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Emily Thornberry vs Paula Barker

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 Paula Barker
Paula Barker
Lab Liverpool Wavertree

Voting alignment

Emily Thornberry and Paula Barker voted the same way 100% of the time, based on 881 shared comparable votes.

878 same votes 3 different votes 881 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
71 Aye 42 No
Tax 100% aligned 113 shared votes
71 Aye 42 No
27 Aye 82 No
Migration 100% aligned 109 shared votes
27 Aye 82 No
42 Aye 60 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 102 shared votes
42 Aye 60 No
21 Aye 22 No
Defence 100% aligned 43 shared votes
21 Aye 22 No
24 Aye 17 No
Brexit / EU 100% aligned 41 shared votes
24 Aye 17 No
Most different by topic
25 Aye 11 No
Benefits 94% aligned 36 shared votes
25 Aye 11 No
71 Aye 42 No
Tax 100% aligned 113 shared votes
71 Aye 42 No
27 Aye 82 No
Migration 100% aligned 109 shared votes
27 Aye 82 No
42 Aye 60 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 102 shared votes
42 Aye 60 No
21 Aye 22 No
Defence 100% aligned 43 shared votes
21 Aye 22 No

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

Voting record

62.3 %
11 % below average
Rank 553 of 647
Participation
78.7 %
6 % above average
Rank 231 of 647
1,454
2,333 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,271
1,615 eligible divisions
809
55.6 % of votes cast
Aye votes
667
52.5 % of votes cast
645
44.4 % of votes cast
No votes
604
47.5 % of votes cast
1
0.1 % of votes cast
Against party
8
0.6 % of votes cast
21 years, 1 months
Since 5 May 2005
Commons service
6 years, 6 months
Since 12 Dec 2019

Debates

72
+5.6 vs Commons average
Rank 207 of 650
Appearances
47
-19.4 vs Commons average
Rank 392 of 650
110
-8.0 vs Commons average
Rank 219 of 650
Contributions
45
-73.0 vs Commons average
Rank 494 of 650

Debate figures cover imported Hansard debate appearances from the last 12 months.

Financials and interests

£2,941,443
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£1,383,596
all imported IPSA years
£294,489
30 % above average
Latest expenses
£322,425
43 % above average
3
3 registered categories
Registered interests
3
3 registered categories
2
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
2
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
Housing
51 of 53 votes
Migration
124 of 169 votes
#2
NHS / Health
45 of 47 votes
Housing
48 of 66 votes
#3
Defence
60 of 63 votes
Foreign Affairs
49 of 69 votes
#4
Environment / Climate
38 of 41 votes
Defence
45 of 64 votes
#5
Work / Employment
58 of 65 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Universal Credit and Personal Independent Payment Bill: Second Reading 1 Jul 2025
Benefits
No rebel
No
Universal Credit and Personal Independent Payment Bill: Reasoned Amendment at Second Reading 1 Jul 2025
Benefits
Aye rebel
Aye
draft Health and Social Care Act 2008 (Regulated Activities) (Amendment) (Coronavirus) (No.2) Regulations 2021 14 Dec 2021
No rebel
Where they voted the same
No
National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: New Clause 3 17 Jun 2026
Defence
No
No
National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: Amendment 13 17 Jun 2026
Defence
No
No
National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: Amendment 8 17 Jun 2026
Defence
No
No
National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: Amendment 3 17 Jun 2026
Defence
No
Aye
National Security (State Threats) Bill: Allocation of Time motion 17 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
No
Cyber Security and Resilience (Network and Information Systems) Bill Remaining Stages: Amendment 3 16 Jun 2026
No
No
Cyber Security and Resilience (Network and Information Systems) Bill Remaining Stages: New Clause 14 16 Jun 2026
No
No
Cyber Security and Resilience (Network and Information Systems) Bill Remaining Stages: New Clause 13 16 Jun 2026
No
No
Steel Industry (Nationalisation) Bill Committee: New Clause 4 9 Jun 2026
No
No
Steel Industry (Nationalisation) Bill Committee: New Clause 12 9 Jun 2026
No
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API