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Emily Thornberry vs Sir Desmond Swayne

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


Voting alignment

Emily Thornberry and Sir Desmond Swayne voted the same way 2% of the time, based on 1,321 shared comparable votes.

29 same votes 1,292 different votes 1,321 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
8 Aye 14 No
Democracy / Parliament 5% aligned 22 shared votes
13 Aye 9 No
109 Aye 58 No
Brexit / EU 3% aligned 167 shared votes
59 Aye 108 No
40 Aye 14 No
Education 2% aligned 54 shared votes
15 Aye 39 No
52 Aye 58 No
Crime / Justice 2% aligned 110 shared votes
58 Aye 52 No
29 Aye 31 No
Trade 2% aligned 60 shared votes
32 Aye 28 No
Most different by topic
105 Aye 67 No
Tax 0% aligned 172 shared votes
67 Aye 105 No
29 Aye 86 No
Migration 0% aligned 115 shared votes
86 Aye 29 No
32 Aye 15 No
Foreign Affairs 0% aligned 47 shared votes
15 Aye 32 No
23 Aye 24 No
Transport 0% aligned 47 shared votes
24 Aye 23 No
28 Aye 18 No
Housing 0% aligned 46 shared votes
18 Aye 28 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
88.7%
16% above average
Rank 32 of 649
1,469
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
2,107
2,376 eligible divisions
815
55.5% of votes cast
Aye votes
976
46.3% of votes cast
654
44.5% of votes cast
No votes
1,131
53.7% of votes cast
1
0.1% of votes cast
Against party
54
2.6% of votes cast
21 years, 5 months
Since 5 May 2005
Commons service
29 years, 5 months
Since 1 May 1997

Debates

80
-3.7 vs Commons average
Rank 272 of 649
Appearances
150
+66.3 vs Commons average
Rank 70 of 649
131
-14.9 vs Commons average
Rank 237 of 649
Contributions
154
+8.1 vs Commons average
Rank 198 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
£1,360,399
all imported IPSA years
£294,489
30% above average
Latest expenses
£127,783
44% below average
2
2 registered categories
Registered interests
3
2 registered categories
2
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
1
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
Brexit / EU
210 of 211 votes
Migration
124 of 171 votes
#2
Trade
89 of 91 votes
Housing
48 of 67 votes
#3
Foreign Affairs
67 of 69 votes
Foreign Affairs
49 of 69 votes
#4
Digital / Online Safety
57 of 60 votes
Work / Employment
53 of 77 votes
#5
Defence
67 of 71 votes

Recent voting overlap

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