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Emily Thornberry vs Sir Oliver Dowden

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


Voting alignment

Emily Thornberry and Sir Oliver Dowden voted the same way 5% of the time, based on 1,112 shared comparable votes.

53 same votes 1,059 different votes 1,112 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
108 Aye 50 No
Brexit / EU 7% aligned 158 shared votes
55 Aye 103 No
25 Aye 44 No
Migration 4% aligned 69 shared votes
41 Aye 28 No
15 Aye 10 No
NHS / Health 4% aligned 25 shared votes
11 Aye 14 No
24 Aye 28 No
Trade 2% aligned 52 shared votes
29 Aye 23 No
39 Aye 15 No
Education 2% aligned 54 shared votes
16 Aye 38 No
Most different by topic
21 Aye 32 No
Transport 0% aligned 53 shared votes
32 Aye 21 No
30 Aye 13 No
Foreign Affairs 0% aligned 43 shared votes
13 Aye 30 No
20 Aye 18 No
Defence 0% aligned 38 shared votes
18 Aye 20 No
25 Aye 13 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 38 shared votes
13 Aye 25 No
24 Aye 11 No
Benefits 0% aligned 35 shared votes
11 Aye 24 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
70.5%
2% below average
Rank 418 of 649
1,469
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,676
2,376 eligible divisions
815
55.5% of votes cast
Aye votes
781
46.6% of votes cast
654
44.5% of votes cast
No votes
895
53.4% of votes cast
1
0.1% of votes cast
Against party
12
0.7% of votes cast
21 years, 4 months
Since 5 May 2005
Commons service
11 years, 4 months
Since 7 May 2015

Debates

78
-4.3 vs Commons average
Rank 276 of 649
Appearances
60
-22.3 vs Commons average
Rank 374 of 649
129
-14.5 vs Commons average
Rank 238 of 649
Contributions
66
-77.5 vs Commons average
Rank 458 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
£1,614,938
all imported IPSA years
£294,489
30% above average
Latest expenses
£226,269
same as average
2
2 registered categories
Registered interests
16
4 registered categories
2
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
Brexit / EU
197 of 211 votes
Migration
124 of 171 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
63 of 69 votes
Housing
48 of 67 votes
#3
Environment / Climate
43 of 48 votes
Foreign Affairs
49 of 69 votes
#4
Transport
77 of 95 votes
Work / Employment
53 of 77 votes
#5
Defence
54 of 71 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Where they voted the same
Aye
Closure motion 16 May 2025
Aye
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API