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Bill Esterson vs Emily Thornberry

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


Voting alignment

Bill Esterson and Emily Thornberry voted the same way 100% of the time, based on 1,213 shared comparable votes.

1,211 same votes 2 different votes 1,213 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
106 Aye 57 No
Tax 100% aligned 163 shared votes
106 Aye 57 No
106 Aye 52 No
Brexit / EU 100% aligned 158 shared votes
106 Aye 52 No
39 Aye 58 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 97 shared votes
39 Aye 58 No
30 Aye 67 No
Migration 100% aligned 97 shared votes
30 Aye 67 No
24 Aye 32 No
Transport 100% aligned 56 shared votes
24 Aye 32 No
Most different by topic
23 Aye 30 No
Trade 98% aligned 53 shared votes
24 Aye 29 No
106 Aye 57 No
Tax 100% aligned 163 shared votes
106 Aye 57 No
106 Aye 52 No
Brexit / EU 100% aligned 158 shared votes
106 Aye 52 No
39 Aye 58 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 97 shared votes
39 Aye 58 No
30 Aye 67 No
Migration 100% aligned 97 shared votes
30 Aye 67 No

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

Voting record

70.5%
2% below average
Rank 414 of 650
Participation
61.5%
11% below average
Rank 560 of 650
1,696
2,405 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,479
2,405 eligible divisions
946
55.8% of votes cast
Aye votes
823
55.6% of votes cast
750
44.2% of votes cast
No votes
656
44.4% of votes cast
1
0.1% of votes cast
Against party
1
0.1% of votes cast
16 years, 5 months
Since 6 May 2010
Commons service
21 years, 5 months
Since 5 May 2005

Debates

64
-26.0 vs Commons average
Rank 388 of 650
Appearances
81
-9.0 vs Commons average
Rank 297 of 650
90
-66.6 vs Commons average
Rank 400 of 650
Contributions
131
-25.6 vs Commons average
Rank 276 of 650

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

Financials and interests

£3,003,108
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,941,443
all imported IPSA years
£282,481
25% above average
Latest expenses
£294,489
30% above average
5
3 registered categories
Registered interests
2
2 registered categories
1
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

NHS / Health
50 of 56 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
168 of 212 votes
Defence
61 of 71 votes
#2
Migration
124 of 171 votes
Environment / Climate
41 of 49 votes
#3
Housing
48 of 67 votes
Brexit / EU
168 of 212 votes
#4
Work / Employment
56 of 80 votes
Work / Employment
63 of 80 votes
#5
Transport
65 of 96 votes
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API