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Fred Thomas vs Emily Thornberry

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

Photograph of Fred Thomas
Fred Thomas
Lab Plymouth Moor View
vs
Photograph of Emily Thornberry
Emily Thornberry
Lab Islington South and Finsbury

Voting alignment

Fred Thomas and Emily Thornberry voted the same way 100% of the time, based on 214 shared comparable votes.

214 same votes 0 different votes 214 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
30 Aye 22 No
Tax 100% aligned 52 shared votes
30 Aye 22 No
16 Aye 10 No
Education 100% aligned 26 shared votes
16 Aye 10 No
25 Aye 0 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 25 shared votes
25 Aye 0 No
16 Aye 4 No
Housing 100% aligned 20 shared votes
16 Aye 4 No
11 Aye 2 No
Benefits 100% aligned 13 shared votes
11 Aye 2 No
Most different by topic
30 Aye 22 No
Tax 100% aligned 52 shared votes
30 Aye 22 No
16 Aye 10 No
Education 100% aligned 26 shared votes
16 Aye 10 No
25 Aye 0 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 25 shared votes
25 Aye 0 No
16 Aye 4 No
Housing 100% aligned 20 shared votes
16 Aye 4 No
11 Aye 2 No
Benefits 100% aligned 13 shared votes
11 Aye 2 No

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

Voting record

67.6%
5% below average
Rank 470 of 650
Participation
61.7%
11% below average
Rank 562 of 650
402
595 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,469
2,381 eligible divisions
234
58.2% of votes cast
Aye votes
815
55.5% of votes cast
168
41.8% of votes cast
No votes
654
44.5% of votes cast
1
0.2% of votes cast
Against party
1
0.1% of votes cast
2 years, 3 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
21 years, 5 months
Since 5 May 2005

Debates

44
-41.2 vs Commons average
Rank 490 of 650
Appearances
82
-3.2 vs Commons average
Rank 271 of 650
59
-89.6 vs Commons average
Rank 479 of 650
Contributions
133
-15.6 vs Commons average
Rank 238 of 650

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

Financials and interests

£225,625
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,941,443
all imported IPSA years
£225,625
same as average
Latest expenses
£294,489
30% above average
6
3 registered categories
Registered interests
2
2 registered categories
0
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

Housing
31 of 32 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
167 of 211 votes
Environment / Climate
8 of 9 votes
#2
Migration
124 of 171 votes
Education
44 of 50 votes
#3
Housing
48 of 67 votes
Tax
90 of 112 votes
#4
Foreign Affairs
49 of 70 votes
Defence
27 of 34 votes
#5
Work / Employment
53 of 77 votes

Recent voting overlap

These MPs agreed on every division where both voted in the current comparison sample.

Where they voted the same
Aye
Representation of the People Bill: Third Reading 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
Aye
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 88 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 67 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 65 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
Aye
Draft Trade Unions (Permissible Means of Voting) and Employment Rights (Unfair Dismissal) (Amendment) Order 2026 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
Aye
Aye
Draft Code of Practice on Electronic and Workplace Ballots for Statutory Trade Union Ballots 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
Aye
No
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 19 14 Jul 2026
No
No
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 199 14 Jul 2026
No
No
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 3 14 Jul 2026
No
No
Steel Industry (Nationalisation) Bill Committee: New Clause 4 9 Jun 2026
No
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Voting source Commons Votes API