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Chris Law vs Emily Thornberry

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


Voting alignment

Chris Law and Emily Thornberry voted the same way 92% of the time, based on 840 shared comparable votes.

773 same votes 67 different votes 840 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
22 Aye 29 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 51 shared votes
22 Aye 29 No
28 Aye 11 No
Foreign Affairs 100% aligned 39 shared votes
28 Aye 11 No
14 Aye 14 No
Defence 100% aligned 28 shared votes
14 Aye 14 No
16 Aye 11 No
Transport 100% aligned 27 shared votes
16 Aye 11 No
8 Aye 2 No
Education 100% aligned 10 shared votes
8 Aye 2 No
Most different by topic
9 Aye 9 No
Energy 72% aligned 18 shared votes
10 Aye 8 No
88 Aye 42 No
Tax 75% aligned 130 shared votes
89 Aye 41 No
18 Aye 17 No
Work / Employment 91% aligned 35 shared votes
21 Aye 14 No
20 Aye 12 No
Benefits 94% aligned 32 shared votes
20 Aye 12 No
11 Aye 9 No
Democracy / Parliament 95% aligned 20 shared votes
10 Aye 10 No

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

Voting record

51.1%
21% below average
Rank 619 of 650
Participation
61.5%
11% below average
Rank 560 of 650
1,229
2,406 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,480
2,406 eligible divisions
678
55.2% of votes cast
Aye votes
824
55.7% of votes cast
551
44.8% of votes cast
No votes
656
44.3% of votes cast
1
0.1% of votes cast
Against party
1
0.1% of votes cast
11 years, 5 months
Since 7 May 2015
Commons service
21 years, 5 months
Since 5 May 2005

Debates

62
-29.0 vs Commons average
Rank 397 of 650
Appearances
83
-8.0 vs Commons average
Rank 286 of 650
69
-89.5 vs Commons average
Rank 472 of 650
Contributions
133
-25.5 vs Commons average
Rank 275 of 650

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

Financials and interests

£2,467,498
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,941,443
all imported IPSA years
£345,624
53% above average
Latest expenses
£294,489
30% above average
8
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
196 of 212 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
168 of 212 votes
Migration
138 of 171 votes
#2
Migration
124 of 171 votes
Democracy / Parliament
37 of 47 votes
#3
Housing
48 of 67 votes
Foreign Affairs
57 of 82 votes
#4
Work / Employment
56 of 80 votes
Trade
64 of 94 votes
#5
Transport
65 of 96 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Privilege 28 Apr 2026
No
Where they voted the same
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API