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Emily Thornberry vs Rebecca Smith

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


Voting alignment

Emily Thornberry and Rebecca Smith voted the same way 2% of the time, based on 190 shared comparable votes.

3 same votes 187 different votes 190 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
4 Aye 15 No
Crime / Justice 5% aligned 19 shared votes
14 Aye 5 No
23 Aye 24 No
Tax 0% aligned 47 shared votes
24 Aye 23 No
25 Aye 1 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 26 shared votes
1 Aye 25 No
14 Aye 7 No
Education 0% aligned 21 shared votes
7 Aye 14 No
Most different by topic
23 Aye 24 No
Tax 0% aligned 47 shared votes
24 Aye 23 No
25 Aye 1 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 26 shared votes
1 Aye 25 No
14 Aye 7 No
Education 0% aligned 21 shared votes
7 Aye 14 No
4 Aye 5 No
Energy 0% aligned 9 shared votes
5 Aye 4 No
4 Aye 5 No
Transport 0% aligned 9 shared votes
5 Aye 4 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
70.5%
2% below average
Rank 419 of 649
1,469
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
416
590 eligible divisions
815
55.5% of votes cast
Aye votes
196
47.1% of votes cast
654
44.5% of votes cast
No votes
220
52.9% 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
150
+66.3 vs Commons average
Rank 71 of 649
131
-14.9 vs Commons average
Rank 237 of 649
Contributions
268
+122.1 vs Commons average
Rank 76 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
£213,132
all imported IPSA years
£294,489
30% above average
Latest expenses
£213,132
6% below average
2
2 registered categories
Registered interests
5
4 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
Foreign Affairs
4 of 4 votes
Migration
124 of 171 votes
#2
Work / Employment
38 of 39 votes
Housing
48 of 67 votes
#3
Democracy / Parliament
13 of 14 votes
Foreign Affairs
49 of 69 votes
#4
Trade
6 of 7 votes
Work / Employment
53 of 77 votes
#5
Tax
88 of 112 votes
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API