Ms Diane Abbott
MP since 11 Jun 1987
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The Rt Hon Ms Diane Abbott is the Independent MP for Hackney North and Stoke Newington, and has been an MP continually since 11 June 1987.
1521
Votes Cast
N/A
Expenses
15,080
Majority
59.5%
Vote Share
Expenses
No expense data available.
Election Result(2024 General Election)
Turnout: 40,959 voters
Parliamentary Activity
Counts in the current Parliament
(since 4 July 2024)
13
Written Questions
4
Oral Questions
28
Debates Spoken In⚑
64
Speeches⚑
311
Divisions Voted
⚑Debates and speeches are sourced from Hansard contributions. The Hansard backfill is still in progress — counts will grow over the next few days as historic days are ingested.
Voting Record
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2 NOImmigration and Asylum Bill
2 votes · 13 Jul 2026
Immigration and Asylum Bill
2 votes · 13 Jul 2026
6 AYEVictims and Courts Bill
6 votes · 25 Mar 2026
Victims and Courts Bill
6 votes · 25 Mar 2026
2 NOOpposition Day Motion
2 votes · 24 Mar 2026
Opposition Day Motion
2 votes · 24 Mar 2026
5 AYENational Insurance Contributions (Employer Pensions Contributions) Bill
5 votes · 23 Mar 2026
National Insurance Contributions (Employer Pensions Contributions) Bill
5 votes · 23 Mar 2026
3 NOFinance (No. 2) Bill Report Stage
3 votes · 11 Mar 2026
Finance (No. 2) Bill Report Stage
3 votes · 11 Mar 2026
1 AYE1 NOCourts and Tribunals Bill
2 votes · 10 Mar 2026
Courts and Tribunals Bill
2 votes · 10 Mar 2026
Financial Interests(3)
Visits outside the UK
the UK and the US gathered in Accra
£2,005
Visits outside the UK
the UK and the US gathered in Accra
- 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
Employment and earnings
Employment and earnings
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Employment and earnings
Employment and earnings
- 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
Miscellaneous
Miscellaneous
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Miscellaneous
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)
Registered 26 October 2016
Activity Pulse
Questions asked and motions sponsored by Ms in Parliament
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what steps her Department is taking to ensure that the Independent Football Regulator can credibly enforce equality and diversity standards
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how many public appointments her Department made between 1 January 2020 and 29 April 2026; and how many of those appointees were a) Black me
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how many public appointments her Department made in the periods a) 1 January 2020 to 3 July 2024 and b) 4 July 2024 to 29 April 2026; and ho
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how many non-executive appointments were made to public bodies sponsored by her Department between 1 January 2020 and 29 April 2026; and how
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, whether her Department holds data on the gender and ethnicity of a) applicants, b) shortlisted candidates and c) successful candidates for p
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how many people have been appointed to the board of the Independent Football Regulator; and how many of those appointees are a) Black men an
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, whether her Department holds information on the gender and ethnicity of applicants and shortlisted candidates for appointments to the board
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how many appointments to board-level roles in public bodies sponsored by her Department were made between 1 January 2020 and 29 April 2026;
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what assessment his Department has made of the potential impact of the use of terrorist connection provisions under section 69 of the Sentencing Act 2020 in
Pupils: Ethnic Groups
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps her Department is taking to help ensure equality of opportunity for black school students.
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