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Emily Thornberry vs Chris Law

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


Voting alignment

Emily Thornberry and Chris Law voted the same way 92% of the time, based on 835 shared comparable votes.

768 same votes 67 different votes 835 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
22 Aye 29 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 51 shared votes
22 Aye 29 No
28 Aye 11 No
Foreign Affairs 100% aligned 39 shared votes
28 Aye 11 No
14 Aye 14 No
Defence 100% aligned 28 shared votes
14 Aye 14 No
16 Aye 11 No
Transport 100% aligned 27 shared votes
16 Aye 11 No
8 Aye 2 No
Education 100% aligned 10 shared votes
8 Aye 2 No
Most different by topic
10 Aye 8 No
Energy 72% aligned 18 shared votes
9 Aye 9 No
89 Aye 41 No
Tax 75% aligned 130 shared votes
88 Aye 42 No
18 Aye 14 No
Work / Employment 91% aligned 32 shared votes
15 Aye 17 No
20 Aye 12 No
Benefits 94% aligned 32 shared votes
20 Aye 12 No
10 Aye 10 No
Democracy / Parliament 95% aligned 20 shared votes
11 Aye 9 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
51.5%
21% below average
Rank 619 of 649
1,469
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,223
2,376 eligible divisions
815
55.5% of votes cast
Aye votes
674
55.1% of votes cast
654
44.5% of votes cast
No votes
549
44.9% of votes cast
1
0.1% of votes cast
Against party
1
0.1% of votes cast
21 years, 5 months
Since 5 May 2005
Commons service
11 years, 4 months
Since 7 May 2015

Debates

80
-3.7 vs Commons average
Rank 272 of 649
Appearances
57
-26.7 vs Commons average
Rank 398 of 649
131
-14.9 vs Commons average
Rank 237 of 649
Contributions
64
-81.9 vs Commons average
Rank 463 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
£2,467,498
all imported IPSA years
£294,489
30% above average
Latest expenses
£345,624
53% above average
2
2 registered categories
Registered interests
8
4 registered categories
2
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
Brexit / EU
196 of 211 votes
Migration
124 of 171 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
57 of 69 votes
Housing
48 of 67 votes
#3
Migration
138 of 171 votes
Foreign Affairs
49 of 69 votes
#4
Democracy / Parliament
37 of 47 votes
Work / Employment
53 of 77 votes
#5
Trade
61 of 91 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No
Privilege 28 Apr 2026
Aye
Where they voted the same
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API