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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 881 shared comparable votes.

19 same votes 862 different votes 881 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
13 Aye 8 No
Democracy / Parliament 5% aligned 21 shared votes
7 Aye 14 No
14 Aye 10 No
NHS / Health 4% aligned 24 shared votes
11 Aye 13 No
41 Aye 70 No
Tax 2% aligned 111 shared votes
68 Aye 43 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
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 30 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 40 shared votes
30 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

88.7%
17% above average
Rank 29 of 649
Participation
62.0%
10% below average
Rank 545 of 649
1,464
1,650 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,468
2,368 eligible divisions
713
48.7% of votes cast
Aye votes
814
55.4% of votes cast
751
51.3% of votes cast
No votes
654
44.6% of votes cast
21
1.4% of votes cast
Against party
1
0.1% of votes cast
6 years, 8 months
Since 12 Dec 2019
Commons service
21 years, 4 months
Since 5 May 2005

Debates

203
+123.0 vs Commons average
Rank 16 of 649
Appearances
76
-4.0 vs Commons average
Rank 280 of 649
240
+100.6 vs Commons average
Rank 91 of 649
Contributions
128
-11.4 vs Commons average
Rank 234 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
2
2 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
Housing
48 of 66 votes
Trade
52 of 53 votes
#3
Migration
124 of 171 votes
Migration
149 of 154 votes
#4
Foreign Affairs
49 of 69 votes
Environment / Climate
42 of 44 votes
#5
Work / Employment
53 of 77 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No
Representation of the People Bill: Third Reading 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
Aye
Aye
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 67 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
Aye
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 65 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
No
Draft Trade Unions (Permissible Means of Voting) and Employment Rights (Unfair Dismissal) (Amendment) Order 2026 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
Aye
No
Draft Code of Practice on Electronic and Workplace Ballots for Statutory Trade Union Ballots 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
Aye
Aye
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 19 14 Jul 2026
No
Aye
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 199 14 Jul 2026
No
Aye
Taxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill Committee: New Clause 5 1 Jul 2026
Energy Tax Transport
No
Aye
Taxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill Committee: New Clause 4 1 Jul 2026
Energy Tax Transport
No
No
Employment Tribunals Extension of Jurisdiction (England and Wales) (Amendment) Order 2026 1 Jul 2026
Aye
Where they voted the same
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 88 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
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 Sept 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
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