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Emily Thornberry vs Karin Smyth

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


Voting alignment

Emily Thornberry and Karin Smyth voted the same way 100% of the time, based on 1,255 shared comparable votes.

1,254 same votes 1 different votes 1,255 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
105 Aye 68 No
Tax 100% aligned 173 shared votes
105 Aye 68 No
106 Aye 55 No
Brexit / EU 100% aligned 161 shared votes
106 Aye 55 No
48 Aye 68 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 116 shared votes
48 Aye 68 No
23 Aye 73 No
Migration 100% aligned 96 shared votes
23 Aye 73 No
25 Aye 35 No
Transport 100% aligned 60 shared votes
25 Aye 35 No
Most different by topic
105 Aye 68 No
Tax 100% aligned 173 shared votes
105 Aye 68 No
106 Aye 55 No
Brexit / EU 100% aligned 161 shared votes
106 Aye 55 No
48 Aye 68 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 116 shared votes
48 Aye 68 No
23 Aye 73 No
Migration 100% aligned 96 shared votes
23 Aye 73 No
25 Aye 35 No
Transport 100% aligned 60 shared votes
25 Aye 35 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
72.6%
same as average
Rank 366 of 649
1,469
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,724
2,376 eligible divisions
815
55.5% of votes cast
Aye votes
962
55.8% of votes cast
654
44.5% of votes cast
No votes
762
44.2% of votes cast
1
0.1% of votes cast
Against party
0
0.0% of votes cast
21 years, 5 months
Since 5 May 2005
Commons service
11 years, 4 months
Since 7 May 2015

Debates

80
-3.7 vs Commons average
Rank 272 of 649
Appearances
107
+23.3 vs Commons average
Rank 146 of 649
131
-14.9 vs Commons average
Rank 237 of 649
Contributions
411
+265.1 vs Commons average
Rank 33 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
£2,186,282
all imported IPSA years
£294,489
30% above average
Latest expenses
£291,769
29% above average
2
2 registered categories
Registered interests
2
2 registered categories
2
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
NHS / Health
48 of 56 votes
Migration
124 of 171 votes
#2
Education
82 of 96 votes
Housing
48 of 67 votes
#3
Foreign Affairs
58 of 69 votes
Foreign Affairs
49 of 69 votes
#4
Transport
79 of 95 votes
Work / Employment
53 of 77 votes
#5
Brexit / EU
175 of 211 votes
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API