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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 1,207 shared comparable votes.

1,205 same votes 2 different votes 1,207 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
104 Aye 53 No
Brexit / EU 100% aligned 157 shared votes
104 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
25 Aye 38 No
Transport 100% aligned 63 shared votes
25 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
104 Aye 53 No
Brexit / EU 100% aligned 157 shared votes
104 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

61.5%
11% below average
Rank 560 of 650
Participation
69.2%
3% below average
Rank 436 of 650
1,480
2,406 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,664
2,406 eligible divisions
824
55.7% of votes cast
Aye votes
928
55.8% of votes cast
656
44.3% of votes cast
No votes
736
44.2% of votes cast
1
0.1% of votes cast
Against party
5
0.3% of votes cast
21 years, 5 months
Since 5 May 2005
Commons service
11 years, 5 months
Since 7 May 2015

Debates

81
-9.0 vs Commons average
Rank 297 of 650
Appearances
53
-37.0 vs Commons average
Rank 464 of 650
131
-25.6 vs Commons average
Rank 276 of 650
Contributions
41
-115.6 vs Commons average
Rank 557 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
£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
168 of 212 votes
#1
Defence
63 of 71 votes
Migration
124 of 171 votes
#2
Work / Employment
67 of 80 votes
Housing
48 of 67 votes
#3
Foreign Affairs
67 of 82 votes
Work / Employment
56 of 80 votes
#4
Environment / Climate
40 of 49 votes
Transport
65 of 96 votes
#5
Brexit / EU
172 of 212 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Where they voted the same
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API