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Emily Thornberry vs Mr Alistair Carmichael

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


Voting alignment

Emily Thornberry and Mr Alistair Carmichael voted the same way 86% of the time, based on 1,078 shared comparable votes.

924 same votes 154 different votes 1,078 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
29 Aye 64 No
Migration 100% aligned 93 shared votes
29 Aye 64 No
11 Aye 12 No
Environment / Climate 100% aligned 23 shared votes
11 Aye 12 No
6 Aye 8 No
Digital / Online Safety 100% aligned 14 shared votes
6 Aye 8 No
98 Aye 58 No
Brexit / EU 98% aligned 156 shared votes
95 Aye 61 No
21 Aye 27 No
Trade 98% aligned 48 shared votes
20 Aye 28 No
Most different by topic
17 Aye 9 No
Work / Employment 46% aligned 26 shared votes
3 Aye 23 No
34 Aye 13 No
Education 60% aligned 47 shared votes
29 Aye 18 No
10 Aye 9 No
NHS / Health 68% aligned 19 shared votes
14 Aye 5 No
12 Aye 18 No
Devolution / Local Government 70% aligned 30 shared votes
15 Aye 15 No
94 Aye 46 No
Tax 71% aligned 140 shared votes
95 Aye 45 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
66.8%
6% below average
Rank 482 of 649
1,469
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,587
2,376 eligible divisions
815
55.5% of votes cast
Aye votes
912
57.5% of votes cast
654
44.5% of votes cast
No votes
675
42.5% of votes cast
1
0.1% of votes cast
Against party
1
0.1% of votes cast
21 years, 5 months
Since 5 May 2005
Commons service
25 years, 3 months
Since 7 Jun 2001

Debates

80
-3.7 vs Commons average
Rank 272 of 649
Appearances
77
-6.7 vs Commons average
Rank 285 of 649
131
-14.9 vs Commons average
Rank 237 of 649
Contributions
119
-26.9 vs Commons average
Rank 277 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
£3,256,569
all imported IPSA years
£294,489
30% above average
Latest expenses
£319,374
41% above average
2
2 registered categories
Registered interests
5
4 registered categories
2
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
13
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
191 of 211 votes
Migration
124 of 171 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
59 of 69 votes
Housing
48 of 67 votes
#3
Environment / Climate
39 of 48 votes
Foreign Affairs
49 of 69 votes
#4
Democracy / Parliament
37 of 47 votes
Work / Employment
53 of 77 votes
#5
Crime / Justice
176 of 230 votes

Recent voting overlap

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