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Emily Thornberry vs Gregory Stafford

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 Gregory Stafford
Gregory Stafford
Con Farnham and Bordon

Voting alignment

Emily Thornberry and Gregory Stafford voted the same way 1% of the time, based on 188 shared comparable votes.

2 same votes 186 different votes 188 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
9 Aye 14 No
Crime / Justice 4% aligned 23 shared votes
13 Aye 10 No
30 Aye 23 No
Tax 0% aligned 53 shared votes
23 Aye 30 No
15 Aye 8 No
Education 0% aligned 23 shared votes
8 Aye 15 No
13 Aye 1 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 14 shared votes
1 Aye 13 No
7 Aye 3 No
Housing 0% aligned 10 shared votes
3 Aye 7 No
Most different by topic
30 Aye 23 No
Tax 0% aligned 53 shared votes
23 Aye 30 No
15 Aye 8 No
Education 0% aligned 23 shared votes
8 Aye 15 No
13 Aye 1 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 14 shared votes
1 Aye 13 No
7 Aye 3 No
Housing 0% aligned 10 shared votes
3 Aye 7 No
7 Aye 1 No
Benefits 0% aligned 8 shared votes
1 Aye 7 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
76.8 %
4 % above average
Rank 280 of 648
1,439
2,312 eligible divisions
Total votes
404
526 eligible divisions
807
56.1 % of votes cast
Aye votes
181
44.8 % of votes cast
632
43.9 % of votes cast
No votes
223
55.2 % of votes cast
1
0.1 % of votes cast
Against party
0
0.0 % of votes cast
21 years, 1 months
Since 5 May 2005
Commons service
1 years, 11 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

59
-1.4 vs Commons average
Rank 240 of 648
Appearances
106
+45.6 vs Commons average
Rank 70 of 648
89
-19.9 vs Commons average
Rank 273 of 648
Contributions
213
+104.1 vs Commons average
Rank 65 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
£192,386
all imported IPSA years
£294,489
30 % above average
Latest expenses
£192,386
15 % below average
3
3 registered categories
Registered interests
2
2 registered categories
0
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
0
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
Tax
98 of 108 votes
Migration
124 of 169 votes
#2
Crime / Justice
53 of 61 votes
Housing
48 of 66 votes
#3
Defence
19 of 22 votes
Foreign Affairs
49 of 69 votes
#4
Transport
18 of 21 votes
Work / Employment
51 of 75 votes
#5
Work / Employment
31 of 37 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Draft Agriculture (Delinked Payments) (Reductions) (England) Regulations 2026 3 Jun 2026
No
No
Armed Forces Bill Committee: New Clause 6 2 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
No
Armed Forces Bill Committee: New Clause 5 2 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
No
Armed Forces Bill Committee: New Clause 2 2 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
No
Steel Industry (Nationalisation) Bill: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 21 May 2026
Aye
Aye
King's Speech Motion for an Address 20 May 2026
No
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (p) 20 May 2026
Aye
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (o) 20 May 2026
Aye
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (i) 19 May 2026
Aye
Aye
Pension Schemes Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 78 15 Apr 2026
Benefits
No
Where they voted the same
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
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