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Ms Diane Abbott vs Wera Hobhouse

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


Voting alignment

Ms Diane Abbott and Wera Hobhouse voted the same way 84% of the time, based on 1,078 shared comparable votes.

904 same votes 174 different votes 1,078 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
87 Aye 63 No
Brexit / EU 100% aligned 150 shared votes
87 Aye 63 No
11 Aye 3 No
Environment / Climate 100% aligned 14 shared votes
11 Aye 3 No
7 Aye 6 No
Democracy / Parliament 100% aligned 13 shared votes
7 Aye 6 No
26 Aye 65 No
Migration 99% aligned 91 shared votes
25 Aye 66 No
23 Aye 15 No
Foreign Affairs 97% aligned 38 shared votes
22 Aye 16 No
Most different by topic
25 Aye 19 No
Work / Employment 43% aligned 44 shared votes
12 Aye 32 No
18 Aye 6 No
Education 50% aligned 24 shared votes
14 Aye 10 No
14 Aye 9 No
Devolution / Local Government 61% aligned 23 shared votes
17 Aye 6 No
88 Aye 39 No
Tax 65% aligned 127 shared votes
72 Aye 55 No
26 Aye 21 No
Defence 72% aligned 47 shared votes
25 Aye 22 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
73.3%
1% above average
Rank 353 of 649
1,523
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,554
2,121 eligible divisions
850
55.8% of votes cast
Aye votes
844
54.3% of votes cast
673
44.2% of votes cast
No votes
710
45.7% of votes cast
33
2.2% of votes cast
Against party
1
0.1% of votes cast
39 years, 3 months
Since 11 Jun 1987
Commons service
9 years, 3 months
Since 8 Jun 2017

Debates

22
-61.7 vs Commons average
Rank 586 of 649
Appearances
147
+63.3 vs Commons average
Rank 72 of 649
29
-116.9 vs Commons average
Rank 576 of 649
Contributions
209
+63.1 vs Commons average
Rank 128 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
£1,835,401
all imported IPSA years
£270,312
20% above average
Latest expenses
£306,189
35% above average
3
3 registered categories
Registered interests
7
5 registered categories
0
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
12
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
170 of 188 votes
Migration
129 of 171 votes
#3
Foreign Affairs
61 of 69 votes
Work / Employment
58 of 77 votes
#4
Defence
60 of 71 votes
NHS / Health
41 of 56 votes
#5
Trade
70 of 87 votes

Recent voting overlap

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