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Ms Diane Abbott vs Steve Barclay

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


Voting alignment

Ms Diane Abbott and Steve Barclay voted the same way 4% of the time, based on 1,150 shared comparable votes.

47 same votes 1,103 different votes 1,150 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
16 Aye 8 No
NHS / Health 8% aligned 24 shared votes
10 Aye 14 No
95 Aye 65 No
Brexit / EU 8% aligned 160 shared votes
67 Aye 93 No
33 Aye 71 No
Migration 4% aligned 104 shared votes
69 Aye 35 No
21 Aye 9 No
Benefits 3% aligned 30 shared votes
8 Aye 22 No
28 Aye 13 No
Education 2% aligned 41 shared votes
14 Aye 27 No
Most different by topic
26 Aye 26 No
Trade 0% aligned 52 shared votes
26 Aye 26 No
23 Aye 20 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 43 shared votes
20 Aye 23 No
20 Aye 16 No
Defence 0% aligned 36 shared votes
16 Aye 20 No
19 Aye 14 No
Housing 0% aligned 33 shared votes
14 Aye 19 No
18 Aye 11 No
Energy 0% aligned 29 shared votes
11 Aye 18 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
71.5 %
2 % below average
Rank 404 of 648
1,519
2,312 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,653
2,312 eligible divisions
850
56.0 % of votes cast
Aye votes
783
47.4 % of votes cast
669
44.0 % of votes cast
No votes
870
52.6 % of votes cast
n/a
rebellion not calculated
Against party
4
0.2 % of votes cast
38 years, 11 months
Since 11 Jun 1987
Commons service
16 years, 0 months
Since 6 May 2010

Debates

13
-47.4 vs Commons average
Rank 605 of 648
Appearances
51
-9.4 vs Commons average
Rank 315 of 648
16
-92.9 vs Commons average
Rank 601 of 648
Contributions
68
-40.9 vs Commons average
Rank 360 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
£2,422,084
all imported IPSA years
£270,312
20 % above average
Latest expenses
£231,894
3 % above average
3
3 registered categories
Registered interests
4
4 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

Defence
49 of 59 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
192 of 211 votes
Brexit / EU
175 of 211 votes
#2
Environment / Climate
39 of 45 votes
Trade
70 of 88 votes
#3
Migration
137 of 169 votes
Work / Employment
58 of 75 votes
#4
Migration
127 of 169 votes
#5
Crime / Justice
172 of 229 votes

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