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Ms Diane Abbott · Independent · sitting since 11 Jun 1987 · every division, speech and committee appearance.
Since election
14197days
from 11 Jun 1987
Divisions
308
of 504 possible
Attendance
61%
196 absent / paired
Whip alignment
69%
vs party majority
Speeches
39
15 debates
Written Qs
4
4 answered
Committees
0
memberships
Expenses
£272k paid
FY 2024–2025 · 41 claims
Interests
5
3 categories
A · Overview
Issue volume
Top issues by total divisions voted — engagement only, not direction.
| Issue | Volume | Votes |
|---|---|---|
| Economy | 69 | |
| Taxation | 57 | |
| Employment | 37 | |
| Crime & Policing | 36 | |
| Welfare and Benefits | 24 | |
| Housing | 19 | |
| Education | 18 | |
| Defence and Foreign Affairs | 17 |
Speech topics
Words spoken, by topic. Source: Hansard.
| Topic | Debates | Words |
|---|---|---|
| Mp Performance | 1 | — |
| Social Care | 5 | 3,326 |
| Fiscal Policy | 2 | 2,010 |
| Cost Of Living | 1 | 1,876 |
| Education | 2 | 1,541 |
| Culture Community | 2 | 1,518 |
| Immigration | 1 | 1,387 |
| Health | 3 | 1,296 |
B · Notable divisions
Free votes, rebellions and high-salience whipped votes — the moments that distinguish this MP from the party machine. The full division-by-division record will follow once the per-MP archive is wired.
| Date | Division | Whip | MP voted |
|---|---|---|---|
| 07 May 2025 | Data (Use and Access) Bill Report Stage: New Clause 19MPs voted on a Conservative proposal (New Clause 19) to require the government to review raising the digital age of consent for social media… | Rebelled | No |
| 07 May 2025 | Data (Use and Access) Bill Report Stage: New Clause 2MPs voted on whether to raise the age at which children can consent to social media platforms processing their personal data from 13 to 16, … | Rebelled | No |
| 25 Mar 2026 | Victims and Courts Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 6MPs voted on whether to reject a Lords amendment to the Victims and Courts Bill that would have created a new statutory duty on the governme… | Free vote | Aye |
C · Speeches
| Date | Contribution | Words |
|---|---|---|
| 20 Apr 2026 | Security VettingThe Prime Minister has gone on at considerable length about process and procedure, but ordinary people do not really care about process and procedure; they want transparency, and t… Mp PerformanceDefence | 154 |
| 23 Mar 2026 | Middle EastThe Iranian regime is a threat to us all, not least to its own population. I implore Ministers to remember the importance of a debate in Parliament, just as we had on Iraq, if we m… DefenceEnergyEconomy Jobs | 43 |
| 02 Mar 2026 | Middle EastThe Prime Minister will be aware that very many of our constituents remember the Iraq war, and they will have noted the similarities with this war: both in the middle east and both… DefenceEnergy | 75 |
| 23 Feb 2026 | Schools White Paper: Every Child Achieving and ThrivingThe Secretary of State will be aware how traumatic it is for a child to grow up with special educational needs and to support such a child. She will also be aware that disproportio… EducationSocial Care | 154 |
| 05 Jan 2026 | VenezuelaBlithe. I know that the Opposition are blithe about what Trump is doing, but let me say this: there will be countries that will look at Trump’s attitude and carelessness towards is… DefenceEconomy JobsOther | 83 |
| 05 Jan 2026 | VenezuelaNobody in this Chamber wants to defend the regime of Maduro, but what some of us want to do is to stand up for the importance of a rules-based international order. I might add that… DefenceEconomy JobsOther | 118 |
| 05 Jan 2026 | VenezuelaMy question is: what would the Foreign Secretary say to British voters—ordinary British voters; not left-wing British voters in particular—who do not understand why a British Prime… DefenceEconomy JobsOther | 47 |
| 02 Dec 2025 | Criminal Court ReformThe entire House is concerned about victims, including the victims of attacks on women and girls. However, the entire House is also concerned about the men and women who will undou… CrimeFiscal Policy | 134 |
| 28 Oct 2025 | Topical QuestionsThe Foreign Secretary will be aware that Hurricane Melissa is of huge concern internationally, to those who have friends and family on holiday in Jamaica and to those of us of Jama… DefenceEconomy JobsEnvironment | 61 |
| 22 Oct 2025 | Black History MonthA young lady who came to work for me years ago said that she had never seen the word nigger so often in her life, and she did not expect that. Culture CommunityImmigrationEducation | 31 |
| 22 Oct 2025 | Black History MonthI do agree. We have to be very careful about talking about progress when, as my colleague says, a lot of the debate on race is pursued by using code, but the issue still remains th… Culture CommunityImmigrationEducation | 814 |
| 22 Oct 2025 | Black History MonthThe entire House is concerned about the educational outcomes of working-class children in general, but does the Minister accept that if we only ever talk about white working-class … Culture CommunityImmigrationEducation | 42 |
| 22 Oct 2025 | Black History MonthI agree with the hon. Member that some of this negativity around race and asylum has always been there. Does she agree that the rise of Reform has emboldened people who always thou… Culture CommunityImmigrationEducation | 67 |
| 22 Oct 2025 | Black History MonthIn this Black History Month, I am sorry to have to say that any objective assessment of the current state of racial justice in this country would not be a wholly positive one. Repr… Culture CommunityImmigrationEducation | 433 |
| 01 Jul 2025 | Prevention and Suppression of TerrorismThe Minister will be aware that many of us in this Chamber think that Palestine Action is in a different category from the other two organisations that he is seeking to proscribe. … DefenceCrimeOther | 75 |
D · Written questions
Top departments
| Department | Questions | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Treasury | 2 | 50.0% |
| Department for Education | 1 | 25.0% |
| Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office | 1 | 25.0% |
Most recent
| Date | Department | Question | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| 10 Jun 2025 | Department for Education | To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps her Department is taking to help ensure equality of opportunity for black school students. | Answered |
| 02 Jun 2025 | Treasury | To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how much funding has been transferred from the international aid to the defence budget in cash terms. | Answered |
| 02 Jun 2025 | Treasury | To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how much funding has been transferred from the aid budget to the defence budget. | Answered |
| 18 Nov 2024 | Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office | To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what assessment he has made of the potential implications for his policies of the United Nations Report of the Independent International Commission of Inquiry… | Answered |
E · Committees
No committee memberships recorded for this MP.
F · Expenses
Every business-cost claim reimbursed by IPSA in the current financial year, grouped by category. “Aggregated” rows are IPSA’s own year-end totals for cost types like payroll and rent that aren’t itemised claim-by-claim.
Category breakdown
| Category | Claims | Paid (£) | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Office Costs | 40 | 10,312 | 3.8% |
| Staffing | 0 | 261,250 | 96.2% |
Top itemised cost types
| Cost type | Category | Claims | Paid (£) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pooled staffing services | Office Costs | 2 | 5,000 |
| Stationery & printing | Office Costs | 21 | 2,153 |
| Pooled Staffing Services | Office Costs | 1 | 1,250 |
| Equipment - purchase | Office Costs | 13 | 957 |
| Software & applications | Office Costs | 3 | 952 |
Most recent
| Date | Category | Description | Paid (£) | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31 Mar 2025 | Office Costs Pooled Staffing Services | Socialist Parliamentary Research Group (Labour) | 1,250 | Paid |
| 26 Feb 2025 | Office Costs Stationery & printing | Banner March 2025 | 106 | Paid |
| 26 Feb 2025 | Office Costs Stationery & printing | Banner March 2025 | 73 | Paid |
| 26 Feb 2025 | Office Costs Stationery & printing | Banner March 2025 | 32 | Paid |
| 26 Feb 2025 | Office Costs Stationery & printing | Banner March 2025 | 17 | Paid |
| 26 Feb 2025 | Office Costs Stationery & printing | Banner March 2025 | 16 | Paid |
| 26 Feb 2025 | Office Costs Stationery & printing | Banner March 2025 | 14 | Paid |
| 26 Feb 2025 | Office Costs Stationery & printing | Banner March 2025 | 11 | Paid |
| 26 Feb 2025 | Office Costs Stationery & printing | Banner March 2025 | 11 | Paid |
| 26 Feb 2025 | Office Costs Stationery & printing | Banner March 2025 | 10 | Paid |
| 26 Feb 2025 | Office Costs Stationery & printing | Banner March 2025 | 7 | Paid |
| 26 Feb 2025 | Office Costs Stationery & printing | Banner March 2025 | 4 | Paid |
| 26 Feb 2025 | Office Costs Stationery & printing | Banner March 2025 | 3 | Paid |
| 26 Feb 2025 | Office Costs Stationery & printing | Banner March 2025 | 1 | Paid |
| 10 Feb 2025 | Office Costs Pooled staffing services | Socialist Parliamentary Research Group (Labour) | 3,750 | Paid |
| 22 Jan 2025 | Office Costs Software & applications | ELECTED TECHNOLOGIES | 720 | Paid |
| 15 Jan 2025 | Office Costs Stationery & printing | K P D CONSUMABLES LTD | 727 | Paid |
| 20 Nov 2024 | Office Costs Equipment - purchase | Other office equipment | 99 | Paid |
| 29 Oct 2024 | Office Costs Stationery & printing | Banner November 2024 | 150 | Paid |
| 10 Sept 2024 | Office Costs Software & applications | VIKING | 169 | Paid |
G · Register of interests
Every financial interest declared by the MP, grouped under the Register’s official categories. Retracted entries are hidden but counted above.
1. Employment and earnings3 entries
08 Oct 2025
Payment: £18,450 Payment for autobiography sales
Received on: 12 March 2025. Hours: no hours entered.
Ultimate payer: Viking Penguin (Publisher), 20 Vauxhall Bridge Road, London SW1V 2SA.
(Registered 8 August 2025)
This is a late entry to which the rectification procedure was applied on 2 October
2025. Paragraph 51 of the Procedural Protocol in respect of the Code
of Conduct refers.
08 Oct 2025
Payment: £22,500
Received on: 24 September 2024. Hours: 24 hrs.
Ultimate payer: Viking - Penguin, One Embassy Gardens, 8 Viaduct Gardens, London, SW11 7BW, UK
(Registered 20 November 2024)
This is a late entry to which the rectification procedure was applied on 2 October
2025. Paragraph 51 of the Procedural Protocol in respect of the Code
of Conduct refers.
27 Nov 2024
Role, work or services: Writing an autobiography
Payer: Viking- Penguin via Blake Friedmann Literary, TV & Film Agency Ltd (Book advance on first UK publication), Ground Floor, 15 Highbury Place, London, N5 1QP
(Registered 20 November 2024)
4. Visits outside the UK1 entry
08 Oct 2025
Name of donor: Heward Mills Ltd
Address of donor: Heward Mills Ltd, 77 Farringdon Road, London EC1M 3JU
Estimate of the probable value (or amount of any donation): Flights (£2,005.19) and accommodation (£925), value £2,930.19
Destination of visit: Ghana
Dates of visit: 23 May 2025 to 1 June 2025
Purpose of visit: The Protect Black Women Tour - Black Women leaders and allies from the UK and the US gathered in Accra, Ghana for a Liberation Tour to mark the 5th anniversary of George Floyd’s murder and to establish the Protect Black Women Accra Principles.
(Registered 3 July 2025)
This is a late entry to which the rectification procedure was applied on 2 October
2025. Paragraph 51 of the Procedural Protocol in respect of the Code
of Conduct refers.
8. Miscellaneous1 entry
18 Apr 2024
Since December 2015, a trustee of the Diane Abbott Foundation, which works to excel and improve education. This is an unpaid role.
(Registered 26 October 2016)
H · Ward results
Most recent winning councillor in each ward — 9 wards, 21 councillor seats.
| Ward | Councillor | Party | Votes | Election |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cazenove | Patrick Pinkerton | Labour Party | 1,974 | 04 Jul 2024 |
| Clissold | Fliss Premru | Labour Party | 1,740 | 05 May 2022 |
| Clissold | Frank Baffour | Labour Party | 1,869 | 05 May 2022 |
| Clissold | Sade Etti | Labour Party | 2,188 | 05 May 2022 |
| Hackney Downs | Alastair Binnie-Lubbock | Green Party of England and Wales | 1,667 | 05 May 2022 |
| Hackney Downs | Michael Desmond | Labour Party | 1,823 | 05 May 2022 |
| Hackney Downs | Sem Moema | Labour Party | 1,748 | 05 May 2022 |
| Kings Park | Ali Sadek | Labour Party | 1,726 | 05 May 2022 |
| Kings Park | Lynne Troughton | Labour Party | 1,739 | 05 May 2022 |
| Kings Park | Sharon Patrick | Labour Party | 1,948 | 05 May 2022 |
| Leabridge | Deniz Oguzkanli | Labour Party | 1,732 | 05 May 2022 |
| Leabridge | Ian Rathbone | Labour Party | 1,802 | 05 May 2022 |
| Leabridge | Margaret Gordon | Labour Party | 2,080 | 05 May 2022 |
| Shacklewell | Ifraah Samatar | Labour Party | 969 | 05 May 2022 |
| Shacklewell | Richard David Lufkin | Labour Party | 1,269 | 05 May 2022 |
| Springfield | Michael Levy | Conservative and Unionist Party | 2,102 | 05 May 2022 |
| Springfield | Shaul Krautwirt | Conservative and Unionist Party | 2,144 | 05 May 2022 |
| Springfield | Simche Steinberger | Conservative and Unionist Party | 2,273 | 05 May 2022 |
| Stamford Hill West | Benzion Papier | Conservative and Unionist Party | 1,782 | 05 May 2022 |
| Stamford Hill West | Hershy Lisser | Conservative and Unionist Party | 1,795 | 05 May 2022 |
| Stoke Newington | Liam Davis | Green Party of England and Wales | 1,253 | 12 Sept 2024 |
I · Demographics
| Indicator | Value | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Population (2021 Census) | 106,857 | Electorate 77,812 (2024) |
| Median age | 32 | years |
| Degree-educated | 49.6% | level 4 or above |
| Ethnicity (White) | 55.3% | 2021 Census ethnic group |
| Owner-occupied | 31.1% | households |
| Private-rented | 32.4% | households |
| Social-rented | 36.3% | households |
| Employment rate | 63.4% | 16-64 in work |
J · Public spending
HMT publishes headline spending identifiable by region in PESA. Constituency-level capital allocations (Levelling-Up Fund, Towns Fund, UKSPF, transport capital, BEIS R&D) are published as separate departmental datasets. We are evaluating the cleanest reconciliation for a per-constituency view.