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Andrew Bowie vs Emily Thornberry

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


Voting alignment

Andrew Bowie and Emily Thornberry voted the same way 3% of the time, based on 1,112 shared comparable votes.

38 same votes 1,074 different votes 1,112 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
17 Aye 29 No
Foreign Affairs 7% aligned 46 shared votes
32 Aye 14 No
58 Aye 91 No
Brexit / EU 5% aligned 149 shared votes
94 Aye 55 No
13 Aye 9 No
Democracy / Parliament 5% aligned 22 shared votes
8 Aye 14 No
45 Aye 41 No
Crime / Justice 3% aligned 86 shared votes
40 Aye 46 No
10 Aye 21 No
Education 3% aligned 31 shared votes
22 Aye 9 No
Most different by topic
27 Aye 27 No
Trade 0% aligned 54 shared votes
27 Aye 27 No
26 Aye 18 No
Transport 0% aligned 44 shared votes
18 Aye 26 No
11 Aye 26 No
Benefits 0% aligned 37 shared votes
26 Aye 11 No
18 Aye 17 No
Defence 0% aligned 35 shared votes
17 Aye 18 No
16 Aye 19 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 35 shared votes
19 Aye 16 No

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

Voting record

80.4%
8% above average
Rank 189 of 649
Participation
61.8%
11% below average
Rank 559 of 649
1,706
2,121 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,469
2,376 eligible divisions
833
48.8% of votes cast
Aye votes
815
55.5% of votes cast
873
51.2% of votes cast
No votes
654
44.5% of votes cast
9
0.5% 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

70
-12.3 vs Commons average
Rank 311 of 649
Appearances
78
-4.3 vs Commons average
Rank 276 of 649
114
-29.5 vs Commons average
Rank 290 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

£1,982,147
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,941,443
all imported IPSA years
£339,342
50% above average
Latest expenses
£294,489
30% above average
6
4 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
187 of 188 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
167 of 211 votes
Foreign Affairs
66 of 69 votes
#2
Migration
124 of 171 votes
Migration
154 of 163 votes
#3
Housing
48 of 67 votes
Trade
82 of 87 votes
#4
Foreign Affairs
49 of 69 votes
Environment / Climate
42 of 46 votes
#5
Work / Employment
53 of 77 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Where they voted the same
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API