Official portrait of Jack Abbott

Jack Abbott

Labour (Co-op) MP for Ipswich, since 4 July 2024

Jack Abbott is the Labour (Co-op) MP for Ipswich, and has been an MP continually since 4 July 2024.

Scorecard

91.3% Attendance Turns up more often than most MPs who vote
525 Votes cast out of 575 divisions
50 No vote recorded absent, abstaining, paired or unable to attend
2 Against their own party divisions where they voted the other way to most Labour (Co-op) MPs
5 Interests declared none at £5,000 or more
68 Debates spoken in 5 written questions tabled

Ranked 19 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
21 Apr 2026 English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill: motion to disagree to Lords Amendment 98 Aye 287–150
21 Apr 2026 English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill: motion to disagree to Lords Amendment 41 Aye 284–149
21 Apr 2026 English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill: motion to disagree to Lords Amendment 37 Aye 291–144
21 Apr 2026 English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill: motion to disagree to Lords Amendment 36 Aye 288–147
21 Apr 2026 English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill: motion to disagree to Lords Amendment 26 Aye 287–149
21 Apr 2026 English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill: motion to disagree to Lords Amendment 13 Aye 297–147
21 Apr 2026 English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill: motion to disagree to Lords Amendment 4 Aye 298–152
21 Apr 2026 English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill: motion to disagree to Lords Amendment 2 Aye 293–155
20 Apr 2026 Crime and Policing Bill: Amendments (a) to (b) in lieu of Lords Amendments 359 and 439 Aye 292–158
20 Apr 2026 Crime and Policing Bill: Amendments (a) and (b) in lieu of Lords Amendment 342 Aye 294–61
20 Apr 2026 Crime and Policing Bill: Amendments (a) to (d) in lieu of Lords Amendment 11 Aye 294–156
20 Apr 2026 Crime and Policing Bill: Amendment (a) to Amendment 2B and Amendment (b) to Amendment 2C in lieu of Lords Amendments 2D and 2E Aye 293–159
15 Apr 2026 Children's Wellbeing and Schools Bill: Amendments (a) to (c) in lieu of Lords Amendment 106 Aye 248–139
15 Apr 2026 Children's Wellbeing and Schools Bill: Amendments (a) to (e) in lieu of Lords Amendment 102 Aye 259–136
15 Apr 2026 Children's Wellbeing and Schools Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 41B Aye 254–144
15 Apr 2026 Children's Wellbeing and Schools Bill: Amendments (a) to (f) in lieu of Lords Amendment 38 Aye 256–150
15 Apr 2026 Pension Schemes Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 78 Aye 277–150
15 Apr 2026 Pension Schemes Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 77 Aye 271–95
15 Apr 2026 Pension Schemes Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 43 Aye 273–159
15 Apr 2026 Pension Schemes Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 35 Aye 275–159
15 Apr 2026 Pension Schemes Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 26 Aye 269–162
15 Apr 2026 Pension Schemes Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 15 Aye 276–155
15 Apr 2026 Pensions Scheme Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 5 Aye 269–103
15 Apr 2026 Pension Schemes Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 1 Aye 278–158
14 Apr 2026 Crime and Policing Bill: motion to agree with all remaining Lords Amendments Aye 247–21

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.

3. Gifts, benefits and hospitality from UK sources

Name of donor: Built Environment Networking T/A UKREiiF
Address of donor: 4240 Park Approach, Leeds LS15 8GB
Amount of donation or nature and value if donation in kind: Ticket to UKREiiF 2026, value £714
Date received: 19 May 2026
Date accepted: 19 May 2026
Donor status: company, registration 07110641
(Registered 10 June 2026)

On the register since 16 Jun 2026

Name of donor: Ipswich Town Football Club Company Limited
Address of donor: Portman Road, Ipswich IP1 2DA
Amount of donation or nature and value if donation in kind: One ticket to the Ipswich Town F.C. vs Watford F.C. Championship fixture, value £540
Date received: 4 November 2025
Date accepted: 4 November 2025
Donor status: company, registration 00315421
(Registered 26 November 2025)

On the register since 2 Dec 2025

Name of donor: Ipswich Town Football Club Company Limited
Address of donor: Portman Road, Ipswich, IP1 2DA
Amount of donation or nature and value if donation in kind: Two tickets to an Ed Sheeran concert at Portman Road, value £1,128
Date received: 13 July 2025
Date accepted: 13 July 2025
Donor status: company, registration 00315421
(Registered 23 July 2025)

On the register since 5 Aug 2025

8. Miscellaneous

Non-Executive Chairman of Invest East. This is an unpaid role.
Date interest arose: 19 May 2026
(Registered 28 May 2026)

On the register since 3 Jun 2026

10. Family members engaged in lobbying the public sector on behalf of a third party or client

Name: Jade Pallister
Relationship: Partner
Role: Energy and Infrastructure Director
Name of employer: Seahorse Environmental
(Registered 27 February 2025; updated 5 June 2025)

On the register since 17 Jun 2025

The same register on parliament.uk →

Debates

68 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 →

Machine-readable: JSON for this MP.

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