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Gareth Snell vs Emily Thornberry

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

Photograph of Gareth Snell
Gareth Snell
Lab Stoke-on-Trent Central
vs
Photograph of Emily Thornberry
Emily Thornberry
Lab Islington South and Finsbury

Voting alignment

Gareth Snell and Emily Thornberry voted the same way 98% of the time, based on 618 shared comparable votes.

606 same votes 12 different votes 618 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
61 Aye 51 No
Tax 100% aligned 112 shared votes
61 Aye 51 No
24 Aye 21 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 45 shared votes
24 Aye 21 No
28 Aye 5 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 33 shared votes
28 Aye 5 No
20 Aye 11 No
Education 100% aligned 31 shared votes
20 Aye 11 No
18 Aye 6 No
Trade 100% aligned 24 shared votes
18 Aye 6 No
Most different by topic
17 Aye 3 No
Foreign Affairs 95% aligned 20 shared votes
16 Aye 4 No
63 Aye 37 No
Brexit / EU 96% aligned 100 shared votes
65 Aye 35 No
18 Aye 16 No
Transport 97% aligned 34 shared votes
19 Aye 15 No
61 Aye 51 No
Tax 100% aligned 112 shared votes
61 Aye 51 No
24 Aye 21 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 45 shared votes
24 Aye 21 No

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

Voting record

87.2%
15% above average
Rank 52 of 650
Participation
61.7%
11% below average
Rank 557 of 650
550
631 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,491
2,417 eligible divisions
271
49.3% of votes cast
Aye votes
832
55.8% of votes cast
279
50.7% of votes cast
No votes
659
44.2% of votes cast
2
0.4% of votes cast
Against party
1
0.1% of votes cast
2 years, 4 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
21 years, 6 months
Since 5 May 2005

Debates

205
+110.5 vs Commons average
Rank 30 of 650
Appearances
87
-7.5 vs Commons average
Rank 280 of 650
316
+151.4 vs Commons average
Rank 74 of 650
Contributions
123
-41.6 vs Commons average
Rank 318 of 650

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

Financials and interests

£797,891
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,941,443
all imported IPSA years
£176,059
22% below average
Latest expenses
£294,489
30% above average
6
2 registered categories
Registered interests
3
3 registered categories
4
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

Work / Employment
42 of 42 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
168 of 212 votes
Devolution / Local Government
24 of 24 votes
#2
Migration
124 of 171 votes
Foreign Affairs
17 of 17 votes
#3
Housing
48 of 67 votes
Democracy / Parliament
14 of 14 votes
#4
Work / Employment
56 of 80 votes
Migration
13 of 13 votes
#5
Transport
67 of 98 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye rebel
Second Reading: European Union (Withdrawal Agreement) Bill 22 Oct 2019
Brexit / EU Foreign Affairs
No
No rebel
Business of the House motion 1 Apr 2019
Transport
Aye
No rebel
Peter Kyle's motion E (Confirmatory public vote) 1 Apr 2019
Aye
No rebel
Nick Boles's motion D (Common Market 2.0) 1 Apr 2019
Aye
No rebel
Margaret Beckett's motion M (Confirmatory public vote) 27 Mar 2019
Aye
No rebel
Nick Boles's motion D (Common market 2.0) 27 Mar 2019
Aye
No rebel
European Union Withdrawal Act main Motion as amended 25 Mar 2019
Aye
No rebel
European Union Withdrawal Act Amendment (f) - Beckett 25 Mar 2019
Aye
No rebel
EU (Withdrawal) Act Section 13 Amdt (j) - Reeves 29 Jan 2019
Brexit / EU
Aye
No rebel
EU (Withdrawal) Act Section 13 Amdt (b) - Cooper 29 Jan 2019
Brexit / EU
Aye
Where they voted the same
Aye
Railways Bill: Carry-over extension (Motion) 4 Nov 2026
Transport
Aye
No
Sporting Events Bill [Lords] Report: Amendment 8 4 Nov 2026
No
No
Sporting Events Bill [Lords] Report: Amendment 6 4 Nov 2026
No
No
Sporting Events Bill [Lords] Report: New Clause 1 4 Nov 2026
No
Aye
Budget Resolution No. 86: High value council tax surcharge 3 Nov 2026
Tax
Aye
Aye
Budget Resolution No. 76: Rates of alcohol duty 3 Nov 2026
Tax
Aye
Aye
Budget Resolution No. 55: Value added tax (electric vehicle charging) 3 Nov 2026
Tax
Aye
Aye
Budget Resolution No. 15: Charges in connection with employment visas 3 Nov 2026
Tax
Aye
Aye
Budget Resolution No. 8: Capital gains tax (business asset disposal relief) 3 Nov 2026
Tax Transport
Aye
Aye
Budget Resolution No.7: Increase in rate of banking surcharge for temporary period 3 Nov 2026
Tax
Aye
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API