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Emily Thornberry vs Neil O'Brien

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 Neil O'Brien
Neil O'Brien
Con Harborough, Oadby and Wigston

Voting alignment

Emily Thornberry and Neil O'Brien voted the same way 3% of the time, based on 1,166 shared comparable votes.

34 same votes 1,132 different votes 1,166 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
89 Aye 54 No
Brexit / EU 4% aligned 143 shared votes
56 Aye 87 No
13 Aye 15 No
NHS / Health 4% aligned 28 shared votes
16 Aye 12 No
27 Aye 10 No
Education 3% aligned 37 shared votes
11 Aye 26 No
32 Aye 15 No
Foreign Affairs 2% aligned 47 shared votes
16 Aye 31 No
48 Aye 65 No
Crime / Justice 2% aligned 113 shared votes
65 Aye 48 No
Most different by topic
25 Aye 84 No
Migration 0% aligned 109 shared votes
84 Aye 25 No
25 Aye 28 No
Trade 0% aligned 53 shared votes
28 Aye 25 No
20 Aye 31 No
Transport 0% aligned 51 shared votes
31 Aye 20 No
20 Aye 23 No
Defence 0% aligned 43 shared votes
23 Aye 20 No
22 Aye 18 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 40 shared votes
18 Aye 22 No

Topic alignment uses local topic tags, so a division can count towards more than one topic.

Voting record

62.0 %
11 % below average
Rank 555 of 649
Participation
84.9 %
12 % above average
Rank 101 of 649
1,459
2,354 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,782
2,099 eligible divisions
811
55.6 % of votes cast
Aye votes
879
49.3 % of votes cast
648
44.4 % of votes cast
No votes
903
50.7 % of votes cast
1
0.1 % of votes cast
Against party
6
0.3 % of votes cast
21 years, 2 months
Since 5 May 2005
Commons service
9 years, 1 months
Since 8 Jun 2017

Debates

74
-1.1 vs Commons average
Rank 254 of 649
Appearances
17
-58.1 vs Commons average
Rank 594 of 649
114
-19.3 vs Commons average
Rank 243 of 649
Contributions
23
-110.3 vs Commons average
Rank 585 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
£1,900,002
all imported IPSA years
£294,489
30 % above average
Latest expenses
£311,946
38 % above average
2
2 registered categories
Registered interests
1
1 registered category
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
Foreign Affairs
67 of 69 votes
Migration
124 of 169 votes
#2
Environment / Climate
44 of 46 votes
Housing
48 of 66 votes
#3
Brexit / EU
178 of 188 votes
Foreign Affairs
49 of 69 votes
#4
Defence
66 of 71 votes
Work / Employment
51 of 75 votes
#5
Trade
78 of 85 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
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 Tribunal (Extension of Time Limits) (Miscellaneous Amendments and Transitional Provisions) Regulations 2026 1 Jul 2026
No
Aye
Employment Tribunals Extension of Jurisdiction (England and Wales) (Amendment) Order 2026 1 Jul 2026
No
No
National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: New Clause 3 17 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
No
National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: Amendment 13 17 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
No
National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: Amendment 8 17 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
No
National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: Amendment 3 17 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
Aye
National Security (State Threats) Bill: Allocation of Time motion 17 Jun 2026
Defence
No
No
Cyber Security and Resilience (Network and Information Systems) Bill Remaining Stages: Amendment 3 16 Jun 2026
Aye
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
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 Sep 2023
Aye
Aye
Misuse of Drugs Act 1971 (Amendment) Order 2023 12 Sep 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
Aye
draft Health and Social Care Act 2008 (Regulated Activities) (Amendment) (Coronavirus) (No.2) Regulations 2021 14 Dec 2021
Aye
Aye
Health Protection (Entry to venues etc) SI No 1416 14 Dec 2021
Aye
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