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Emily Thornberry vs Ben Obese-Jecty

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 Ben Obese-Jecty
Ben Obese-Jecty
Con Huntingdon

Voting alignment

Emily Thornberry and Ben Obese-Jecty voted the same way 0% of the time, based on 227 shared comparable votes.

1 same votes 226 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
11 Aye 15 No
Crime / Justice 4% aligned 26 shared votes
14 Aye 12 No
29 Aye 24 No
Tax 0% aligned 53 shared votes
24 Aye 29 No
23 Aye 1 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 24 shared votes
1 Aye 23 No
15 Aye 6 No
Education 0% aligned 21 shared votes
6 Aye 15 No
5 Aye 10 No
Transport 0% aligned 15 shared votes
10 Aye 5 No
Most different by topic
29 Aye 24 No
Tax 0% aligned 53 shared votes
24 Aye 29 No
23 Aye 1 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 24 shared votes
1 Aye 23 No
15 Aye 6 No
Education 0% aligned 21 shared votes
6 Aye 15 No
5 Aye 10 No
Transport 0% aligned 15 shared votes
10 Aye 5 No
5 Aye 8 No
Defence 0% aligned 13 shared votes
8 Aye 5 No

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

Voting record

62.0 %
11 % below average
Rank 556 of 649
Participation
74.3 %
2 % above average
Rank 331 of 649
1,464
2,361 eligible divisions
Total votes
427
575 eligible divisions
813
55.5 % of votes cast
Aye votes
198
46.4 % of votes cast
651
44.5 % of votes cast
No votes
229
53.6 % of votes cast
1
0.1 % of votes cast
Against party
1
0.2 % of votes cast
21 years, 3 months
Since 5 May 2005
Commons service
2 years, 1 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

72
-5.9 vs Commons average
Rank 286 of 650
Appearances
198
+120.1 vs Commons average
Rank 15 of 650
112
-26.3 vs Commons average
Rank 267 of 650
Contributions
266
+127.7 vs Commons average
Rank 63 of 650

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

Financials and interests

£2,941,443
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£156,927
all imported IPSA years
£294,489
30 % above average
Latest expenses
£156,927
31 % below average
2
2 registered categories
Registered interests
4
3 registered categories
2
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
1
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
Housing
48 of 66 votes
#2
Work / Employment
36 of 39 votes
Migration
124 of 171 votes
#3
Defence
30 of 34 votes
Foreign Affairs
49 of 69 votes
#4
Devolution / Local Government
21 of 24 votes
Work / Employment
53 of 77 votes
#5
Education
41 of 50 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No
Taxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill Committee: New Clause 5 1 Jul 2026
Energy Tax Transport
Aye
No
Taxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill Committee: New Clause 4 1 Jul 2026
Energy Tax Transport
Aye
Aye
Employment Tribunal (Extension of Time Limits) (Miscellaneous Amendments and Transitional Provisions) Regulations 2026 1 Jul 2026
No
Aye
Employment Tribunals Extension of Jurisdiction (England and Wales) (Amendment) Order 2026 1 Jul 2026
No
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
No
Cyber Security and Resilience (Network and Information Systems) Bill Remaining Stages: Amendment 3 16 Jun 2026
Aye
Where they voted the same
No
Crime and Policing Bill Report Stage: Amendment 160 17 Jun 2025
Crime / Justice
No
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