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Emily Thornberry vs Jesse Norman

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 Jesse Norman
Jesse Norman
Con Hereford and South Herefordshire

Voting alignment

Emily Thornberry and Jesse Norman voted the same way 4% of the time, based on 1,096 shared comparable votes.

43 same votes 1,053 different votes 1,096 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 10 No
NHS / Health 8% aligned 25 shared votes
12 Aye 13 No
52 Aye 52 No
Crime / Justice 5% aligned 104 shared votes
55 Aye 49 No
8 Aye 14 No
Democracy / Parliament 5% aligned 22 shared votes
13 Aye 9 No
105 Aye 54 No
Brexit / EU 3% aligned 159 shared votes
57 Aye 102 No
34 Aye 12 No
Education 2% aligned 46 shared votes
13 Aye 33 No
Most different by topic
20 Aye 30 No
Transport 0% aligned 50 shared votes
30 Aye 20 No
29 Aye 17 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 46 shared votes
17 Aye 29 No
18 Aye 22 No
Migration 0% aligned 40 shared votes
22 Aye 18 No
28 Aye 10 No
Benefits 0% aligned 38 shared votes
10 Aye 28 No
16 Aye 21 No
Defence 0% aligned 37 shared votes
21 Aye 16 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
72.1%
1% below average
Rank 377 of 649
1,469
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,713
2,376 eligible divisions
815
55.5% of votes cast
Aye votes
791
46.2% of votes cast
654
44.5% of votes cast
No votes
922
53.8% of votes cast
1
0.1% of votes cast
Against party
5
0.3% of votes cast
21 years, 5 months
Since 5 May 2005
Commons service
16 years, 5 months
Since 6 May 2010

Debates

80
-3.6 vs Commons average
Rank 272 of 650
Appearances
52
-31.6 vs Commons average
Rank 439 of 650
131
-14.7 vs Commons average
Rank 237 of 650
Contributions
101
-44.7 vs Commons average
Rank 335 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
£1,812,464
all imported IPSA years
£294,489
30% above average
Latest expenses
£134,182
41% below average
2
2 registered categories
Registered interests
8
4 registered categories
2
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
8
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
87 of 91 votes
Migration
124 of 171 votes
#2
Brexit / EU
199 of 211 votes
Housing
48 of 67 votes
#3
Environment / Climate
42 of 48 votes
Foreign Affairs
49 of 69 votes
#4
Devolution / Local Government
56 of 66 votes
Work / Employment
53 of 77 votes
#5
Democracy / Parliament
39 of 47 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
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
Aye
Employment Tribunals Extension of Jurisdiction (England and Wales) (Amendment) Order 2026 1 Jul 2026
No
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
Aye
Draft Equality Act 2010 (Amendment) Regulations 2023 13 Dec 2023
Aye
Aye
Draft Windsor Framework (Enforcement etc.) Regulations 2023 13 Sept 2023
Aye
Aye
Misuse of Drugs Act 1971 (Amendment) Order 2023 12 Sept 2023
Aye
Aye
Privilege Motion 19 Jun 2023
Aye
Aye
Draft Windsor Framework (Democratic Scrutiny) Regulations 2023 22 Mar 2023
Aye
No
Motion to sit in private 16 Jan 2023
Tax
No
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Voting source Commons Votes API