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Ms Diane Abbott vs Tim Farron

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


Voting alignment

Ms Diane Abbott and Tim Farron voted the same way 85% of the time, based on 1,040 shared comparable votes.

882 same votes 158 different votes 1,040 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
19 Aye 14 No
Benefits 100% aligned 33 shared votes
19 Aye 14 No
4 Aye 6 No
Democracy / Parliament 100% aligned 10 shared votes
4 Aye 6 No
97 Aye 59 No
Brexit / EU 99% aligned 156 shared votes
95 Aye 61 No
36 Aye 69 No
Migration 98% aligned 105 shared votes
34 Aye 71 No
25 Aye 26 No
Trade 98% aligned 51 shared votes
26 Aye 25 No
Most different by topic
25 Aye 24 No
Work / Employment 49% aligned 49 shared votes
12 Aye 37 No
19 Aye 12 No
Education 58% aligned 31 shared votes
22 Aye 9 No
12 Aye 8 No
Devolution / Local Government 60% aligned 20 shared votes
16 Aye 4 No
82 Aye 34 No
Tax 67% aligned 116 shared votes
68 Aye 48 No
13 Aye 11 No
Housing 71% aligned 24 shared votes
16 Aye 8 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
62.7%
10% below average
Rank 548 of 649
1,523
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,489
2,376 eligible divisions
850
55.8% of votes cast
Aye votes
815
54.7% of votes cast
673
44.2% of votes cast
No votes
674
45.3% of votes cast
33
2.2% of votes cast
Against party
23
1.5% of votes cast
39 years, 3 months
Since 11 Jun 1987
Commons service
21 years, 5 months
Since 5 May 2005

Debates

22
-61.7 vs Commons average
Rank 586 of 649
Appearances
156
+72.3 vs Commons average
Rank 63 of 649
29
-116.9 vs Commons average
Rank 576 of 649
Contributions
178
+32.1 vs Commons average
Rank 163 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
£3,132,365
all imported IPSA years
£270,312
20% above average
Latest expenses
£301,196
33% above average
3
3 registered categories
Registered interests
12
4 registered categories
0
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
25
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
Trade
70 of 91 votes
#2
Brexit / EU
181 of 211 votes
Migration
129 of 171 votes
#3
Environment / Climate
40 of 48 votes
Work / Employment
58 of 77 votes
#4
Defence
57 of 71 votes
NHS / Health
41 of 56 votes
#5
Migration
133 of 171 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
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API