Compare

Emily Thornberry vs Sir Nicholas Dakin

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 Nicholas Dakin
Sir Nicholas Dakin
Lab Scunthorpe

Voting alignment

Emily Thornberry and Sir Nicholas Dakin voted the same way 100% of the time, based on 630 shared comparable votes.

629 same votes 1 different votes 630 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
58 Aye 47 No
Tax 100% aligned 105 shared votes
58 Aye 47 No
66 Aye 21 No
Brexit / EU 100% aligned 87 shared votes
66 Aye 21 No
26 Aye 21 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 47 shared votes
26 Aye 21 No
21 Aye 15 No
Education 100% aligned 36 shared votes
21 Aye 15 No
19 Aye 16 No
Transport 100% aligned 35 shared votes
19 Aye 16 No
Most different by topic
58 Aye 47 No
Tax 100% aligned 105 shared votes
58 Aye 47 No
66 Aye 21 No
Brexit / EU 100% aligned 87 shared votes
66 Aye 21 No
26 Aye 21 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 47 shared votes
26 Aye 21 No
21 Aye 15 No
Education 100% aligned 36 shared votes
21 Aye 15 No
19 Aye 16 No
Transport 100% aligned 35 shared votes
19 Aye 16 No

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

Voting record

62.3 %
11 % below average
Rank 553 of 647
Participation
83.0 %
10 % above average
Rank 143 of 647
1,454
2,333 eligible divisions
Total votes
454
547 eligible divisions
809
55.6 % of votes cast
Aye votes
224
49.3 % of votes cast
645
44.4 % of votes cast
No votes
230
50.7 % of votes cast
1
0.1 % of votes cast
Against party
0
0.0 % of votes cast
21 years, 1 months
Since 5 May 2005
Commons service
1 years, 11 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

72
+5.8 vs Commons average
Rank 206 of 650
Appearances
20
-46.2 vs Commons average
Rank 573 of 650
110
-7.8 vs Commons average
Rank 219 of 650
Contributions
42
-75.8 vs Commons average
Rank 508 of 650

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

Financials and interests

£2,941,443
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£1,959,326
all imported IPSA years
£294,489
30 % above average
Latest expenses
£208,878
8 % below average
3
3 registered categories
Registered interests
2
2 registered categories
2
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
3
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
Devolution / Local Government
24 of 24 votes
Migration
124 of 169 votes
#2
Energy
17 of 17 votes
Housing
48 of 66 votes
#3
Migration
11 of 11 votes
Foreign Affairs
49 of 69 votes
#4
Environment / Climate
6 of 6 votes
Defence
45 of 64 votes
#5
Foreign Affairs
4 of 4 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No rebel
Motion on National Policy Statement and New Runway Capacity 25 Jun 2018
Aye
Where they voted the same
No
Cyber Security and Resilience (Network and Information Systems) Bill Remaining Stages: Amendment 3 16 Jun 2026
No
No
Cyber Security and Resilience (Network and Information Systems) Bill Remaining Stages: New Clause 14 16 Jun 2026
No
No
Cyber Security and Resilience (Network and Information Systems) Bill Remaining Stages: New Clause 13 16 Jun 2026
No
Aye
Railways Bill: Third Reading 10 Jun 2026
Transport
Aye
No
Railways Bill Remaining Stages: Amendment 148 10 Jun 2026
Transport
No
No
Railways Bill Remaining Stages: Amendment 143 10 Jun 2026
Transport
No
No
Railways Bill Remaining Stages: New Clause 1 10 Jun 2026
Transport
No
Aye
Draft Agriculture (Delinked Payments) (Reductions) (England) Regulations 2026 3 Jun 2026
Aye
No
Armed Forces Bill Committee: New Clause 13 2 Jun 2026
Defence
No
No
Armed Forces Bill Committee: New Clause 6 2 Jun 2026
Defence
No
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