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.
1523
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
29
Debates Spoken In⚑
65
Speeches⚑
313
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
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
What steps her Department is taking to help ensure equality of opportunity for black school students
What steps her Department is taking to help ensure equality of opportunity for black school students.
To ask the hon. Member for Battersea, representing the Church Commissioners, whether the Commissione
To ask the hon. Member for Battersea, representing the Church Commissioners, whether the Commissioners have made an estimate of the proportion of the Church's assets that may have a link to historic involvement with slavery.
If he will make a statement on his departmental responsibilities.
If he will make a statement on his departmental responsibilities.
What steps she is taking with Cabinet colleagues to support people on the lowest incomes following t
What steps she is taking with Cabinet colleagues to support people on the lowest incomes following the Spring Statement 2025.
Whether he is taking steps to tackle educational under-achievement of Black children.
Whether he is taking steps to tackle educational under-achievement of Black children.
What recent representations she has made to the government of Iran on (a) Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe,
What recent representations she has made to the government of Iran on (a) Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe, (b) Anoosheh Ashoori and (c) the other British nationals detained in Iran.
What estimate he has made of the level of covid-19 vaccination among (a) black and (b) white people
What estimate he has made of the level of covid-19 vaccination among (a) black and (b) white people in the most vulnerable groups.
What steps the Government is taking to tackle the disproportionate number of BAME deaths from covid-
What steps the Government is taking to tackle the disproportionate number of BAME deaths from covid-19.
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