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Emily Thornberry vs Helen Whately

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


Voting alignment

Emily Thornberry and Helen Whately voted the same way 4% of the time, based on 1,276 shared comparable votes.

50 same votes 1,226 different votes 1,276 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
15 Aye 13 No
NHS / Health 7% aligned 28 shared votes
15 Aye 13 No
8 Aye 13 No
Democracy / Parliament 5% aligned 21 shared votes
12 Aye 9 No
46 Aye 61 No
Crime / Justice 5% aligned 107 shared votes
62 Aye 45 No
32 Aye 13 No
Foreign Affairs 4% aligned 45 shared votes
15 Aye 30 No
103 Aye 55 No
Brexit / EU 4% aligned 158 shared votes
58 Aye 100 No
Most different by topic
23 Aye 33 No
Transport 0% aligned 56 shared votes
33 Aye 23 No
32 Aye 11 No
Benefits 0% aligned 43 shared votes
11 Aye 32 No
28 Aye 15 No
Housing 0% aligned 43 shared votes
15 Aye 28 No
21 Aye 17 No
Energy 0% aligned 38 shared votes
17 Aye 21 No
17 Aye 21 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 38 shared votes
21 Aye 17 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
83.7%
11% above average
Rank 119 of 649
1,469
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,989
2,376 eligible divisions
815
55.5% of votes cast
Aye votes
950
47.8% of votes cast
654
44.5% of votes cast
No votes
1,039
52.2% of votes cast
1
0.1% of votes cast
Against party
4
0.2% of votes cast
21 years, 5 months
Since 5 May 2005
Commons service
11 years, 5 months
Since 7 May 2015

Debates

80
-3.7 vs Commons average
Rank 272 of 649
Appearances
44
-39.7 vs Commons average
Rank 488 of 649
131
-14.9 vs Commons average
Rank 237 of 649
Contributions
66
-79.9 vs Commons average
Rank 461 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
£1,969,279
all imported IPSA years
£294,489
30% above average
Latest expenses
£269,510
19% above average
2
2 registered categories
Registered interests
9
2 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
Trade
86 of 91 votes
Migration
124 of 171 votes
#2
Brexit / EU
199 of 211 votes
Housing
48 of 67 votes
#3
Foreign Affairs
65 of 69 votes
Foreign Affairs
49 of 69 votes
#4
Migration
157 of 171 votes
Work / Employment
53 of 77 votes
#5

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Where they voted the same
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API