UK Parliament · member 172
Rt Hon Diane Abbott MP
- Party
- Labour — Labour Party
- Constituency
- Hackney North and Stoke Newington
- Member for this seat since
- 11 June 1987
- In the records
- Every register entry that names Ms Diane Abbott, and how each was tied to them
Declared interests
MPs must register financial interests within 28 days. This is the register’s own text, republished verbatim from the official Register of Members’ Financial Interests. Registering an interest is a requirement met, not a finding against anyone.
Employment and earnings
- Writing an autobiography - Viking- Penguin via Blake Friedmann Literary, TV & Film Agency Ltd (registered 20 November 2024)
- Payment received on 12 March 2025 - £18,450.00 (registered 8 August 2025)
- Payment received on 24 September 2024 - £22,500.00 (registered 20 November 2024)
Visits outside the UK
- International visit to Ghana between 23 May 2025 and 01 June 2025 (registered 3 July 2025)
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)
Source: UK Parliament Register of Members’ Financial Interests API (Open Parliament Licence). Amounts are shown only where the register itself records one as a figure; nothing is parsed out of the free text.
Voting record
In the 311 recorded divisions where Ms Diane Abbott and at least one other Labour member were recorded voting, Ms Diane Abbott voted the same way as most voting Labour members 277 times (89.1%).
This compares Ms Diane Abbott with other members of their own party who were recorded voting in the same division. It is not a measure of loyalty to a whip: Civometry holds no whipping records, so it cannot say which votes were whipped, and voting differently from party colleagues is not described here as a rebellion. Members not recorded in a division are excluded from the comparison rather than counted, because an absence from a division list is not a vote and does not mean the member was absent from the House.
Donations reported to the Electoral Commission
The register holds no donations reported against this name. Donations are matched on the regulated entity name exactly as the Electoral Commission publishes it; a member who reports under a different form of their name will not match here, and no similar name is substituted.
Source: Electoral Commission register of donations. Reporting thresholds apply, so this is not every sum given. A donation is a lawful, reported transaction; its presence here says nothing about why it was made and nothing about anything that followed it.
Staffing and business costs paid by IPSA
2025-26: £2,906 across 10 claim lines; 2024-25: £271,562 across 41 claim lines; 2023-24: £255,865 across 34 claim lines.
| Year | Category | Claim lines | Paid |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-26 | Office Costs | 10 | £2,906 |
| 2024-25 | Staffing | 1 | £261,250 |
| 2024-25 | Office Costs | 40 | £10,312 |
| 2023-24 | Staffing | 1 | £244,270 |
| 2023-24 | Office Costs | 33 | £11,595 |
| Date | Category | Description | Paid | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 14 June 2018 | Office Costs · Hospitality | Banner — June Banner invoice for hospitality products | £99 | Paid |
| 8 December 2015 | Office Costs · Stationery Purchase | Stationary/Insurance/Training — WWW.VIKING-DIRECT.CO.U Stationary, Office Supplies, Printing and Writing | £989 | Paid |
| 17 September 2015 | Office Costs · Stationery Purchase | stationary — paper and envelopes | £983 | Paid |
| 20 February 2018 | Office Costs · Const Office Tel. Usage/Rental | Phone bill - Feb 2018 — Phone bill - Feb 2018 | £99 | Paid |
| 20 November 2024 | Office Costs · Equipment - purchase | Other office equipment — Banner December 2024 | £99 | Paid |
| 6 April 2011 | Office Costs · Stationery Purchase | G.A Expenses 03/2011 — Stationery Purchase - Viking Direct | £976 | Paid |
| 20 February 2020 | Office Costs · Mobile telephone - contract & usage | Phone bill Feb 20 | £98 | Paid |
| 6 June 2022 | Office Costs · Equipment - purchase | Computer, laptop, PC, tablet & accessories — XMA LTD | £968 | Paid |
| 31 March 2011 | Staffing · Payroll | Total payroll costs for the 2010-11 year — Total payroll costs for the 2010-11 year | £96,699 | Paid |
| 3 April 2017 | Office Costs · Training MP Staff | Press Parli-Trainin for staff — Press Parli-training | £954 | Paid |
| 20 January 2018 | Office Costs · Const Office Tel. Usage/Rental | Phone bill - Jan 2018 — Phone bill - Jan 2018 | £96 | Paid |
| 3 June 2016 | Office Costs · Const Office Tel. Usage/Rental | Phone Bill 02 June — phone bill for june | £95 | Paid |
| 12 February 2020 | Office Costs · Stationery & printing | Banner January 2020 | £95 | Paid |
| 10 March 2022 | Office Costs · Mobile telephone - contract & usage | Feb-22 | £95 | Paid |
| 26 April 2017 | Office Costs · Stationery Purchase | Banner — April Banner invoice for stationery | £95 | Paid |
Source: IPSA, MP staffing and business costs (Open Government Licence v3), joined on IPSA’s Parliamentary ID, which is Parliament’s member id. These are the running costs of an MP’s office and staff, claimed within IPSA’s rules and paid by IPSA; they are not the member’s salary and not personal income. A claim is a claim, not a finding. Staffing costs are published by IPSA in aggregate categories, not per employee.
Sources on this page: UK Parliament Members API, Register of Members’ Financial Interests API and Commons Votes API (Open Parliament Licence); Electoral Commission register of donations; IPSA business costs. Each section links its own official record. This page assembles public registers and draws no conclusion from their appearing together.