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Bob Blackman vs Emily Thornberry

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


Voting alignment

Bob Blackman and Emily Thornberry voted the same way 4% of the time, based on 1,319 shared comparable votes.

47 same votes 1,272 different votes 1,319 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
16 Aye 14 No
NHS / Health 13% aligned 30 shared votes
16 Aye 14 No
29 Aye 30 No
Trade 8% aligned 59 shared votes
29 Aye 30 No
17 Aye 14 No
Housing 6% aligned 31 shared votes
16 Aye 15 No
13 Aye 9 No
Democracy / Parliament 5% aligned 22 shared votes
8 Aye 14 No
59 Aye 108 No
Brexit / EU 3% aligned 167 shared votes
109 Aye 58 No
Most different by topic
86 Aye 29 No
Migration 0% aligned 115 shared votes
29 Aye 86 No
31 Aye 23 No
Transport 0% aligned 54 shared votes
23 Aye 31 No
15 Aye 34 No
Foreign Affairs 0% aligned 49 shared votes
34 Aye 15 No
21 Aye 25 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 46 shared votes
25 Aye 21 No
11 Aye 32 No
Benefits 0% aligned 43 shared votes
32 Aye 11 No

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

Voting record

87.7%
15% above average
Rank 50 of 649
Participation
61.8%
11% below average
Rank 559 of 649
2,084
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,469
2,376 eligible divisions
979
47.0% of votes cast
Aye votes
815
55.5% of votes cast
1,105
53.0% of votes cast
No votes
654
44.5% of votes cast
54
2.6% 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

152
+68.3 vs Commons average
Rank 68 of 649
Appearances
80
-3.7 vs Commons average
Rank 272 of 649
180
+34.1 vs Commons average
Rank 161 of 649
Contributions
131
-14.9 vs Commons average
Rank 237 of 649

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

Financials and interests

£3,032,116
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,941,443
all imported IPSA years
£312,612
38% above average
Latest expenses
£294,489
30% above average
9
6 registered categories
Registered interests
2
2 registered categories
8
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
211 of 211 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
167 of 211 votes
Foreign Affairs
69 of 69 votes
#2
Migration
124 of 171 votes
Trade
87 of 91 votes
#3
Housing
48 of 67 votes
Defence
66 of 71 votes
#4
Foreign Affairs
49 of 69 votes
Digital / Online Safety
55 of 60 votes
#5
Work / Employment
53 of 77 votes

Recent voting overlap

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