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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.
Voting alignment
Emily Thornberry and Paula Barker voted the same way 100% of the time, based on 895 shared comparable votes.
892 same votes
3 different votes
895 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
Most different by topic
Topic alignment uses local topic tags, so a division can count towards more than one topic.
Voting record
61.8%
11% below average
Participation
79.1%
6% above average
1,469
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,311
1,658 eligible divisions
815
55.5% of votes cast
Aye votes
683
52.1% of votes cast
654
44.5% of votes cast
No votes
628
47.9% of votes cast
1
0.1% of votes cast
Against party
9
0.7% of votes cast
21 years, 4 months
Since 5 May 2005
Commons service
6 years, 9 months
Since 12 Dec 2019
Debates
79
-2.9 vs Commons average
Appearances
79
-2.9 vs Commons average
131
-11.4 vs Commons average
Contributions
82
-60.4 vs Commons average
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
2
2 registered categories
Registered interests
2
2 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
Recent voting overlap
Where they voted differently
No
Universal Credit and Personal Independent Payment Bill: Reasoned Amendment at Second Reading
1 Jul 2025
Aye
rebel
Aye
No
rebel
Where they voted the same
Aye
Aye
Member source
UK Parliament Members API
Voting source
Commons Votes API