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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 1,175 shared comparable votes.

35 same votes 1,140 different votes 1,175 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
8 Aye 14 No
Democracy / Parliament 5% aligned 22 shared votes
13 Aye 9 No
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
Most different by topic
25 Aye 84 No
Migration 0% aligned 109 shared votes
84 Aye 25 No
27 Aye 28 No
Trade 0% aligned 55 shared votes
28 Aye 27 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
24 Aye 18 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 42 shared votes
18 Aye 24 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
84.7%
12% above average
Rank 102 of 649
1,469
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,797
2,121 eligible divisions
815
55.5% of votes cast
Aye votes
888
49.4% of votes cast
654
44.5% of votes cast
No votes
909
50.6% of votes cast
1
0.1% of votes cast
Against party
6
0.3% of votes cast
21 years, 4 months
Since 5 May 2005
Commons service
9 years, 3 months
Since 8 Jun 2017

Debates

78
-4.3 vs Commons average
Rank 276 of 649
Appearances
18
-64.3 vs Commons average
Rank 602 of 649
129
-14.5 vs Commons average
Rank 238 of 649
Contributions
23
-120.5 vs Commons average
Rank 595 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 171 votes
#2
Environment / Climate
44 of 46 votes
Housing
48 of 67 votes
#3
Brexit / EU
178 of 188 votes
Foreign Affairs
49 of 69 votes
#4
Defence
66 of 71 votes
Work / Employment
53 of 77 votes
#5
Trade
80 of 87 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Draft Plant Health, Seeds, Seed Potatoes and Plant Propagating Material (Amendment) (Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026 9 Sept 2026
No
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
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
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
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