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Alex Burghart vs Emily Thornberry

A side-by-side comparison of voting participation, party rebellion, topic focus, and recent voting overlap.

Photograph of Alex Burghart
Alex Burghart
Con Brentwood and Ongar
vs
Photograph of Emily Thornberry
Emily Thornberry
Lab Islington South and Finsbury

Voting alignment

Alex Burghart and Emily Thornberry voted the same way 3% of the time, based on 1,170 shared comparable votes.

38 same votes 1,132 different votes 1,170 shared votes

Alignment only includes divisions where both MPs recorded an Aye or No vote. Tellers, absences, abstentions, and missing votes are excluded.

Topic alignment

Closest by topic
57 Aye 93 No
Brexit / EU 5% aligned 150 shared votes
94 Aye 56 No
13 Aye 11 No
NHS / Health 4% aligned 24 shared votes
12 Aye 12 No
8 Aye 24 No
Education 3% aligned 32 shared votes
25 Aye 7 No
82 Aye 34 No
Migration 3% aligned 116 shared votes
31 Aye 85 No
66 Aye 49 No
Crime / Justice 2% aligned 115 shared votes
49 Aye 66 No
Most different by topic
28 Aye 28 No
Trade 0% aligned 56 shared votes
28 Aye 28 No
30 Aye 20 No
Transport 0% aligned 50 shared votes
20 Aye 30 No
13 Aye 31 No
Foreign Affairs 0% aligned 44 shared votes
31 Aye 13 No
22 Aye 20 No
Defence 0% aligned 42 shared votes
20 Aye 22 No
11 Aye 25 No
Benefits 0% aligned 36 shared votes
25 Aye 11 No

Topic alignment uses local topic tags, so a division can count towards more than one topic.

Voting record

85.1%
12% above average
Rank 90 of 649
Participation
61.8%
11% below average
Rank 559 of 649
1,805
2,121 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,469
2,376 eligible divisions
870
48.2% of votes cast
Aye votes
815
55.5% of votes cast
935
51.8% of votes cast
No votes
654
44.5% of votes cast
4
0.2% of votes cast
Against party
1
0.1% of votes cast
9 years, 3 months
Since 8 Jun 2017
Commons service
21 years, 4 months
Since 5 May 2005

Debates

80
-2.3 vs Commons average
Rank 261 of 649
Appearances
78
-4.3 vs Commons average
Rank 276 of 649
132
-11.5 vs Commons average
Rank 230 of 649
Contributions
129
-14.5 vs Commons average
Rank 238 of 649

Debate figures cover imported Hansard debate appearances from the last 12 months.

Financials and interests

£1,112,100
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,941,443
all imported IPSA years
£203,620
10% below average
Latest expenses
£294,489
30% above average
4
3 registered categories
Registered interests
2
2 registered categories
0
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
2
matched sponsored bills

Expenses use IPSA totals for financial year 2024-25. Sponsored bill counts depend on currently imported bill sponsor metadata.

Most active voting topics

Brexit / EU
188 of 188 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
167 of 211 votes
Trade
83 of 87 votes
#2
Migration
124 of 171 votes
Migration
154 of 163 votes
#3
Housing
48 of 67 votes
Devolution / Local Government
58 of 63 votes
#4
Foreign Affairs
49 of 69 votes
Digital / Online Safety
45 of 49 votes
#5
Work / Employment
53 of 77 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No
Draft Plant Health, Seeds, Seed Potatoes and Plant Propagating Material (Amendment) (Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026 9 Sept 2026
Aye
No
Representation of the People Bill: Third Reading 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
Aye
Aye
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 67 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
No
Draft Trade Unions (Permissible Means of Voting) and Employment Rights (Unfair Dismissal) (Amendment) Order 2026 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
Aye
No
Draft Code of Practice on Electronic and Workplace Ballots for Statutory Trade Union Ballots 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
Aye
Aye
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 19 14 Jul 2026
No
Aye
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 199 14 Jul 2026
No
Aye
Taxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill Committee: New Clause 5 1 Jul 2026
Energy Tax Transport
No
Aye
Taxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill Committee: New Clause 4 1 Jul 2026
Energy Tax Transport
No
No
Employment Tribunals Extension of Jurisdiction (England and Wales) (Amendment) Order 2026 1 Jul 2026
Aye
Where they voted the same
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (l) 20 May 2026
No
No
Crime and Policing Bill Report Stage: Amendment 160 17 Jun 2025
Crime / Justice
No
Aye
the draft Economic Growth (Regulatory Functions) (Amendment) Order 2024 24 Apr 2024
Aye
No
Safety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) Bill Committee: Amendment 23 17 Jan 2024
Migration
No
No
Safety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) Bill Committee: Amendment 19 16 Jan 2024
Migration
No
No
Safety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) Bill Committee: Amendment 10 16 Jan 2024
Migration
No
Aye
Draft Equality Act 2010 (Amendment) Regulations 2023 13 Dec 2023
Aye
Aye
Draft Windsor Framework (Enforcement etc.) Regulations 2023 13 Sept 2023
Aye
Aye
Misuse of Drugs Act 1971 (Amendment) Order 2023 12 Sept 2023
Aye
Aye
Draft Windsor Framework (Democratic Scrutiny) Regulations 2023 22 Mar 2023
Aye
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