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Emily Thornberry vs Sarah Olney

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


Voting alignment

Emily Thornberry and Sarah Olney voted the same way 78% of the time, based on 804 shared comparable votes.

628 same votes 176 different votes 804 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
10 Aye 17 No
Trade 100% aligned 27 shared votes
10 Aye 17 No
13 Aye 9 No
Environment / Climate 100% aligned 22 shared votes
13 Aye 9 No
4 Aye 5 No
Digital / Online Safety 100% aligned 9 shared votes
4 Aye 5 No
18 Aye 80 No
Migration 99% aligned 98 shared votes
17 Aye 81 No
19 Aye 9 No
Foreign Affairs 96% aligned 28 shared votes
18 Aye 10 No
Most different by topic
10 Aye 9 No
Devolution / Local Government 37% aligned 19 shared votes
10 Aye 9 No
25 Aye 8 No
Work / Employment 42% aligned 33 shared votes
6 Aye 27 No
28 Aye 11 No
Education 49% aligned 39 shared votes
24 Aye 15 No
16 Aye 8 No
Housing 54% aligned 24 shared votes
11 Aye 13 No
65 Aye 32 No
Tax 60% aligned 97 shared votes
62 Aye 35 No

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

Voting record

62.2 %
11 % below average
Rank 557 of 648
Participation
71.0 %
2 % below average
Rank 415 of 648
1,439
2,312 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,132
1,594 eligible divisions
807
56.1 % of votes cast
Aye votes
606
53.5 % of votes cast
632
43.9 % of votes cast
No votes
526
46.5 % of votes cast
1
0.1 % of votes cast
Against party
12
1.1 % of votes cast
21 years, 1 months
Since 5 May 2005
Commons service
6 years, 5 months
Since 12 Dec 2019

Debates

59
-0.9 vs Commons average
Rank 234 of 648
Appearances
119
+59.1 vs Commons average
Rank 42 of 648
89
-18.9 vs Commons average
Rank 268 of 648
Contributions
140
+32.1 vs Commons average
Rank 130 of 648

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

Financials and interests

£2,941,443
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£1,445,336
all imported IPSA years
£294,489
30 % above average
Latest expenses
£300,579
33 % above average
3
3 registered categories
Registered interests
0
0 registered categories
0
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
0
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
47 of 50 votes
Migration
124 of 169 votes
#2
Defence
53 of 58 votes
Housing
48 of 66 votes
#3
Trade
45 of 50 votes
Foreign Affairs
49 of 69 votes
#4
Brexit / EU
55 of 63 votes
Work / Employment
51 of 75 votes
#5
NHS / Health
37 of 47 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No
Privilege 28 Apr 2026
Aye
Where they voted the same
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API