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David Davis vs Emily Thornberry

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

Photograph of David Davis
David Davis
Con Goole and Pocklington
vs
Photograph of Emily Thornberry
Emily Thornberry
Lab Islington South and Finsbury

Voting alignment

David Davis and Emily Thornberry voted the same way 9% of the time, based on 1,028 shared comparable votes.

92 same votes 936 different votes 1,028 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
55 Aye 39 No
Migration 18% aligned 94 shared votes
28 Aye 66 No
33 Aye 35 No
Crime / Justice 15% aligned 68 shared votes
33 Aye 35 No
24 Aye 32 No
Trade 14% aligned 56 shared votes
28 Aye 28 No
25 Aye 14 No
Defence 13% aligned 39 shared votes
19 Aye 20 No
8 Aye 27 No
Benefits 11% aligned 35 shared votes
25 Aye 10 No
Most different by topic
31 Aye 13 No
Transport 0% aligned 44 shared votes
13 Aye 31 No
13 Aye 28 No
Foreign Affairs 0% aligned 41 shared votes
28 Aye 13 No
18 Aye 8 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 26 shared votes
8 Aye 18 No
9 Aye 16 No
Energy 0% aligned 25 shared votes
16 Aye 9 No
13 Aye 11 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 24 shared votes
11 Aye 13 No

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

Voting record

64.8%
8% below average
Rank 521 of 649
Participation
61.8%
11% below average
Rank 559 of 649
1,539
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,469
2,376 eligible divisions
720
46.8% of votes cast
Aye votes
815
55.5% of votes cast
819
53.2% of votes cast
No votes
654
44.5% of votes cast
93
6.0% of votes cast
Against party
1
0.1% of votes cast
18 years, 2 months
Since 10 Jul 2008
Commons service
21 years, 4 months
Since 5 May 2005

Debates

53
-28.7 vs Commons average
Rank 422 of 649
Appearances
79
-2.7 vs Commons average
Rank 267 of 649
82
-60.3 vs Commons average
Rank 388 of 649
Contributions
131
-11.3 vs Commons average
Rank 230 of 649

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

Financials and interests

£2,621,658
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,941,443
all imported IPSA years
£277,187
23% above average
Latest expenses
£294,489
30% above average
8
3 registered categories
Registered interests
2
2 registered categories
7
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
198 of 211 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
167 of 211 votes
Environment / Climate
41 of 48 votes
#2
Migration
124 of 171 votes
Trade
72 of 91 votes
#3
Housing
48 of 67 votes
Defence
53 of 71 votes
#4
Foreign Affairs
49 of 69 votes
Migration
126 of 171 votes
#5
Work / Employment
53 of 77 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No
Draft Trade Unions (Permissible Means of Voting) and Employment Rights (Unfair Dismissal) (Amendment) Order 2026 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
Aye
No
Draft Code of Practice on Electronic and Workplace Ballots for Statutory Trade Union Ballots 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
Aye
Aye
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 19 14 Jul 2026
No
Aye
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 199 14 Jul 2026
No
Aye
Taxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill Committee: New Clause 5 1 Jul 2026
Energy Tax Transport
No
Aye
Taxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill Committee: New Clause 4 1 Jul 2026
Energy Tax Transport
No
Aye
National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: New Clause 3 17 Jun 2026
Defence
No
Aye
National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: Amendment 13 17 Jun 2026
Defence
No
Aye
National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: Amendment 8 17 Jun 2026
Defence
No
Aye
National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: Amendment 3 17 Jun 2026
Defence
No
Where they voted the same
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (l) 20 May 2026
No
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Third Reading 20 Jun 2025
Aye
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill Report Stage: Amendment (a) to New Clause 10 16 May 2025
No
Aye
Closure motion 16 May 2025
Aye
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading 29 Nov 2024
Aye
Aye
Draft Windsor Framework (Non-Commercial Movement of Pet Animals) Regulations 2024 13 Nov 2024
Aye
Aye
the draft Economic Growth (Regulatory Functions) (Amendment) Order 2024 24 Apr 2024
Aye
No
Safety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) Bill Committee: Amendment 23 17 Jan 2024
Migration
No
No
Safety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) Bill Committee: Amendment 19 16 Jan 2024
Migration
No
No
Safety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) Bill Committee: Amendment 10 16 Jan 2024
Migration
No
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