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Ms Diane Abbott vs Sir Julian Lewis

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


Voting alignment

Ms Diane Abbott and Sir Julian Lewis voted the same way 6% of the time, based on 1,258 shared comparable votes.

71 same votes 1,187 different votes 1,258 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
23 Aye 22 No
Defence 16% aligned 45 shared votes
19 Aye 26 No
32 Aye 33 No
Trade 8% aligned 65 shared votes
32 Aye 33 No
22 Aye 19 No
Benefits 7% aligned 41 shared votes
16 Aye 25 No
61 Aye 81 No
Crime / Justice 7% aligned 142 shared votes
77 Aye 65 No
20 Aye 13 No
NHS / Health 6% aligned 33 shared votes
13 Aye 20 No
Most different by topic
29 Aye 14 No
Education 0% aligned 43 shared votes
14 Aye 29 No
20 Aye 16 No
Foreign Affairs 0% aligned 36 shared votes
16 Aye 20 No
14 Aye 13 No
Energy 0% aligned 27 shared votes
13 Aye 14 No
13 Aye 11 No
Environment / Climate 0% aligned 24 shared votes
11 Aye 13 No
12 Aye 7 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 19 shared votes
7 Aye 12 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
80.0%
7% above average
Rank 199 of 649
1,523
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,900
2,376 eligible divisions
850
55.8% of votes cast
Aye votes
899
47.3% of votes cast
673
44.2% of votes cast
No votes
1,001
52.7% of votes cast
33
2.2% of votes cast
Against party
41
2.2% of votes cast
39 years, 3 months
Since 11 Jun 1987
Commons service
29 years, 4 months
Since 1 May 1997

Debates

21
-61.3 vs Commons average
Rank 588 of 649
Appearances
361
+278.7 vs Commons average
Rank 6 of 649
28
-115.5 vs Commons average
Rank 578 of 649
Contributions
478
+334.5 vs Commons average
Rank 23 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
£2,159,138
all imported IPSA years
£270,312
20% above average
Latest expenses
£212,155
6% below average
3
3 registered categories
Registered interests
2
2 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

Brexit / EU
175 of 211 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
193 of 211 votes
Trade
70 of 91 votes
#2
Trade
83 of 91 votes
Migration
129 of 171 votes
#3
Defence
63 of 71 votes
Work / Employment
58 of 77 votes
#4
Work / Employment
68 of 77 votes
NHS / Health
41 of 56 votes
#5

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No
Aye
No
Aye
Where they voted the same
Aye
Privilege 28 Apr 2026
Aye
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API