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Emily Thornberry vs Patrick Spencer

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


Voting alignment

Emily Thornberry and Patrick Spencer voted the same way 1% of the time, based on 228 shared comparable votes.

3 same votes 225 different votes 228 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
1 Aye 4 No
Democracy / Parliament 20% aligned 5 shared votes
3 Aye 2 No
10 Aye 15 No
Crime / Justice 4% aligned 25 shared votes
14 Aye 11 No
21 Aye 28 No
Tax 0% aligned 49 shared votes
28 Aye 21 No
24 Aye 1 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 25 shared votes
1 Aye 24 No
16 Aye 3 No
Housing 0% aligned 19 shared votes
3 Aye 16 No
Most different by topic
21 Aye 28 No
Tax 0% aligned 49 shared votes
28 Aye 21 No
24 Aye 1 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 25 shared votes
1 Aye 24 No
16 Aye 3 No
Housing 0% aligned 19 shared votes
3 Aye 16 No
5 Aye 10 No
Transport 0% aligned 15 shared votes
10 Aye 5 No
5 Aye 8 No
Defence 0% aligned 13 shared votes
8 Aye 5 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
70.3%
2% below average
Rank 424 of 649
1,469
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
415
590 eligible divisions
815
55.5% of votes cast
Aye votes
193
46.5% of votes cast
654
44.5% of votes cast
No votes
222
53.5% 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
2 years, 3 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

80
-3.7 vs Commons average
Rank 272 of 649
Appearances
10
-73.7 vs Commons average
Rank 620 of 649
131
-14.9 vs Commons average
Rank 237 of 649
Contributions
10
-135.9 vs Commons average
Rank 624 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
£159,842
all imported IPSA years
£294,489
30% above average
Latest expenses
£159,842
29% below average
2
2 registered categories
Registered interests
7
4 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
Foreign Affairs
4 of 4 votes
Migration
124 of 171 votes
#2
Defence
30 of 34 votes
Housing
48 of 67 votes
#3
Housing
28 of 32 votes
Foreign Affairs
49 of 69 votes
#4
Trade
6 of 7 votes
Work / Employment
53 of 77 votes
#5
Crime / Justice
52 of 62 votes
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API