Official portrait of Ms Diane Abbott

Ms Diane Abbott

Labour MP for Hackney North and Stoke Newington, since 11 June 1987

The Rt Hon Ms Diane Abbott is the Labour MP for Hackney North and Stoke Newington, and has been an MP continually since 11 June 1987.

Scorecard

54.1% Attendance Below the median of MPs who vote
311 Votes cast out of 575 divisions
264 No vote recorded absent, abstaining, paired or unable to attend
34 Against their own party divisions where they voted the other way to most Labour MPs
5 Interests declared 2 at £5,000 or more
606 Debates spoken in 330 written questions tabled

Ranked 559 of 638 MPs for attendance. The median of MPs who vote is 72.3%. Ministers and front-benchers vote less often than backbenchers for reasons of office rather than absenteeism, and Parliament does not publish reasons for any absence — the ranking is a starting point for a question, not an answer to one.

Voting record

575 divisions since they took their seat, newest first.

DateQuestionTheir voteResult
18 Mar 2026 Draft Employment Rights Act 2025 (Investigatory Powers) (Consequential Amendments) Regulations 2026 deferred division against party line No 368–107
11 Mar 2026 Finance (No. 2) Bill: Third Reading Aye 292–161
11 Mar 2026 Finance (No. 2) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 6 No 175–292
11 Mar 2026 Finance (No. 2) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 5 No 172–283
11 Mar 2026 Finance (No. 2) Bill Report Stage: New Clause 11 No 174–292
10 Mar 2026 Courts and Tribunals Bill: Second Reading against party line No 304–203
10 Mar 2026 Courts and Tribunals Bill: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading against party line Aye 203–311
9 Mar 2026 Children's Wellbeing and Schools Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 106 No vote 304–177
9 Mar 2026 Children's Wellbeing and Schools Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 102 Aye 315–163
9 Mar 2026 Children's Wellbeing and Schools Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 44 Aye 315–109
9 Mar 2026 Children's Wellbeing and Schools Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 41 Aye 316–171
9 Mar 2026 Children's Wellbeing and Schools Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 38 No vote 307–173
9 Mar 2026 Children's Wellbeing and Schools Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 37 Aye 321–106
9 Mar 2026 Children's Wellbeing and Schools Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 17 No vote 306–182
9 Mar 2026 Children's Wellbeing and Schools Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 16 Aye 309–181
2 Mar 2026 Representation of the People Bill: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading No 105–410
24 Feb 2026 Opposition Day: Protections for children from online harms No 69–279
23 Feb 2026 Universal Credit (Removal of Two Child Limit) Bill: Third Reading Aye 361–84
23 Feb 2026 Universal Credit (Removal of Two Child Limit) Bill Committee: New Clause 3 No 73–256
23 Feb 2026 Industry and Exports (Financial Assistance) Bill Committee: New Clause 3 No 77–280
23 Feb 2026 Industry and Exports (Financial Assistance) Bill Committee: New Clause 2 No 156–273
23 Feb 2026 Industry and Exports (Financial Assistance) Bill Committee: Amendment 1 No 161–272
11 Feb 2026 Referendums Relating to Council Tax Increases (Principles) (England) Report 2026-27 Aye 279–90
11 Feb 2026 Local Government Finance Report (England) 2026-27 Aye 277–143
11 Feb 2026 Draft Greenhouse Gas Emissions Trading Scheme (Amendment) (Extension to Maritime Activities) Order 2026 deferred division Aye 362–107

Declared financial interests

Quoted in full from the Register of Members' Financial Interests. Entries where the largest figure is £5,000 or more are marked. A declaration is not a wrongdoing — the register exists precisely so that these things are visible.

1. Employment and earnings

£18,450

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.

On the register since 28 Nov 2025

£22,500

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.

On the register since 24 Nov 2025

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)

On the register since 27 Nov 2024

4. Visits outside the UK

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.

On the register since 28 Nov 2025

8. Miscellaneous

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)

On the register since 13 Aug 2024

The same register on parliament.uk →

Debates

606 debates contributed to in total. The ten most recent:


Sources: Commons Votes API, Members API and the Register of Members' Financial Interests, all published by Parliament under the Open Parliament Licence. This member's register and debate record were last refreshed 3 Aug 2026. How every figure is worked out →

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