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Emily Thornberry vs Ed Davey

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


Voting alignment

Emily Thornberry and Ed Davey voted the same way 86% of the time, based on 895 shared comparable votes.

774 same votes 121 different votes 895 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
90 Aye 55 No
Brexit / EU 100% aligned 145 shared votes
90 Aye 55 No
13 Aye 5 No
Environment / Climate 100% aligned 18 shared votes
13 Aye 5 No
8 Aye 1 No
Digital / Online Safety 100% aligned 9 shared votes
8 Aye 1 No
3 Aye 0 No
Cost of Living 100% aligned 3 shared votes
3 Aye 0 No
31 Aye 63 No
Migration 99% aligned 94 shared votes
30 Aye 64 No
Most different by topic
22 Aye 3 No
Work / Employment 32% aligned 25 shared votes
5 Aye 20 No
19 Aye 6 No
Education 56% aligned 25 shared votes
16 Aye 9 No
15 Aye 5 No
Housing 60% aligned 20 shared votes
7 Aye 13 No
65 Aye 36 No
Tax 74% aligned 101 shared votes
71 Aye 30 No
17 Aye 13 No
Defence 77% aligned 30 shared votes
16 Aye 14 No

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

Voting record

62.2 %
11 % below average
Rank 557 of 648
Participation
60.9 %
12 % below average
Rank 575 of 648
1,439
2,312 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,253
2,057 eligible divisions
807
56.1 % of votes cast
Aye votes
699
55.8 % of votes cast
632
43.9 % of votes cast
No votes
554
44.2 % of votes cast
1
0.1 % of votes cast
Against party
6
0.5 % of votes cast
21 years, 1 months
Since 5 May 2005
Commons service
8 years, 11 months
Since 8 Jun 2017

Debates

59
-0.9 vs Commons average
Rank 234 of 648
Appearances
49
-10.9 vs Commons average
Rank 328 of 648
89
-18.9 vs Commons average
Rank 268 of 648
Contributions
82
-25.9 vs Commons average
Rank 296 of 648

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

Financials and interests

£2,941,443
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,538,367
all imported IPSA years
£294,489
30 % above average
Latest expenses
£294,578
30 % above average
3
3 registered categories
Registered interests
10
4 registered categories
0
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
Brexit / EU
170 of 188 votes
Migration
124 of 169 votes
#2
Housing
48 of 66 votes
#3
Migration
113 of 161 votes
Foreign Affairs
49 of 69 votes
#4
NHS / Health
36 of 52 votes
Work / Employment
51 of 75 votes
#5
Crime / Justice
122 of 193 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No
Privilege 28 Apr 2026
Aye
Where they voted the same
Aye
Closure motion 16 May 2025
Aye
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API