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Emily Thornberry vs Aphra Brandreth

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 Aphra Brandreth
Aphra Brandreth
Con Chester South and Eddisbury

Voting alignment

Emily Thornberry and Aphra Brandreth voted the same way 5% of the time, based on 227 shared comparable votes.

12 same votes 215 different votes 227 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
9 Aye 11 No
Crime / Justice 10% aligned 20 shared votes
9 Aye 11 No
28 Aye 26 No
Tax 0% aligned 54 shared votes
26 Aye 28 No
25 Aye 1 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 26 shared votes
1 Aye 25 No
12 Aye 7 No
Education 0% aligned 19 shared votes
7 Aye 12 No
5 Aye 8 No
Defence 0% aligned 13 shared votes
8 Aye 5 No
Most different by topic
28 Aye 26 No
Tax 0% aligned 54 shared votes
26 Aye 28 No
25 Aye 1 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 26 shared votes
1 Aye 25 No
12 Aye 7 No
Education 0% aligned 19 shared votes
7 Aye 12 No
5 Aye 8 No
Defence 0% aligned 13 shared votes
8 Aye 5 No
11 Aye 1 No
Benefits 0% aligned 12 shared votes
1 Aye 11 No

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

Voting record

61.8%
11% below average
Rank 559 of 649
Participation
64.9%
8% below average
Rank 520 of 649
1,469
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
383
590 eligible divisions
815
55.5% of votes cast
Aye votes
181
47.3% of votes cast
654
44.5% of votes cast
No votes
202
52.7% of votes cast
1
0.1% of votes cast
Against party
15
3.9% of votes cast
21 years, 5 months
Since 5 May 2005
Commons service
2 years, 3 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

80
-3.7 vs Commons average
Rank 272 of 649
Appearances
84
+0.3 vs Commons average
Rank 248 of 649
131
-14.9 vs Commons average
Rank 237 of 649
Contributions
96
-49.9 vs Commons average
Rank 354 of 649

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

Financials and interests

£2,941,443
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£250,031
all imported IPSA years
£294,489
30% above average
Latest expenses
£250,031
11% above average
2
2 registered categories
Registered interests
12
5 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
167 of 211 votes
#1
Foreign Affairs
4 of 4 votes
Migration
124 of 171 votes
#2
Work / Employment
37 of 39 votes
Housing
48 of 67 votes
#3
Trade
5 of 7 votes
Foreign Affairs
49 of 69 votes
#4
Defence
24 of 34 votes
Work / Employment
53 of 77 votes
#5
Tax
79 of 112 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Draft Plant Health, Seeds, Seed Potatoes and Plant Propagating Material (Amendment) (Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026 9 Sept 2026
No
Aye
Draft Trade Unions (Permissible Means of Voting) and Employment Rights (Unfair Dismissal) (Amendment) Order 2026 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
No
Aye
Draft Code of Practice on Electronic and Workplace Ballots for Statutory Trade Union Ballots 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
No
No
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 19 14 Jul 2026
Aye
No
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 199 14 Jul 2026
Aye
No
National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: New Clause 3 17 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
No
National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: Amendment 13 17 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
No
National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: Amendment 8 17 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
No
National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: Amendment 3 17 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
Aye
National Security (State Threats) Bill: Allocation of Time motion 17 Jun 2026
Defence
No
Where they voted the same
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (l) 20 May 2026
No
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Third Reading 20 Jun 2025
Aye
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Amendment 94 20 Jun 2025
Aye
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Amendment 77 20 Jun 2025
Aye
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Amendment 12 20 Jun 2025
No
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Amendment 24 20 Jun 2025
No
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: New Clause 16 20 Jun 2025
No
No
Crime and Policing Bill Report Stage: New Clause 106 17 Jun 2025
Crime / Justice
No
No
Crime and Policing Bill Report Stage: Amendment 160 17 Jun 2025
Crime / Justice
No
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill Report Stage: Amendment (a) to New Clause 10 16 May 2025
No
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