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Emily Thornberry vs Peter Dowd

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


Voting alignment

Emily Thornberry and Peter Dowd voted the same way 100% of the time, based on 1,197 shared comparable votes.

1,195 same votes 2 different votes 1,197 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
109 Aye 74 No
Tax 100% aligned 183 shared votes
109 Aye 74 No
103 Aye 53 No
Brexit / EU 100% aligned 156 shared votes
103 Aye 53 No
45 Aye 67 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 112 shared votes
45 Aye 67 No
27 Aye 45 No
Migration 100% aligned 72 shared votes
27 Aye 45 No
24 Aye 38 No
Transport 100% aligned 62 shared votes
24 Aye 38 No
Most different by topic
21 Aye 11 No
Benefits 94% aligned 32 shared votes
21 Aye 11 No
109 Aye 74 No
Tax 100% aligned 183 shared votes
109 Aye 74 No
103 Aye 53 No
Brexit / EU 100% aligned 156 shared votes
103 Aye 53 No
45 Aye 67 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 112 shared votes
45 Aye 67 No
27 Aye 45 No
Migration 100% aligned 72 shared votes
27 Aye 45 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
68.9%
4% below average
Rank 449 of 649
1,469
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,637
2,376 eligible divisions
815
55.5% of votes cast
Aye votes
916
56.0% of votes cast
654
44.5% of votes cast
No votes
721
44.0% of votes cast
1
0.1% of votes cast
Against party
5
0.3% of votes cast
21 years, 4 months
Since 5 May 2005
Commons service
11 years, 4 months
Since 7 May 2015

Debates

79
-2.7 vs Commons average
Rank 267 of 649
Appearances
41
-40.7 vs Commons average
Rank 500 of 649
131
-11.3 vs Commons average
Rank 230 of 649
Contributions
29
-113.3 vs Commons average
Rank 578 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
£2,122,879
all imported IPSA years
£294,489
30% above average
Latest expenses
£243,077
7% above average
2
2 registered categories
Registered interests
1
1 registered category
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
Defence
63 of 71 votes
Migration
124 of 171 votes
#2
Work / Employment
64 of 77 votes
Housing
48 of 67 votes
#3
Environment / Climate
39 of 48 votes
Foreign Affairs
49 of 69 votes
#4
Brexit / EU
171 of 211 votes
Work / Employment
53 of 77 votes
#5
Trade
72 of 91 votes
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API