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Dame Chi Onwurah vs Emily Thornberry

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


Voting alignment

Dame Chi Onwurah and Emily Thornberry voted the same way 99% of the time, based on 1,329 shared comparable votes.

1,316 same votes 13 different votes 1,329 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
105 Aye 59 No
Tax 100% aligned 164 shared votes
105 Aye 59 No
56 Aye 65 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 121 shared votes
56 Aye 65 No
28 Aye 89 No
Migration 100% aligned 117 shared votes
28 Aye 89 No
41 Aye 15 No
Education 100% aligned 56 shared votes
41 Aye 15 No
24 Aye 30 No
Transport 100% aligned 54 shared votes
24 Aye 30 No
Most different by topic
29 Aye 30 No
Trade 98% aligned 59 shared votes
30 Aye 29 No
107 Aye 56 No
Brexit / EU 99% aligned 163 shared votes
109 Aye 54 No
105 Aye 59 No
Tax 100% aligned 164 shared votes
105 Aye 59 No
56 Aye 65 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 121 shared votes
56 Aye 65 No
28 Aye 89 No
Migration 100% aligned 117 shared votes
28 Aye 89 No

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

Voting record

76.2%
4% above average
Rank 284 of 650
Participation
61.5%
11% below average
Rank 560 of 650
1,830
2,401 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,476
2,401 eligible divisions
1,012
55.3% of votes cast
Aye votes
820
55.6% of votes cast
818
44.7% of votes cast
No votes
656
44.4% of votes cast
18
1.0% 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

113
+26.2 vs Commons average
Rank 139 of 650
Appearances
81
-5.8 vs Commons average
Rank 283 of 650
162
+10.8 vs Commons average
Rank 192 of 650
Contributions
131
-20.2 vs Commons average
Rank 252 of 650

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

Financials and interests

£2,938,496
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,941,443
all imported IPSA years
£303,201
34% above average
Latest expenses
£294,489
30% above average
14
5 registered categories
Registered interests
2
2 registered categories
2
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

Foreign Affairs
79 of 81 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
167 of 211 votes
Democracy / Parliament
43 of 47 votes
#2
Migration
124 of 171 votes
Environment / Climate
44 of 49 votes
#3
Housing
48 of 67 votes
Work / Employment
70 of 80 votes
#4
Work / Employment
56 of 80 votes
Defence
61 of 71 votes
#5
Transport
64 of 95 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No rebel
Closure motion 16 May 2025
Aye
Where they voted the same
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API