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Edward Argar vs Emily Thornberry

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

Photograph of Edward Argar
Edward Argar
Con Melton and Syston
vs
Photograph of Emily Thornberry
Emily Thornberry
Lab Islington South and Finsbury

Voting alignment

Edward Argar and Emily Thornberry voted the same way 3% of the time, based on 1,357 shared comparable votes.

47 same votes 1,310 different votes 1,357 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
62 Aye 103 No
Brexit / EU 6% aligned 165 shared votes
109 Aye 56 No
13 Aye 12 No
Democracy / Parliament 4% aligned 25 shared votes
11 Aye 14 No
15 Aye 15 No
NHS / Health 3% aligned 30 shared votes
16 Aye 14 No
68 Aye 52 No
Crime / Justice 3% aligned 120 shared votes
51 Aye 69 No
88 Aye 34 No
Migration 2% aligned 122 shared votes
31 Aye 91 No
Most different by topic
34 Aye 23 No
Transport 0% aligned 57 shared votes
23 Aye 34 No
21 Aye 30 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 51 shared votes
30 Aye 21 No
18 Aye 28 No
Housing 0% aligned 46 shared votes
28 Aye 18 No
15 Aye 30 No
Foreign Affairs 0% aligned 45 shared votes
30 Aye 15 No
23 Aye 21 No
Defence 0% aligned 44 shared votes
21 Aye 23 No

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

Voting record

89.9%
17% above average
Rank 20 of 649
Participation
61.8%
11% below average
Rank 559 of 649
2,136
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,469
2,376 eligible divisions
1,016
47.6% of votes cast
Aye votes
815
55.5% of votes cast
1,120
52.4% of votes cast
No votes
654
44.5% of votes cast
2
0.1% of votes cast
Against party
1
0.1% of votes cast
11 years, 4 months
Since 7 May 2015
Commons service
21 years, 4 months
Since 5 May 2005

Debates

83
+0.7 vs Commons average
Rank 240 of 649
Appearances
78
-4.3 vs Commons average
Rank 276 of 649
129
-14.5 vs Commons average
Rank 235 of 649
Contributions
129
-14.5 vs Commons average
Rank 238 of 649

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

Financials and interests

£1,201,891
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,941,443
all imported IPSA years
£201,413
11% below average
Latest expenses
£294,489
30% above average
1
1 registered category
Registered interests
2
2 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

Brexit / EU
209 of 211 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
167 of 211 votes
Migration
164 of 171 votes
#2
Migration
124 of 171 votes
Environment / Climate
46 of 48 votes
#3
Housing
48 of 67 votes
Democracy / Parliament
45 of 47 votes
#4
Foreign Affairs
49 of 69 votes
Digital / Online Safety
57 of 60 votes
#5
Work / Employment
53 of 77 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No
Representation of the People Bill: Third Reading 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
Aye
Aye
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 67 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
Aye
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 65 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
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
No
Employment Tribunals Extension of Jurisdiction (England and Wales) (Amendment) Order 2026 1 Jul 2026
Aye
Where they voted the same
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 88 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
No
Crime and Policing Bill Report Stage: Amendment 160 17 Jun 2025
Crime / Justice
No
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
Aye
Draft Equality Act 2010 (Amendment) Regulations 2023 13 Dec 2023
Aye
Aye
Draft Windsor Framework (Enforcement etc.) Regulations 2023 13 Sept 2023
Aye
Aye
Misuse of Drugs Act 1971 (Amendment) Order 2023 12 Sept 2023
Aye
Aye
Privilege Motion 19 Jun 2023
Aye
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