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How Diane Abbott votes

Diane Abbott voted the same way as their party in 76% of the votes where parties gave instructions. In 27 of those 111 votes, they went the other way.

What does this mean?

Parties tell their MPs how to vote. Most MPs usually follow that. A high score is normal and says nothing about whether an MP is good or bad. We only count votes where parties gave instructions, not free votes. Words explained

Recent votes

DateVoteThey votedCompared with party
11 SepEnd of life for terminally ill adults: the first main voteAgainstFree vote
11 SepA vote to end a debateAgainstFree vote
13 JulImmigration and asylum: the first main voteAgainstSame as party
13 JulImmigration and asylum: an attempt to block itAgainstSame as party
28 AprPrivilegeForSame as party
25 MarVictims and courts: changes from the House of LordsForAgainst party

See every vote on Parliament’s site

Declared interests

MPs must publish certain paid work, gifts, donations and other interests. This is a record of what they declared, not a suggestion that anything is wrong.

Diane Abbott has 5 interests currently registered.

TypeWhat was registeredRegistered
Employment and earnings - Ad hoc paymentsPayment received on 12 March 2025 - £18,450.008 Aug 2025
Visits outside the UKInternational visit to Ghana between 23 May 2025 and 01 June 20253 Jul 2025
Employment and earningsWriting an autobiography - Viking- Penguin via Blake Friedmann Literary, TV & Film Agency Ltd20 Nov 2024
Employment and earnings - Ad hoc paymentsPayment received on 24 September 2024 - £22,500.0020 Nov 2024
MiscellaneousSince December 2015, a trustee of the Diane Abbott Foundation, which works to excel and improve education. This is an unpaid role.26 Oct 2016

Source: Register of Members’ Financial Interests · Parliament’s own page

Questions

MPs can ask ministers questions in writing. The questions show what an MP is working on, which votes cannot.

Diane Abbott asked 9 written questions in the last 12 months.

Who they asked

Department for Culture, Media and Sport8
Ministry of Justice1

Latest questions

17 Jun 2026 · to the Ministry of Justice
Answered 26 Jun 2026
17 Jun 2026 · to the Department for Culture, Media and Sport
Answered 26 Jun 2026
17 Jun 2026 · to the Department for Culture, Media and Sport
Answered 26 Jun 2026
17 Jun 2026 · to the Department for Culture, Media and Sport
Answered 26 Jun 2026
17 Jun 2026 · to the Department for Culture, Media and Sport
Answered 26 Jun 2026

Source: Written Questions API · Updated 4 Oct 2026

Expenses

MPs claim back money for running an office and working in two places. An independent body, IPSA, publishes every claim. This is what was paid in 2025-26.

PAID IN 2025-26
£3,633
Office costs · claims for running an office£3,633

11 claims. For comparison, across the 657 MPs in IPSA’s file the middle MP was paid £18,469 and the average was £19,699.

Costs depend on many things, such as where an MP’s area is, what premises and staff they need, and whether they joined or left part-way through the year. This page does not say whether any amount is right or wrong. It covers the claims in IPSA’s individual business costs file, so it is not the full cost of an MP’s office.

Source: IPSA, individual business costs data · About this data

Election result and area

Diane Abbott represents Hackney North and Stoke Newington. Here is who won there at the last general election, and a few numbers about the area.

WINNER, 2024
Diane Abbott

Labour

MAJORITY
15,080

votes ahead of second place

TURNOUT
53%

of people who could vote did

Diane Abbott won with 59% of the votes, and Antoinette Fernandez (Green Party) came second with 23%.

Votes for each party

Labour59% · 24,355
Green Party23% · 9,275
Conservative8% · 3,457
Liberal Democrat4% · 1,562
Reform UK3% · 1,283
Independent2% · 803
Everyone else1% · 224
Every candidate
CandidatePartyVotesShare
Diane AbbottLabour24,35559.5%
Antoinette FernandezGreen Party9,27522.6%
David LandauConservative3,4578.4%
Rebecca JonesLiberal Democrat1,5623.8%
Deborah CairnsReform UK1,2833.1%
Ryan AhmadIndependent6211.5%
Knigel KnappOfficial Monster Raving Loony Party2240.5%
Kombat DivaIndependent1820.4%

2024 General Election, on today’s boundaries. Source: House of Commons Library via the Members API.

Your area at a glance

Typical pay for full-time workers who live here
£941 a week
This areaUK: £767 a week

Median gross weekly pay, 2025. Source: ONS, Annual Survey of Hours and Earnings.

Working-age people claiming unemployment-related benefits
7.4%
This areaUK: 3.9%

Share of people aged 16 to 64, August 2026. Source: ONS and DWP claimant count.

At a general election each area elects one MP, and the candidate with the most votes wins, even without more than half. The area figures describe the people who live here. They do not show whether any MP or vote is the cause.

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Has this changed over time? 30%65%100%Oct 25Jul 26
This MPParty average
View data table
MonthThis MPParty average
Oct 2596%100%
Nov 2590%100%
Dec 2583%100%
Jan 2671%100%
Feb 2675%100%
Mar 2633%100%
Apr 26100%100%
Jul 26100%99%

Source: Commons Votes API

Times they voted against their party (27)

This page states what the record shows. It does not say why an MP voted as they did. How we calculate this