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Emily Thornberry vs Greg Smith

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 Greg Smith
Greg Smith
Con Mid Buckinghamshire

Voting alignment

Emily Thornberry and Greg Smith voted the same way 2% of the time, based on 882 shared comparable votes.

19 same votes 863 different votes 882 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
7 Aye 14 No
Democracy / Parliament 5% aligned 21 shared votes
13 Aye 8 No
11 Aye 13 No
NHS / Health 4% aligned 24 shared votes
14 Aye 10 No
68 Aye 43 No
Tax 2% aligned 111 shared votes
41 Aye 70 No
39 Aye 62 No
Crime / Justice 1% aligned 101 shared votes
61 Aye 40 No
29 Aye 82 No
Migration 0% aligned 111 shared votes
82 Aye 29 No
Most different by topic
29 Aye 82 No
Migration 0% aligned 111 shared votes
82 Aye 29 No
24 Aye 21 No
Brexit / EU 0% aligned 45 shared votes
21 Aye 24 No
21 Aye 21 No
Defence 0% aligned 42 shared votes
21 Aye 21 No
30 Aye 10 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 40 shared votes
10 Aye 30 No
25 Aye 9 No
Education 0% aligned 34 shared votes
9 Aye 25 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
88.7%
16% above average
Rank 31 of 649
1,469
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,471
1,658 eligible divisions
815
55.5% of votes cast
Aye votes
717
48.7% of votes cast
654
44.5% of votes cast
No votes
754
51.3% of votes cast
1
0.1% of votes cast
Against party
21
1.4% of votes cast
21 years, 5 months
Since 5 May 2005
Commons service
6 years, 9 months
Since 12 Dec 2019

Debates

80
-3.7 vs Commons average
Rank 272 of 649
Appearances
217
+133.3 vs Commons average
Rank 15 of 649
131
-14.9 vs Commons average
Rank 237 of 649
Contributions
259
+113.1 vs Commons average
Rank 84 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
£1,059,267
all imported IPSA years
£294,489
30% above average
Latest expenses
£286,530
27% above average
2
2 registered categories
Registered interests
11
4 registered categories
2
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
3
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
63 of 63 votes
Migration
124 of 171 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
50 of 50 votes
Housing
48 of 67 votes
#3
Trade
52 of 53 votes
Foreign Affairs
49 of 69 votes
#4
Migration
149 of 154 votes
Work / Employment
53 of 77 votes
#5
Environment / Climate
42 of 44 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Draft Plant Health, Seeds, Seed Potatoes and Plant Propagating Material (Amendment) (Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026 9 Sept 2026
No
Aye
Representation of the People Bill: Third Reading 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 67 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
Aye
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 65 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
Aye
Aye
Draft Trade Unions (Permissible Means of Voting) and Employment Rights (Unfair Dismissal) (Amendment) Order 2026 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
No
Aye
Draft Code of Practice on Electronic and Workplace Ballots for Statutory Trade Union Ballots 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
No
No
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 19 14 Jul 2026
Aye
No
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 199 14 Jul 2026
Aye
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
Where they voted the same
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 88 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
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
Motion to sit in private 21 Feb 2024
Tax
No
No
Scotland (Self-Determination): Ten Minute Rule Motion 16 Jan 2024
No
Aye
Draft Equality Act 2010 (Amendment) Regulations 2023 13 Dec 2023
Aye
Aye
Misuse of Drugs Act 1971 (Amendment) Order 2023 12 Sept 2023
Aye
No
Motion to sit in private 16 Jan 2023
Tax
No
No
Draft Health and Social Care Act 2008 (Regulated Activities) (Amendment) (Coronavirus) Regulations 2021 13 Jul 2021
No
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