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Emily Thornberry vs Clive Efford

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


Voting alignment

Emily Thornberry and Clive Efford voted the same way 100% of the time, based on 1,312 shared comparable votes.

1,309 same votes 3 different votes 1,312 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
107 Aye 64 No
Tax 100% aligned 171 shared votes
107 Aye 64 No
104 Aye 56 No
Brexit / EU 100% aligned 160 shared votes
104 Aye 56 No
33 Aye 89 No
Migration 100% aligned 122 shared votes
33 Aye 89 No
54 Aye 60 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 114 shared votes
54 Aye 60 No
23 Aye 34 No
Transport 100% aligned 57 shared votes
23 Aye 34 No
Most different by topic
35 Aye 11 No
Benefits 96% aligned 46 shared votes
35 Aye 11 No
29 Aye 29 No
Trade 98% aligned 58 shared votes
28 Aye 30 No
107 Aye 64 No
Tax 100% aligned 171 shared votes
107 Aye 64 No
104 Aye 56 No
Brexit / EU 100% aligned 160 shared votes
104 Aye 56 No
33 Aye 89 No
Migration 100% aligned 122 shared votes
33 Aye 89 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
76.1%
4% above average
Rank 282 of 649
1,469
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,809
2,376 eligible divisions
815
55.5% of votes cast
Aye votes
1,019
56.3% of votes cast
654
44.5% of votes cast
No votes
790
43.7% of votes cast
1
0.1% of votes cast
Against party
4
0.2% of votes cast
21 years, 5 months
Since 5 May 2005
Commons service
29 years, 5 months
Since 1 May 1997

Debates

80
-3.7 vs Commons average
Rank 272 of 649
Appearances
98
+14.3 vs Commons average
Rank 179 of 649
131
-14.9 vs Commons average
Rank 237 of 649
Contributions
87
-58.9 vs Commons average
Rank 379 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
£2,722,645
all imported IPSA years
£294,489
30% above average
Latest expenses
£265,723
17% above average
2
2 registered categories
Registered interests
3
2 registered categories
2
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
4
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
67 of 69 votes
Migration
124 of 171 votes
#2
Migration
150 of 171 votes
Housing
48 of 67 votes
#3
Education
84 of 96 votes
Foreign Affairs
49 of 69 votes
#4
Defence
62 of 71 votes
Work / Employment
53 of 77 votes
#5
Environment / Climate
41 of 48 votes
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API