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Ms Diane Abbott vs Sir Julian Smith

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

Photograph of Ms Diane Abbott
Ms Diane Abbott
Lab Hackney North and Stoke Newington
vs
Photograph of Sir Julian Smith
Sir Julian Smith
Con Skipton and Ripon

Voting alignment

Ms Diane Abbott and Sir Julian Smith voted the same way 6% of the time, based on 1,254 shared comparable votes.

75 same votes 1,179 different votes 1,254 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 13 No
NHS / Health 8% aligned 36 shared votes
16 Aye 20 No
88 Aye 54 No
Brexit / EU 8% aligned 142 shared votes
57 Aye 85 No
22 Aye 17 No
Benefits 5% aligned 39 shared votes
15 Aye 24 No
10 Aye 13 No
Foreign Affairs 4% aligned 23 shared votes
14 Aye 9 No
63 Aye 77 No
Crime / Justice 4% aligned 140 shared votes
79 Aye 61 No
Most different by topic
30 Aye 27 No
Trade 0% aligned 57 shared votes
27 Aye 30 No
21 Aye 23 No
Transport 0% aligned 44 shared votes
23 Aye 21 No
18 Aye 17 No
Housing 0% aligned 35 shared votes
17 Aye 18 No
20 Aye 13 No
Energy 0% aligned 33 shared votes
13 Aye 20 No
13 Aye 10 No
Environment / Climate 0% aligned 23 shared votes
10 Aye 13 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
77.3%
5% above average
Rank 257 of 649
1,523
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,837
2,376 eligible divisions
850
55.8% of votes cast
Aye votes
884
48.1% of votes cast
673
44.2% of votes cast
No votes
953
51.9% of votes cast
33
2.2% of votes cast
Against party
5
0.3% of votes cast
39 years, 3 months
Since 11 Jun 1987
Commons service
16 years, 4 months
Since 6 May 2010

Debates

21
-61.3 vs Commons average
Rank 588 of 649
Appearances
97
+14.7 vs Commons average
Rank 180 of 649
28
-115.5 vs Commons average
Rank 578 of 649
Contributions
115
-28.5 vs Commons average
Rank 288 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
£2,587,883
all imported IPSA years
£270,312
20% above average
Latest expenses
£259,624
15% above average
3
3 registered categories
Registered interests
5
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
Environment / Climate
42 of 48 votes
Trade
70 of 91 votes
#2
Defence
62 of 71 votes
Migration
129 of 171 votes
#3
Energy
61 of 70 votes
Work / Employment
58 of 77 votes
#4
Democracy / Parliament
40 of 47 votes
NHS / Health
41 of 56 votes
#5
Crime / Justice
191 of 230 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No
Immigration and Asylum Bill: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 13 Jul 2026
Migration
Aye
Aye
Victims and Courts Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 6 25 Mar 2026
Crime / Justice
No
Aye
Victims and Courts Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 5 25 Mar 2026
Crime / Justice
No
Aye
Victims and Courts Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 4 25 Mar 2026
Crime / Justice
No
Aye
Victims and Courts Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 3 25 Mar 2026
Crime / Justice
No
Aye
Victims and Courts Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 2 25 Mar 2026
Crime / Justice
No
Aye
Victims and Courts Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 1 25 Mar 2026
Crime / Justice
No
Aye
National Insurance Contributions (Employer Pensions Contributions) Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 6 23 Mar 2026
Tax
No
Aye
National Insurance Contributions (Employer Pensions Contributions) Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 5 23 Mar 2026
Tax
No
Aye
National Insurance Contributions (Employer Pensions Contributions) Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 3 23 Mar 2026
Tax
No
Where they voted the same
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading 11 Sept 2026
No
Aye
Privilege 28 Apr 2026
Aye
No
Draft Employment Rights Act 2025 (Investigatory Powers) (Consequential Amendments) Regulations 2026 18 Mar 2026
Crime / Justice Digital / Online Safety Work / Employment
No
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
Diego Garcia Military Base and British Indian Ocean Territory Bill Committee: Amendment 9 20 Oct 2025
Defence
No
No
Universal Credit and Personal Independence Payment Bill: Third Reading 9 Jul 2025
Benefits
No
No
Universal Credit and Personal Independent Payment Bill: Second Reading 1 Jul 2025
Benefits
No
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Third Reading 20 Jun 2025
No
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Amendment 94 20 Jun 2025
No
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