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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 1,163 shared comparable votes.

38 same votes 1,125 different votes 1,163 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 26 No
Trade 0% aligned 54 shared votes
26 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

85.4 %
13 % above average
Rank 91 of 649
Participation
62.0 %
11 % below average
Rank 555 of 649
1,792
2,099 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,459
2,354 eligible divisions
863
48.2 % of votes cast
Aye votes
811
55.6 % of votes cast
929
51.8 % of votes cast
No votes
648
44.4 % of votes cast
4
0.2 % of votes cast
Against party
1
0.1 % of votes cast
9 years, 1 months
Since 8 Jun 2017
Commons service
21 years, 2 months
Since 5 May 2005

Debates

75
-0.1 vs Commons average
Rank 247 of 649
Appearances
74
-1.1 vs Commons average
Rank 254 of 649
130
-3.3 vs Commons average
Rank 208 of 649
Contributions
114
-19.3 vs Commons average
Rank 243 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
Migration
154 of 161 votes
#2
Migration
124 of 169 votes
Trade
81 of 85 votes
#3
Housing
48 of 66 votes
Democracy / Parliament
37 of 40 votes
#4
Foreign Affairs
49 of 69 votes
Devolution / Local Government
58 of 63 votes
#5
Work / Employment
51 of 75 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
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 Tribunal (Extension of Time Limits) (Miscellaneous Amendments and Transitional Provisions) Regulations 2026 1 Jul 2026
Aye
No
Employment Tribunals Extension of Jurisdiction (England and Wales) (Amendment) Order 2026 1 Jul 2026
Aye
Aye
National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: New Clause 3 17 Jun 2026
Defence
No
Aye
National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: Amendment 8 17 Jun 2026
Defence
No
Aye
National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: Amendment 3 17 Jun 2026
Defence
No
No
National Security (State Threats) Bill: Allocation of Time motion 17 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
Aye
Cyber Security and Resilience (Network and Information Systems) Bill Remaining Stages: Amendment 3 16 Jun 2026
No
Aye
Cyber Security and Resilience (Network and Information Systems) Bill Remaining Stages: New Clause 14 16 Jun 2026
No
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 Sep 2023
Aye
Aye
Misuse of Drugs Act 1971 (Amendment) Order 2023 12 Sep 2023
Aye
Aye
Draft Windsor Framework (Democratic Scrutiny) Regulations 2023 22 Mar 2023
Aye
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