Diane Abbott’s voting in Parliament
Diane Abbott is a Labour MP, and on the vast majority of issues votes the same way as other Labour MPs.
However, Diane Abbott sometimes differs from their party colleagues, such as:
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Diane Abbott almost always voted against introducing foundation hospitals, while most Labour MPs generally voted for.
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Diane Abbott consistently voted against the Iraq war, while most Labour MPs generally voted for.
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Diane Abbott generally voted against Labour's anti-terrorism laws, while most Labour MPs generally voted for.
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Diane Abbott generally voted against requiring the mass retention of information about communications, while most Labour MPs generally voted for.
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Diane Abbott generally voted against replacing Trident with a new nuclear weapons system, while most Labour MPs generally voted for.
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Diane Abbott has hardly ever rebelled against their party in the current parliament. Find out more.
Register of Members’ Interests
Last updated: 5 Sep 2016.
1. Employment and earnings
Fees received for co-presenting
BBC’s ‘
This Week’
TV programme. Address: BBC Broadcasting House, Portland Place, London W1A 1AA. (Registered 04
November 2013)
23rd
October 2015, received £1,500 for co-presenting BBC’s "Have I Got News for You" TV programme. Address: Hat Trick Productions, 33 Oval Road Camden, London NW1 7EA. Hours: 5 hrs. (Registered 26 October 2015)
10 October 2015, received £1,400 for taking part in a talk at the
New Wolsey Theatre in Ipswich. Address: Clive Conway Productions, 32 Grove St, Oxford OX2 7JT. Hours: 5 hrs. (Registered 26 October 2015)
21
March 2016, received £4,000 via
Speakers Corner (London) Ltd, Unit 31, Highbury Studios, 10 Hornsey Street, London N7 8EL, from Thompson Reuters, Canary Wharf, London E14 5EP, for speaking and consulting on a panel. Hours: 10 hrs. (Registered 06
April 2016)
2. (b) Any other support not included in
Category 2(a)
Name of donor:
Ann Pettifor Address of donor: private
Amount of donation or nature and value if donation in kind: £1,651.07 towards rent of an office for my mayoral campaign
Date received: 28
August 2015 Date accepted: 30
September 2015 Donor status: individual
(Registered 08 October 2015)
Name of donor: (1) Stop Aids (2) Aids Alliance
Address of donor: (1) Grayston Centre, 28 Charles St, London N1 6HT (2) Preece House, 91-101 Davigdor Rd, Hove BN3 1RE
Amount of donation (or estimate of the probable value): for myself and a member of staff, flights £2,784, accommodation £380.52, other travel costs £172, per diems £183; total £3,519.52. These costs were divided equally between both donors.
Destination of visit: Uganda
Date of visit: 11-14
November 2015 Purpose of visit: to visit the different organisations and charities (development) in regards to AIDS and
HIV.
(Registered 09 December 2015)
Name of donor:
Muslim Charities Forum Address of donor: 6 Whitehorse Mews, 37 Westminster Bridge Road, London SE1 7QD
Amount of donation (or estimate of the probable value): for a member of staff and myself, return flights to Nairobi £5,170; one night's accommodation in Hargeisa £107.57; one night's accommodation in Borama £36.21; total £5,313.78
Destination of visit: Somaliland
Date of visit: 7-10 April 2016
Purpose of visit: to visit the different refugee camps and charities (development) in regards to the severe drought in Somaliland.
(Registered 18
May 2016)
Name of donor: British-Swiss Chamber of Commerce
Address of donor: Bleicherweg, 128002,
Zurich, Switzerland Amount of donation (or estimate of the probable value): flights £200.14; one night's accommodation £177, train fare Geneva to Zurich £110; total £487.14
Destination of visit: Geneva and Zurich, Switzerland
Date of visit: 28-29 April 2016
Purpose of visit: to participate in a public panel discussion in Geneva in front of British-Swiss Chamber of Commerce, its members and guests.
(Registered 18 May 2016)
Name of donor: Oxford and Cambridge Club of Nigeria
Address of donor: Secretariat 5th Floor, 72 Broad Street, Lagos, Nigeria
Amount of donation (or estimate of the probable value): for myself and a member of staff, accommodation, breakfast and dinner £1,155.88 plus flights at an estimated value of £1,405, total £2,560.88
Destination of visit: Nigeria
Date of visit: 29 May - 2
June 2016 Purpose of visit: to deliver speech on education and visit education and maternal health development projects.
(Registered 27 June 2016)
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