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Emily Thornberry vs Claire Coutinho

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 Claire Coutinho
Claire Coutinho
Con East Surrey

Voting alignment

Emily Thornberry and Claire Coutinho voted the same way 3% of the time, based on 769 shared comparable votes.

24 same votes 745 different votes 769 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
10 Aye 12 No
NHS / Health 9% aligned 22 shared votes
14 Aye 8 No
60 Aye 33 No
Tax 1% aligned 93 shared votes
32 Aye 61 No
36 Aye 59 No
Crime / Justice 1% aligned 95 shared votes
58 Aye 37 No
27 Aye 77 No
Migration 1% aligned 104 shared votes
76 Aye 28 No
23 Aye 20 No
Brexit / EU 0% aligned 43 shared votes
20 Aye 23 No
Most different by topic
23 Aye 20 No
Brexit / EU 0% aligned 43 shared votes
20 Aye 23 No
18 Aye 22 No
Defence 0% aligned 40 shared votes
22 Aye 18 No
5 Aye 26 No
Transport 0% aligned 31 shared votes
26 Aye 5 No
11 Aye 18 No
Trade 0% aligned 29 shared votes
18 Aye 11 No
19 Aye 9 No
Foreign Affairs 0% aligned 28 shared votes
9 Aye 19 No

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

Voting record

61.9 %
11 % below average
Rank 556 of 649
Participation
76.0 %
3 % above average
Rank 287 of 649
1,459
2,356 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,245
1,638 eligible divisions
811
55.6 % of votes cast
Aye votes
644
51.7 % of votes cast
648
44.4 % of votes cast
No votes
601
48.3 % of votes cast
1
0.1 % of votes cast
Against party
5
0.4 % of votes cast
21 years, 2 months
Since 5 May 2005
Commons service
6 years, 7 months
Since 12 Dec 2019

Debates

74
-1.7 vs Commons average
Rank 259 of 649
Appearances
53
-22.7 vs Commons average
Rank 401 of 649
114
-20.5 vs Commons average
Rank 246 of 649
Contributions
107
-27.5 vs Commons average
Rank 277 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
£989,828
all imported IPSA years
£294,489
30 % above average
Latest expenses
£192,253
15 % below average
2
2 registered categories
Registered interests
6
4 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
47 of 50 votes
Housing
48 of 66 votes
#2
Brexit / EU
58 of 63 votes
Migration
124 of 171 votes
#3
Migration
133 of 154 votes
Foreign Affairs
49 of 69 votes
#4
Environment / Climate
38 of 44 votes
Work / Employment
51 of 75 votes
#5
Trade
44 of 51 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
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (l) 20 May 2026
No
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
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
Draft Windsor Framework (Democratic Scrutiny) Regulations 2023 22 Mar 2023
Aye
No
Motion to sit in private 16 Jan 2023
Tax
No
Aye
Health and Care Bill: Government Amendment (a) in lieu of Lords Amendment 92 30 Mar 2022
NHS / Health
Aye
Aye
draft Health and Social Care Act 2008 (Regulated Activities) (Amendment) (Coronavirus) (No.2) Regulations 2021 14 Dec 2021
Aye
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