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Diane Abbott
Labour MP for Hackney North & Stoke Newington
- Entered Parliament on 11 June 1987 — General election
- Majority: 7,427 votes. — 177th out of 643 MPs.
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- Voting record
- Committees and topics of interest
- Most recent appearances
- Numerology
- Register of Members’ Interests
- Expenses
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Voting record (from PublicWhip)
How Diane Abbott voted on key issues since 2001:
- Voted a mixture of for and against a transparent Parliament. votes, speeches
- Voted moderately for introducing a smoking ban. votes, speeches
- Voted a mixture of for and against introducing ID cards. votes, speeches
- Voted strongly against introducing foundation hospitals. votes, speeches
- Voted moderately against introducing student top-up fees. votes, speeches
- Voted moderately against Labour's anti-terrorism laws. votes, speeches
- Voted very strongly against the Iraq war. votes, speeches
- Voted moderately against an investigation into the Iraq war. votes, speeches
- Voted very strongly against replacing Trident. votes, speeches
- Voted moderately for the hunting ban. votes, speeches
- Voted moderately for equal gay rights. votes, speeches
- Voted moderately for laws to stop climate change. votes, speeches
Read about how the voting record is decided.
More on well-known issues (from the Guardian) & their full record
- Quite often rebels against their party in this parliament.
Committees and topics of interest
Asks most questions about
- Departments: Home Department, Health, International Development, Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, Education and Skills
- Subjects (based on headings added by Hansard): Haiti, Asylum Seekers, Mental Health, Language Training, Afghanistan: Peacekeeping Operations
(based on written questions asked by Diane Abbott and answered by departments)
Public Bill Committees (sittings attended)
- Equality Bill Committee (10 out of n/a)
- Violent Crime Reduction Bill Committee (7 out of n/a)
- Civil Partnership Bill Committee (5 out of n/a)
Most recent appearances
- Public Bill Committee: Equality Bill: Clause 153 (30 Jun 2009)
“Briefly, the notion of less qualified and better qualified candidates can be highly subjective. Years ago, before I came to the House, I worked for the big London television company, which was called Thames Television. When I first went to work for that company, the head of news and current affairs was a tall, thin, cerebral man with a Cambridge degree. He systematically promoted to the...”
- Public Bill Committee: Equality Bill: Clause 153 (30 Jun 2009)
“I listened with interest to the hon. Member for Forest of Dean. I say to him very gently that, in expressing a panic about under-qualified black people getting jobs over highly qualified white people, he is not just out of step with people such as me, who, I admit, have spent a lifetime campaigning for racial equality; he is out of step with the most advanced thinking among managers in both...”
- Public Bill Committee: Equality Bill: Schedule 18 (30 Jun 2009)
“I listened with interest to the Solicitor-General. I do not want to detain the Committee, but I am curious about why we are allowing skin colour, which is part of the race strand, to be a means by which the immigration service may discriminate. The Solicitor-General has not had my experience, but almost every black professional has experience of being singled out by immigration authorities,...”
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Numerology
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- Has spoken in 29 debates in the last year — above average amongst MPs.
- Has received answers to 27 written questions in the last year — average amongst MPs.
- Is a member of 0 select committees (0 as chair).
- Replied within 2 or 3 weeks to a medium number of messages sent via WriteToThem.com during 2007, according to constituents.
- Has voted in 67% of votes in parliament with this affiliation — below average amongst MPs. (From Public Whip)
- People have made 14 annotations on this MP’s speeches — above average amongst MPs.
- This MP's speeches, in Hansard, are readable by an average 18–19 year old, going by the Flesch-Kincaid Grade Level score.
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- Has used three-word alliterative phrases (e.g. "she sells seashells") 427 times in debates — above average amongst MPs. (Why is this here?)
Register of Members' Interests
Register last updated: 24 Jun 2009. More about the Register
View the history of this MP's entries in the Register
Expenses
Figures in brackets are ranks. Data from parliament.uk (source). Read 2004/05 – 2007/08 receipts.
| Type | 2007/08 (ranking out of 645) | 2006/07 (ranking out of 645) | 2005/06 | 2004/05 (ranking out of 659) | 2003/04 (ranking out of 658) | 2002/03 (ranking out of 657) | 2001/02 (ranking out of 657) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Additional Costs Allowance | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 |
| London Supplement | £2,812 (joint 1st) | £2,712 (joint 1st) | £2,613 | £1,618 (joint 1st) | £1,574 (joint 1st) | £1,527 (joint 1st) | £1,227 (joint 1st) |
| Incidental Expenses Provision | £20,178 (234th) | £20,306 (334th) | £20,225 | £19,323 (joint 99th) | £18,789 (joint 246th) | £18,233 (joint 185th) | £13,965 (380th) |
| Staffing Allowance | £90,325 (208th) | £81,807 (408th) | £83,818 | £83,648 (26th) | £68,114 (223rd) | £72,310 (joint 1st) | £46,812 (289th) |
| Communications Allowance | £7,948 (334th) | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| Members' Travel | £1,789 (593rd)* | £2,415 (574th)** | £3,466 | £4,064 (564th) | £4,761 (535th) | £4,219 (555th) | £4,581 (487th) |
| Members' Staff Travel | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 |
| Members' Spouse Travel | £0 | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| Members' Family Travel | £0 | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| Centrally Purchased Stationery | £1,521 (89th) | £2,125 (88th) | £1,091 | £389 (558th) | £810 (350th) | £2,791 (joint 29th) | £1,780 (107th) |
| Stationery: Associated Postage Costs | £3,906 (144th) | £4,501 (162nd) | £2,589 | £1,322 (527th) | £280 (joint 642nd) | N/A | N/A |
| Centrally Provided Computer Equipment | £1,351 (108th) | £1,166 (joint 151st) | £1,166 | £2,038 (29th) | £2,038 (25th) | £2,038 (25th) | £2,038 (24th) |
| Other Costs | £1,905 (57th) | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £1,827 (54th) | £0 |
| Total | £131,735 (513th) | £115,032 (584th) | £114,968 | £112,402 (521st) | £96,366 (611th) | £102,945 (514th) | £70,403 (598th) |
* Regular journeys between home/constituency/Westminster: Mileage £1,619 (446th). Rail £44 (571st). Other: Rail £126 (106th).