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Emily Thornberry vs Sir John Hayes

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

Photograph of Emily Thornberry
Emily Thornberry
Lab Islington South and Finsbury
vs
Photograph of Sir John Hayes
Sir John Hayes
Con South Holland and The Deepings

Voting alignment

Emily Thornberry and Sir John Hayes voted the same way 3% of the time, based on 1,228 shared comparable votes.

38 same votes 1,190 different votes 1,228 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
15 Aye 8 No
NHS / Health 4% aligned 23 shared votes
9 Aye 14 No
23 Aye 29 No
Trade 4% aligned 52 shared votes
29 Aye 23 No
105 Aye 56 No
Brexit / EU 3% aligned 161 shared votes
57 Aye 104 No
31 Aye 13 No
Foreign Affairs 2% aligned 44 shared votes
14 Aye 30 No
49 Aye 64 No
Crime / Justice 2% aligned 113 shared votes
64 Aye 49 No
Most different by topic
28 Aye 76 No
Migration 0% aligned 104 shared votes
76 Aye 28 No
38 Aye 15 No
Education 0% aligned 53 shared votes
15 Aye 38 No
19 Aye 32 No
Transport 0% aligned 51 shared votes
32 Aye 19 No
28 Aye 17 No
Housing 0% aligned 45 shared votes
17 Aye 28 No
20 Aye 21 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 41 shared votes
21 Aye 20 No

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

Voting record

62.0 %
11 % below average
Rank 555 of 649
Participation
81.9 %
9 % above average
Rank 159 of 649
1,459
2,354 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,929
2,354 eligible divisions
811
55.6 % of votes cast
Aye votes
911
47.2 % of votes cast
648
44.4 % of votes cast
No votes
1,018
52.8 % of votes cast
1
0.1 % of votes cast
Against party
25
1.3 % of votes cast
21 years, 2 months
Since 5 May 2005
Commons service
29 years, 2 months
Since 1 May 1997

Debates

74
-1.1 vs Commons average
Rank 254 of 649
Appearances
113
+37.9 vs Commons average
Rank 100 of 649
114
-19.3 vs Commons average
Rank 243 of 649
Contributions
235
+101.7 vs Commons average
Rank 84 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
£2,932,645
all imported IPSA years
£294,489
30 % above average
Latest expenses
£280,368
24 % above average
2
2 registered categories
Registered interests
5
3 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
Brexit / EU
202 of 211 votes
Migration
124 of 169 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
64 of 69 votes
Housing
48 of 66 votes
#3
Environment / Climate
44 of 48 votes
Foreign Affairs
49 of 69 votes
#4
Housing
60 of 66 votes
Work / Employment
51 of 75 votes
#5
Trade
76 of 89 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No
Taxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill Committee: New Clause 5 1 Jul 2026
Energy Tax Transport
Aye
No
Taxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill Committee: New Clause 4 1 Jul 2026
Energy Tax Transport
Aye
Aye
Employment Tribunal (Extension of Time Limits) (Miscellaneous Amendments and Transitional Provisions) Regulations 2026 1 Jul 2026
No
Aye
Employment Tribunals Extension of Jurisdiction (England and Wales) (Amendment) Order 2026 1 Jul 2026
No
No
National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: Amendment 3 17 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
Aye
National Security (State Threats) Bill: Allocation of Time motion 17 Jun 2026
Defence
No
Aye
Railways Bill: Third Reading 10 Jun 2026
Transport
No
No
Railways Bill Remaining Stages: Amendment 148 10 Jun 2026
Transport
Aye
No
Railways Bill Remaining Stages: Amendment 143 10 Jun 2026
Transport
Aye
Aye
Draft Agriculture (Delinked Payments) (Reductions) (England) Regulations 2026 3 Jun 2026
No
Where they voted the same
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (l) 20 May 2026
No
No
Crime and Policing Bill Report Stage: Amendment 160 17 Jun 2025
Crime / Justice
No
No
King's Speech (Motion for an Address): Amendment (d) 23 Jul 2024
No
Aye
the draft Economic Growth (Regulatory Functions) (Amendment) Order 2024 24 Apr 2024
Aye
No
Scotland (Self-Determination): Ten Minute Rule Motion 16 Jan 2024
No
Aye
Draft Windsor Framework (Enforcement etc.) Regulations 2023 13 Sep 2023
Aye
Aye
Misuse of Drugs Act 1971 (Amendment) Order 2023 12 Sep 2023
Aye
Aye
Draft Windsor Framework (Democratic Scrutiny) Regulations 2023 22 Mar 2023
Aye
No
Motion to sit in private 16 Jan 2023
Tax
No
Aye
draft Health and Social Care Act 2008 (Regulated Activities) (Amendment) (Coronavirus) (No.2) Regulations 2021 14 Dec 2021
Aye
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