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Ed Davey vs Emily Thornberry

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

Photograph of Ed Davey
Ed Davey
LD Kingston and Surbiton
vs
Photograph of Emily Thornberry
Emily Thornberry
Lab Islington South and Finsbury

Voting alignment

Ed Davey and Emily Thornberry voted the same way 86% of the time, based on 903 shared comparable votes.

774 same votes 129 different votes 903 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
90 Aye 55 No
Brexit / EU 100% aligned 145 shared votes
90 Aye 55 No
13 Aye 5 No
Environment / Climate 100% aligned 18 shared votes
13 Aye 5 No
8 Aye 1 No
Digital / Online Safety 100% aligned 9 shared votes
8 Aye 1 No
3 Aye 0 No
Cost of Living 100% aligned 3 shared votes
3 Aye 0 No
30 Aye 64 No
Migration 99% aligned 94 shared votes
31 Aye 63 No
Most different by topic
5 Aye 20 No
Work / Employment 32% aligned 25 shared votes
22 Aye 3 No
16 Aye 9 No
Education 56% aligned 25 shared votes
19 Aye 6 No
7 Aye 13 No
Housing 60% aligned 20 shared votes
15 Aye 5 No
71 Aye 30 No
Tax 74% aligned 101 shared votes
65 Aye 36 No
16 Aye 14 No
Defence 77% aligned 30 shared votes
17 Aye 13 No

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

Voting record

60.6 %
12 % below average
Rank 572 of 650
Participation
62.1 %
11 % below average
Rank 557 of 650
1,264
2,085 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,454
2,340 eligible divisions
709
56.1 % of votes cast
Aye votes
809
55.6 % of votes cast
555
43.9 % of votes cast
No votes
645
44.4 % of votes cast
6
0.5 % of votes cast
Against party
1
0.1 % of votes cast
9 years, 0 months
Since 8 Jun 2017
Commons service
21 years, 1 months
Since 5 May 2005

Debates

52
-15.8 vs Commons average
Rank 359 of 650
Appearances
72
+4.2 vs Commons average
Rank 215 of 650
86
-34.4 vs Commons average
Rank 314 of 650
Contributions
112
-8.4 vs Commons average
Rank 219 of 650

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

Financials and interests

£2,538,367
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,941,443
all imported IPSA years
£294,578
30 % above average
Latest expenses
£294,489
30 % above average
10
4 registered categories
Registered interests
3
3 registered categories
11
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
170 of 188 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
167 of 211 votes
Devolution / Local Government
45 of 63 votes
#2
Migration
124 of 169 votes
Migration
113 of 161 votes
#3
Housing
48 of 66 votes
NHS / Health
36 of 52 votes
#4
Foreign Affairs
49 of 69 votes
Transport
54 of 84 votes
#5
Work / Employment
51 of 75 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Cyber Security and Resilience (Network and Information Systems) Bill Remaining Stages: Amendment 3 16 Jun 2026
No
Aye
Cyber Security and Resilience (Network and Information Systems) Bill Remaining Stages: New Clause 14 16 Jun 2026
No
Aye
Cyber Security and Resilience (Network and Information Systems) Bill Remaining Stages: New Clause 13 16 Jun 2026
No
No
Railways Bill: Third Reading 10 Jun 2026
Transport
Aye
Aye
Railways Bill Remaining Stages: Amendment 148 10 Jun 2026
Transport
No
Aye
Railways Bill Remaining Stages: Amendment 143 10 Jun 2026
Transport
No
Aye
Railways Bill Remaining Stages: New Clause 1 10 Jun 2026
Transport
No
Aye
Steel Industry (Nationalisation) Bill Committee: New Clause 4 9 Jun 2026
No
No
Draft Agriculture (Delinked Payments) (Reductions) (England) Regulations 2026 3 Jun 2026
Aye
Aye
Armed Forces Bill Committee: New Clause 13 2 Jun 2026
Defence
No
Where they voted the same
No
Armed Forces Bill Committee: New Clause 6 2 Jun 2026
Defence
No
Aye
Draft Energy Prices Act 2022 (Extension of Time Limit) Regulations 2026 22 Apr 2026
Cost of Living Energy
Aye
Aye
Universal Credit (Removal of Two Child Limit) Bill: Second Reading 3 Feb 2026
Benefits
Aye
No
Crime and Policing Bill Report Stage: New Clause 7 18 Jun 2025
Crime / Justice
No
No
Crime and Policing Bill Report Stage: New Clause 106 17 Jun 2025
Crime / Justice
No
Aye
Crime and Policing Bill Report Stage: New Clause 1 17 Jun 2025
Crime / Justice
Aye
Aye
Closure motion 16 May 2025
Aye
Aye
Tobacco and Vapes Bill: Third Reading 26 Mar 2025
NHS / Health
Aye
Aye
Children's Wellbeing and Schools Bill: Third Reading 18 Mar 2025
Education
Aye
Aye
Draft Home Detention Curfew and Requisite and Minimum Custodial Periods (Amdt) Order 2024 10 Dec 2024
Aye
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