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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 1,349 shared comparable votes.

46 same votes 1,303 different votes 1,349 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
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
14 Aye 36 No
Education 2% aligned 50 shared votes
37 Aye 13 No
Most different by topic
34 Aye 23 No
Transport 0% aligned 57 shared votes
23 Aye 34 No
21 Aye 28 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 49 shared votes
28 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

90.3 %
18 % above average
Rank 19 of 649
Participation
62.0 %
11 % below average
Rank 555 of 649
2,125
2,354 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,459
2,354 eligible divisions
1,011
47.6 % of votes cast
Aye votes
811
55.6 % of votes cast
1,114
52.4 % of votes cast
No votes
648
44.4 % of votes cast
2
0.1 % of votes cast
Against party
1
0.1 % of votes cast
11 years, 2 months
Since 7 May 2015
Commons service
21 years, 2 months
Since 5 May 2005

Debates

81
+5.9 vs Commons average
Rank 204 of 649
Appearances
74
-1.1 vs Commons average
Rank 254 of 649
125
-8.3 vs Commons average
Rank 216 of 649
Contributions
114
-19.3 vs Commons average
Rank 243 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
163 of 169 votes
#2
Migration
124 of 169 votes
Environment / Climate
46 of 48 votes
#3
Housing
48 of 66 votes
Democracy / Parliament
41 of 43 votes
#4
Foreign Affairs
49 of 69 votes
Digital / Online Safety
57 of 60 votes
#5
Work / Employment
51 of 75 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
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 Tribunal (Extension of Time Limits) (Miscellaneous Amendments and Transitional Provisions) Regulations 2026 1 Jul 2026
Aye
No
Employment Tribunals Extension of Jurisdiction (England and Wales) (Amendment) Order 2026 1 Jul 2026
Aye
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
No
National Security (State Threats) Bill: Allocation of Time motion 17 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
Aye
Cyber Security and Resilience (Network and Information Systems) Bill Remaining Stages: Amendment 3 16 Jun 2026
No
Where they voted the same
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 Sep 2023
Aye
Aye
Misuse of Drugs Act 1971 (Amendment) Order 2023 12 Sep 2023
Aye
Aye
Privilege Motion 19 Jun 2023
Aye
Aye
Draft Windsor Framework (Democratic Scrutiny) Regulations 2023 22 Mar 2023
Aye
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