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Emily Thornberry vs Alistair Strathern

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

Photograph of Emily Thornberry
Emily Thornberry
Lab Islington South and Finsbury
vs
Photograph of Alistair Strathern
Alistair Strathern
Lab Hitchin

Voting alignment

Emily Thornberry and Alistair Strathern voted the same way 100% of the time, based on 311 shared comparable votes.

311 same votes 0 different votes 311 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
39 Aye 30 No
Tax 100% aligned 69 shared votes
39 Aye 30 No
17 Aye 17 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 34 shared votes
17 Aye 17 No
6 Aye 23 No
Migration 100% aligned 29 shared votes
6 Aye 23 No
19 Aye 4 No
Housing 100% aligned 23 shared votes
19 Aye 4 No
18 Aye 5 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 23 shared votes
18 Aye 5 No
Most different by topic
39 Aye 30 No
Tax 100% aligned 69 shared votes
39 Aye 30 No
17 Aye 17 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 34 shared votes
17 Aye 17 No
6 Aye 23 No
Migration 100% aligned 29 shared votes
6 Aye 23 No
19 Aye 4 No
Housing 100% aligned 23 shared votes
19 Aye 4 No
18 Aye 5 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 23 shared votes
18 Aye 5 No

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

Voting record

62.2 %
11 % below average
Rank 557 of 648
Participation
79.4 %
6 % above average
Rank 229 of 648
1,439
2,312 eligible divisions
Total votes
552
695 eligible divisions
807
56.1 % of votes cast
Aye votes
289
52.4 % of votes cast
632
43.9 % of votes cast
No votes
263
47.6 % of votes cast
1
0.1 % of votes cast
Against party
0
0.0 % of votes cast
21 years, 1 months
Since 5 May 2005
Commons service
2 years, 7 months
Since 19 Oct 2023

Debates

59
-1.4 vs Commons average
Rank 240 of 648
Appearances
54
-6.4 vs Commons average
Rank 292 of 648
89
-19.9 vs Commons average
Rank 273 of 648
Contributions
63
-45.9 vs Commons average
Rank 390 of 648

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

Financials and interests

£2,941,443
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£379,404
all imported IPSA years
£294,489
30 % above average
Latest expenses
£295,499
31 % above average
3
3 registered categories
Registered interests
1
1 registered category
0
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
0
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
167 of 211 votes
#1
Benefits
31 of 31 votes
Migration
124 of 169 votes
#2
Devolution / Local Government
25 of 25 votes
Housing
48 of 66 votes
#3
Environment / Climate
8 of 8 votes
Foreign Affairs
49 of 69 votes
#4
Foreign Affairs
4 of 4 votes
Work / Employment
51 of 75 votes
#5
Energy
21 of 22 votes

Recent voting overlap

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

Where they voted the same
No
Armed Forces Bill Committee: New Clause 13 2 Jun 2026
Defence
No
No
Armed Forces Bill Committee: New Clause 6 2 Jun 2026
Defence
No
No
Armed Forces Bill Committee: New Clause 5 2 Jun 2026
Defence
No
No
Armed Forces Bill Committee: New Clause 2 2 Jun 2026
Defence
No
No
Steel Industry (Nationalisation) Bill: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 21 May 2026
No
Aye
King's Speech Motion for an Address 20 May 2026
Aye
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (p) 20 May 2026
No
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (l) 20 May 2026
No
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (o) 20 May 2026
No
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (i) 19 May 2026
No
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Voting source Commons Votes API