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Dr Simon Opher vs Emily Thornberry
A side-by-side comparison of voting participation, party rebellion, topic focus, and recent voting overlap.
Voting alignment
Dr Simon Opher and Emily Thornberry voted the same way 99% of the time, based on 256 shared comparable votes.
253 same votes
3 different votes
256 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
Most different by topic
Topic alignment uses local topic tags, so a division can count towards more than one topic.
Voting record
80.5%
8% above average
Participation
61.7%
11% below average
508
631 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,491
2,417 eligible divisions
242
47.6% of votes cast
Aye votes
832
55.8% of votes cast
266
52.4% of votes cast
No votes
659
44.2% of votes cast
7
1.4% of votes cast
Against party
1
0.1% of votes cast
2 years, 4 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
21 years, 6 months
Since 5 May 2005
Debates
67
-27.5 vs Commons average
Appearances
87
-7.5 vs Commons average
100
-64.6 vs Commons average
Contributions
123
-41.6 vs Commons average
Debate figures cover imported Hansard debate appearances from the last 12 months.
Financials and interests
£204,255
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,941,443
all imported IPSA years
£204,255
10% below average
Latest expenses
£294,489
30% above average
10
5 registered categories
Registered interests
3
3 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
Recent voting overlap
Where they voted differently
No
rebel
Aye
Aye
rebel
Universal Credit and Personal Independent Payment Bill: Reasoned Amendment at Second Reading
1 Jul 2025
No
Where they voted the same
Aye
Aye
Member source
UK Parliament Members API
Voting source
Commons Votes API