 16 May 2025
No
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API