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Greg Smith vs Emily Thornberry

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

Photograph of Greg Smith
Greg Smith
Con Mid Buckinghamshire
vs
Photograph of Emily Thornberry
Emily Thornberry
Lab Islington South and Finsbury

Voting alignment

Greg Smith and Emily Thornberry voted the same way 2% of the time, based on 869 shared comparable votes.

18 same votes 851 different votes 869 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
14 Aye 10 No
NHS / Health 4% aligned 24 shared votes
11 Aye 13 No
39 Aye 70 No
Tax 2% aligned 109 shared votes
68 Aye 41 No
61 Aye 40 No
Crime / Justice 1% aligned 101 shared votes
39 Aye 62 No
82 Aye 29 No
Migration 0% aligned 111 shared votes
29 Aye 82 No
21 Aye 24 No
Brexit / EU 0% aligned 45 shared votes
24 Aye 21 No
Most different by topic
82 Aye 29 No
Migration 0% aligned 111 shared votes
29 Aye 82 No
21 Aye 24 No
Brexit / EU 0% aligned 45 shared votes
24 Aye 21 No
21 Aye 21 No
Defence 0% aligned 42 shared votes
21 Aye 21 No
10 Aye 28 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 38 shared votes
28 Aye 10 No
9 Aye 25 No
Education 0% aligned 34 shared votes
25 Aye 9 No

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

Voting record

89.0 %
16 % above average
Rank 36 of 647
Participation
62.3 %
11 % below average
Rank 553 of 647
1,437
1,615 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,454
2,333 eligible divisions
701
48.8 % of votes cast
Aye votes
809
55.6 % of votes cast
736
51.2 % of votes cast
No votes
645
44.4 % of votes cast
21
1.5 % of votes cast
Against party
1
0.1 % of votes cast
6 years, 6 months
Since 12 Dec 2019
Commons service
21 years, 1 months
Since 5 May 2005

Debates

176
+109.0 vs Commons average
Rank 17 of 649
Appearances
72
+5.0 vs Commons average
Rank 210 of 649
247
+127.9 vs Commons average
Rank 60 of 649
Contributions
110
-9.1 vs Commons average
Rank 222 of 649

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

Financials and interests

£1,059,267
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,941,443
all imported IPSA years
£286,530
27 % above average
Latest expenses
£294,489
30 % above average
10
3 registered categories
Registered interests
3
3 registered categories
3
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
63 of 63 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
167 of 211 votes
Foreign Affairs
50 of 50 votes
#2
Migration
124 of 169 votes
Trade
49 of 50 votes
#3
Housing
48 of 66 votes
Migration
148 of 152 votes
#4
Foreign Affairs
49 of 69 votes
Environment / Climate
39 of 41 votes
#5
Defence
45 of 64 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: New Clause 3 17 Jun 2026
Defence
No
Aye
National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: Amendment 13 17 Jun 2026
Defence
No
Aye
National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: Amendment 8 17 Jun 2026
Defence
No
Aye
National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: Amendment 3 17 Jun 2026
Defence
No
No
National Security (State Threats) Bill: Allocation of Time motion 17 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
No
Railways Bill: Third Reading 10 Jun 2026
Transport
Aye
Aye
Railways Bill Remaining Stages: Amendment 148 10 Jun 2026
Transport
No
Aye
Railways Bill Remaining Stages: Amendment 143 10 Jun 2026
Transport
No
Aye
Steel Industry (Nationalisation) Bill Committee: New Clause 4 9 Jun 2026
No
Aye
Steel Industry (Nationalisation) Bill Committee: New Clause 12 9 Jun 2026
No
Where they voted the same
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
Aye
the draft Economic Growth (Regulatory Functions) (Amendment) Order 2024 24 Apr 2024
Aye
No
Motion to sit in private 21 Feb 2024
Tax
No
No
Scotland (Self-Determination): Ten Minute Rule Motion 16 Jan 2024
No
Aye
Draft Equality Act 2010 (Amendment) Regulations 2023 13 Dec 2023
Aye
Aye
Misuse of Drugs Act 1971 (Amendment) Order 2023 12 Sep 2023
Aye
No
Motion to sit in private 16 Jan 2023
Tax
No
No
Draft Health and Social Care Act 2008 (Regulated Activities) (Amendment) (Coronavirus) Regulations 2021 13 Jul 2021
No
Aye
Adjournment (Conference, November and Christmas) 23 Jun 2021
Aye
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