Rt Hon Diane Abbott, MP for Hackney North and Stoke Newington
Diane Abbott has been an MP since 1987.
Roles and committees
Posts held in government or opposition, and committee seats, as Parliament records them.
In opposition
| Post | When | |
|---|---|---|
| Shadow Home Secretary (Home Office) | 2016 to 2020 | |
| Shadow Secretary of State for Health (Department of Health) | 2016 | |
| Shadow Secretary of State for International Development (Department for International Development) | 2015 to 2016 | |
| Shadow Minister (Public Health) (Department of Health) | 2010 to 2013 |
Committees
| Post | When | |
|---|---|---|
| Justice Committee | 2022 | |
| Home Affairs Committee | 2020 to 2024 | |
| Foreign Affairs Committee | 1997 to 2001 | |
| Treasury Committee | 1995 to 1997 |
Other posts
| Post | When | |
|---|---|---|
| Member, Labour Party National Executive Committee | 1994 to 1997 |
Countries of interest
Political Interests
Source: UK Parliament Members API · Parliament’s own page
Declared interests
MPs must publish certain paid work, gifts, donations and other interests. This is a record of what they declared, not a suggestion that anything is wrong.
Diane Abbott has 5 interests currently registered.
| Type | What was registered | Registered |
|---|---|---|
| Employment and earnings - Ad hoc payments | Payment received on 12 March 2025 - £18,450.00 | 8 Aug 2025 |
| Visits outside the UK | International visit to Ghana between 23 May 2025 and 01 June 2025 | 3 Jul 2025 |
| Employment and earnings | Writing an autobiography - Viking- Penguin via Blake Friedmann Literary, TV & Film Agency Ltd | 20 Nov 2024 |
| Employment and earnings - Ad hoc payments | Payment received on 24 September 2024 - £22,500.00 | 20 Nov 2024 |
| Miscellaneous | Since December 2015, a trustee of the Diane Abbott Foundation, which works to excel and improve education. This is an unpaid role. | 26 Oct 2016 |
Source: Register of Members’ Financial Interests · Parliament’s own page
Questions
MPs can ask ministers questions in writing. The questions show what an MP is working on, which votes cannot.
Diane Abbott asked 9 written questions in the last 12 months.
Who they asked
Latest questions
Source: Written Questions API · Updated 4 Oct 2026
Expenses
MPs claim back money for running an office and working in two places. An independent body, IPSA, publishes every claim. This is what was paid in 2025-26.
11 claims. For comparison, across the 657 MPs in IPSA’s file the middle MP was paid £18,469 and the average was £19,699.
Source: IPSA, individual business costs data · About this data
Election result and area
Diane Abbott represents Hackney North and Stoke Newington. Here is who won there at the last general election, and a few numbers about the area.
Labour
votes ahead of second place
of people who could vote did
Diane Abbott won with 59% of the votes, and Antoinette Fernandez (Green Party) came second with 23%.
Votes for each party
Every candidate
| Candidate | Party | Votes | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Diane Abbott | Labour | 24,355 | 59.5% |
| Antoinette Fernandez | Green Party | 9,275 | 22.6% |
| David Landau | Conservative | 3,457 | 8.4% |
| Rebecca Jones | Liberal Democrat | 1,562 | 3.8% |
| Deborah Cairns | Reform UK | 1,283 | 3.1% |
| Ryan Ahmad | Independent | 621 | 1.5% |
| Knigel Knapp | Official Monster Raving Loony Party | 224 | 0.5% |
| Kombat Diva | Independent | 182 | 0.4% |
2024 General Election, on today’s boundaries. Source: House of Commons Library via the Members API.
Your area at a glance
Median gross weekly pay, 2025. Source: ONS, Annual Survey of Hours and Earnings.
Share of people aged 16 to 64, August 2026. Source: ONS and DWP claimant count.
How they vote
In the last 12 months Diane Abbott took part in 128 Commons votes.
More detail on how they vote
Diane Abbott voted the same way as their party in 84 of the 111 votes where parties gave instructions (76%), and went the other way in 27.
What does this mean?
Parties tell their MPs how to vote. Most MPs usually follow that. A high or low count says nothing on its own about whether an MP is good or bad, and we do not rank MPs by it. We only count votes where parties gave instructions, not free votes. How we count it
Recent votes
| Date | Vote | They voted | Compared with party |
|---|---|---|---|
| 11 Sep | End of life for terminally ill adults: the first main vote | Against | Free vote |
| 11 Sep | A vote to end a debate | Against | Free vote |
| 13 Jul | Immigration and asylum: the first main vote | Against | Same as party |
| 13 Jul | Immigration and asylum: an attempt to block it | Against | Same as party |
| 28 Apr | Privilege | For | Same as party |
| 25 Mar | Victims and courts: changes from the House of Lords | For | Against party |
See every vote on Parliament’s site
Times they voted against their party (27)
Has this changed over time?
View data table
| Month | This MP | Party average |
|---|---|---|
| Oct 25 | 96% | 100% |
| Nov 25 | 90% | 100% |
| Dec 25 | 83% | 100% |
| Jan 26 | 71% | 100% |
| Feb 26 | 75% | 100% |
| Mar 26 | 33% | 100% |
| Apr 26 | 100% | 100% |
| Jul 26 | 100% | 99% |
Source: Commons Votes API
This page states what the record shows. It does not say why an MP voted as they did. How we calculate this