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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.

Photograph of Emily Thornberry
Emily Thornberry
Lab Islington South and Finsbury
vs
Photograph of Ed Davey
Ed Davey
LD Kingston and Surbiton

Voting alignment

Emily Thornberry and Ed Davey voted the same way 86% of the time, based on 906 shared comparable votes.

776 same votes 130 different votes 906 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

62.0 %
11 % below average
Rank 556 of 649
Participation
60.4 %
12 % below average
Rank 572 of 649
1,464
2,361 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,271
2,106 eligible divisions
813
55.5 % of votes cast
Aye votes
713
56.1 % of votes cast
651
44.5 % of votes cast
No votes
558
43.9 % of votes cast
1
0.1 % of votes cast
Against party
6
0.5 % of votes cast
21 years, 3 months
Since 5 May 2005
Commons service
9 years, 2 months
Since 8 Jun 2017

Debates

72
-5.9 vs Commons average
Rank 286 of 650
Appearances
60
-17.9 vs Commons average
Rank 365 of 650
112
-26.3 vs Commons average
Rank 267 of 650
Contributions
98
-40.3 vs Commons average
Rank 323 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
£2,538,367
all imported IPSA years
£294,489
30 % above average
Latest expenses
£294,578
30 % above average
2
2 registered categories
Registered interests
13
5 registered categories
2
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
11
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
Housing
48 of 66 votes
#2
Devolution / Local Government
45 of 63 votes
Migration
124 of 171 votes
#3
Migration
113 of 163 votes
Foreign Affairs
49 of 69 votes
#4
NHS / Health
36 of 52 votes
Work / Employment
53 of 77 votes
#5
Crime / Justice
122 of 194 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 3 14 Jul 2026
Aye
No
Cyber Security and Resilience (Network and Information Systems) Bill Remaining Stages: Amendment 3 16 Jun 2026
Aye
No
Cyber Security and Resilience (Network and Information Systems) Bill Remaining Stages: New Clause 14 16 Jun 2026
Aye
No
Cyber Security and Resilience (Network and Information Systems) Bill Remaining Stages: New Clause 13 16 Jun 2026
Aye
Aye
Railways Bill: Third Reading 10 Jun 2026
Transport
No
No
Railways Bill Remaining Stages: Amendment 148 10 Jun 2026
Transport
Aye
No
Railways Bill Remaining Stages: Amendment 143 10 Jun 2026
Transport
Aye
No
Railways Bill Remaining Stages: New Clause 1 10 Jun 2026
Transport
Aye
No
Steel Industry (Nationalisation) Bill Committee: New Clause 4 9 Jun 2026
Aye
Aye
Draft Agriculture (Delinked Payments) (Reductions) (England) Regulations 2026 3 Jun 2026
No
Where they voted the same
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
Armed Forces Bill Committee: New Clause 6 2 Jun 2026
Defence
No
Aye
Draft Energy Prices Act 2022 (Extension of Time Limit) Regulations 2026 22 Apr 2026
Cost of Living Energy
Aye
Aye
Universal Credit (Removal of Two Child Limit) Bill: Second Reading 3 Feb 2026
Benefits
Aye
No
Crime and Policing Bill Report Stage: New Clause 7 18 Jun 2025
Crime / Justice
No
No
Crime and Policing Bill Report Stage: New Clause 106 17 Jun 2025
Crime / Justice
No
Aye
Crime and Policing Bill Report Stage: New Clause 1 17 Jun 2025
Crime / Justice
Aye
Aye
Closure motion 16 May 2025
Aye
Aye
Tobacco and Vapes Bill: Third Reading 26 Mar 2025
NHS / Health
Aye
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