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Ed Miliband vs Emily Thornberry

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

Photograph of Ed Miliband
Ed Miliband
Lab Doncaster North
vs
Photograph of Emily Thornberry
Emily Thornberry
Lab Islington South and Finsbury

Voting alignment

Ed Miliband and Emily Thornberry voted the same way 100% of the time, based on 1,059 shared comparable votes.

1,059 same votes 0 different votes 1,059 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
104 Aye 52 No
Brexit / EU 100% aligned 156 shared votes
104 Aye 52 No
81 Aye 43 No
Tax 100% aligned 124 shared votes
81 Aye 43 No
25 Aye 88 No
Migration 100% aligned 113 shared votes
25 Aye 88 No
28 Aye 50 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 78 shared votes
28 Aye 50 No
22 Aye 28 No
Trade 100% aligned 50 shared votes
22 Aye 28 No
Most different by topic
104 Aye 52 No
Brexit / EU 100% aligned 156 shared votes
104 Aye 52 No
81 Aye 43 No
Tax 100% aligned 124 shared votes
81 Aye 43 No
25 Aye 88 No
Migration 100% aligned 113 shared votes
25 Aye 88 No
28 Aye 50 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 78 shared votes
28 Aye 50 No
22 Aye 28 No
Trade 100% aligned 50 shared votes
22 Aye 28 No

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

Voting record

54.4%
18% below average
Rank 606 of 650
Participation
61.5%
11% below average
Rank 560 of 650
1,308
2,406 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,480
2,406 eligible divisions
725
55.4% of votes cast
Aye votes
824
55.7% of votes cast
583
44.6% 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
21 years, 5 months
Since 5 May 2005
Commons service
21 years, 5 months
Since 5 May 2005

Debates

62
-30.1 vs Commons average
Rank 405 of 650
Appearances
84
-8.1 vs Commons average
Rank 287 of 650
711
+550.9 vs Commons average
Rank 10 of 650
Contributions
134
-26.1 vs Commons average
Rank 277 of 650

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

Financials and interests

£2,453,042
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,941,443
all imported IPSA years
£221,136
2% below average
Latest expenses
£294,489
30% above average
0
0 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

Brexit / EU
171 of 212 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
168 of 212 votes
Migration
129 of 171 votes
#2
Migration
124 of 171 votes
Environment / Climate
36 of 49 votes
#3
Housing
48 of 67 votes
NHS / Health
38 of 56 votes
#4
Work / Employment
56 of 80 votes
Energy
45 of 70 votes
#5
Transport
65 of 96 votes

Recent voting overlap

These MPs agreed on every division where both voted in the current comparison sample.

Where they voted the same
Aye
Draft Town and Country Planning (Fees for Applications, Deemed Applications, Requests and Site Visits) (England) (Amendment and Transitional Provision) Regulations 2026 27 Oct 2026
Aye
Aye
Draft Plant Health, Seeds, Seed Potatoes and Plant Propagating Material (Amendment) (Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026 9 Sept 2026
Aye
Aye
Representation of the People Bill: Third Reading 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
Aye
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 88 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 67 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 65 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
Aye
Draft Trade Unions (Permissible Means of Voting) and Employment Rights (Unfair Dismissal) (Amendment) Order 2026 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
Aye
Aye
Draft Code of Practice on Electronic and Workplace Ballots for Statutory Trade Union Ballots 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
Aye
No
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 19 14 Jul 2026
No
No
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 199 14 Jul 2026
No
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API