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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 1,236 shared comparable votes.

39 same votes 1,197 different votes 1,236 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
7 Aye 13 No
Democracy / Parliament 5% aligned 20 shared votes
12 Aye 8 No
15 Aye 8 No
NHS / Health 4% aligned 23 shared votes
9 Aye 14 No
25 Aye 29 No
Trade 4% aligned 54 shared votes
29 Aye 25 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
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
22 Aye 21 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 43 shared votes
21 Aye 22 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
81.9%
9% above average
Rank 160 of 649
1,469
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,945
2,376 eligible divisions
815
55.5% of votes cast
Aye votes
919
47.2% of votes cast
654
44.5% of votes cast
No votes
1,026
52.8% of votes cast
1
0.1% of votes cast
Against party
25
1.3% of votes cast
21 years, 4 months
Since 5 May 2005
Commons service
29 years, 4 months
Since 1 May 1997

Debates

78
-4.3 vs Commons average
Rank 276 of 649
Appearances
109
+26.7 vs Commons average
Rank 139 of 649
129
-14.5 vs Commons average
Rank 238 of 649
Contributions
224
+80.5 vs Commons average
Rank 104 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
4
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 171 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
64 of 69 votes
Housing
48 of 67 votes
#3
Environment / Climate
44 of 48 votes
Foreign Affairs
49 of 69 votes
#4
Housing
60 of 67 votes
Work / Employment
53 of 77 votes
#5
Trade
78 of 91 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Draft Plant Health, Seeds, Seed Potatoes and Plant Propagating Material (Amendment) (Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026 9 Sept 2026
No
Aye
Representation of the People Bill: Third Reading 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 67 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
Aye
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 65 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
Aye
Aye
Draft Trade Unions (Permissible Means of Voting) and Employment Rights (Unfair Dismissal) (Amendment) Order 2026 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
No
Aye
Draft Code of Practice on Electronic and Workplace Ballots for Statutory Trade Union Ballots 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
No
No
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 19 14 Jul 2026
Aye
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 Tribunals Extension of Jurisdiction (England and Wales) (Amendment) Order 2026 1 Jul 2026
No
Where they voted the same
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 88 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
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 Sept 2023
Aye
Aye
Misuse of Drugs Act 1971 (Amendment) Order 2023 12 Sept 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
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Voting source Commons Votes API