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Emily Thornberry vs Colum Eastwood

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 Colum Eastwood
Colum Eastwood
SDLP Foyle

Voting alignment

Emily Thornberry and Colum Eastwood voted the same way 97% of the time, based on 609 shared comparable votes.

591 same votes 18 different votes 609 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
28 Aye 78 No
Migration 100% aligned 106 shared votes
28 Aye 78 No
28 Aye 42 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 70 shared votes
28 Aye 42 No
22 Aye 16 No
Brexit / EU 100% aligned 38 shared votes
22 Aye 16 No
19 Aye 9 No
Foreign Affairs 100% aligned 28 shared votes
19 Aye 9 No
9 Aye 19 No
Trade 100% aligned 28 shared votes
9 Aye 19 No
Most different by topic
53 Aye 16 No
Tax 91% aligned 69 shared votes
49 Aye 20 No
13 Aye 9 No
Benefits 95% aligned 22 shared votes
12 Aye 10 No
30 Aye 12 No
Work / Employment 98% aligned 42 shared votes
29 Aye 13 No
28 Aye 78 No
Migration 100% aligned 106 shared votes
28 Aye 78 No
28 Aye 42 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 70 shared votes
28 Aye 42 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
53.7 %
19 % below average
Rank 611 of 649
1,464
2,361 eligible divisions
Total votes
882
1,643 eligible divisions
813
55.5 % of votes cast
Aye votes
485
55.0 % of votes cast
651
44.5 % of votes cast
No votes
397
45.0 % of votes cast
1
0.1 % of votes cast
Against party
1
0.1 % of votes cast
21 years, 3 months
Since 5 May 2005
Commons service
6 years, 8 months
Since 12 Dec 2019

Debates

72
-5.9 vs Commons average
Rank 286 of 650
Appearances
17
-60.9 vs Commons average
Rank 597 of 650
112
-26.3 vs Commons average
Rank 267 of 650
Contributions
28
-110.3 vs Commons average
Rank 576 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
£1,517,457
all imported IPSA years
£294,489
30 % above average
Latest expenses
£327,867
45 % above average
2
2 registered categories
Registered interests
2
2 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
48 of 50 votes
Housing
48 of 66 votes
#2
Migration
128 of 154 votes
Migration
124 of 171 votes
#3
Brexit / EU
52 of 63 votes
Foreign Affairs
49 of 69 votes
#4
Work / Employment
55 of 67 votes
Work / Employment
53 of 77 votes
#5
Cost of Living
8 of 10 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 3 14 Jul 2026
Aye
No
Privilege 28 Apr 2026
Aye
Aye
Employment Rights Bill: Motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 60 15 Sep 2025
Work / Employment
No
Aye
Universal Credit and Personal Independent Payment Bill: Second Reading 1 Jul 2025
Benefits
No
Aye
Data Use and Access Bill: motion to disagree to Lords Amendment 49D 22 May 2025
No
Aye
National Insurance Contributions (Secondary Class 1 Contributions) Bill: Motion to Disagree with Lords Amendment 8 19 Mar 2025
Tax
No
Aye
National Insurance Contributions (Secondary Class 1 Contributions) Bill Motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 4 19 Mar 2025
Tax
No
Aye
National Insurance Contributions (Secondary Class 1 Contributions) Bill: Motion to disagree to Lords Amendment 3 19 Mar 2025
Tax
No
Aye
National Insurance Contributions (Secondary Class 1 Contributions) Bill: Motion to disagree to Lords Amendment 2 19 Mar 2025
Tax
No
Aye
National Insurance Contributions (Secondary Class 1 Contributions) Bill: Motion to disagree to Lords Amendment 1 19 Mar 2025
Tax
No
Where they voted the same
Aye
Draft Trade Unions (Permissible Means of Voting) and Employment Rights (Unfair Dismissal) (Amendment) Order 2026 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
Aye
Aye
Draft Code of Practice on Electronic and Workplace Ballots for Statutory Trade Union Ballots 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
Aye
No
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 19 14 Jul 2026
No
No
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 199 14 Jul 2026
No
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (p) 20 May 2026
No
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (o) 20 May 2026
No
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (i) 19 May 2026
No
Aye
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill: Carry-over motion 27 Apr 2026
Foreign Affairs
Aye
Aye
Pension Schemes Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendments 15 to 24, 27, 30 to 34, 36, 38 to 42, 83 and 88, insist on its Amendments 88A, 88C and 88E to 88P and propose Amendments (a) to (f) 27 Apr 2026
Benefits
Aye
Aye
English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendments 36, 90 and 155, insist on Amendments 155A to 155F and propose Amendment (a) 27 Apr 2026
Devolution / Local Government
Aye
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