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Gregory Stafford vs Emily Thornberry

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

Photograph of Gregory Stafford
Gregory Stafford
Con Farnham and Bordon
vs
Photograph of Emily Thornberry
Emily Thornberry
Lab Islington South and Finsbury

Voting alignment

Gregory Stafford and Emily Thornberry voted the same way 1% of the time, based on 206 shared comparable votes.

3 same votes 203 different votes 206 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 10 No
Crime / Justice 4% aligned 23 shared votes
9 Aye 14 No
25 Aye 30 No
Tax 0% aligned 55 shared votes
30 Aye 25 No
8 Aye 15 No
Education 0% aligned 23 shared votes
15 Aye 8 No
1 Aye 15 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 16 shared votes
15 Aye 1 No
9 Aye 4 No
Transport 0% aligned 13 shared votes
4 Aye 9 No
Most different by topic
25 Aye 30 No
Tax 0% aligned 55 shared votes
30 Aye 25 No
8 Aye 15 No
Education 0% aligned 23 shared votes
15 Aye 8 No
1 Aye 15 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 16 shared votes
15 Aye 1 No
9 Aye 4 No
Transport 0% aligned 13 shared votes
4 Aye 9 No
3 Aye 7 No
Housing 0% aligned 10 shared votes
7 Aye 3 No

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

Voting record

75.9%
3% above average
Rank 290 of 649
Participation
61.8%
11% below average
Rank 559 of 649
448
590 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,469
2,376 eligible divisions
208
46.4% of votes cast
Aye votes
815
55.5% of votes cast
240
53.6% of votes cast
No votes
654
44.5% of votes cast
0
0.0% 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

146
+62.3 vs Commons average
Rank 74 of 649
Appearances
80
-3.7 vs Commons average
Rank 272 of 649
290
+144.1 vs Commons average
Rank 64 of 649
Contributions
131
-14.9 vs Commons average
Rank 237 of 649

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

Financials and interests

£192,386
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,941,443
all imported IPSA years
£192,386
15% below average
Latest expenses
£294,489
30% above average
3
2 registered categories
Registered interests
2
2 registered categories
5
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

Tax
101 of 112 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
167 of 211 votes
Crime / Justice
54 of 62 votes
#2
Migration
124 of 171 votes
Work / Employment
33 of 39 votes
#3
Housing
48 of 67 votes
Education
41 of 50 votes
#4
Foreign Affairs
49 of 69 votes
Energy
16 of 20 votes
#5
Work / Employment
53 of 77 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No
Draft Plant Health, Seeds, Seed Potatoes and Plant Propagating Material (Amendment) (Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026 9 Sept 2026
Aye
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 Tribunal (Extension of Time Limits) (Miscellaneous Amendments and Transitional Provisions) Regulations 2026 1 Jul 2026
Aye
No
Employment Tribunals Extension of Jurisdiction (England and Wales) (Amendment) Order 2026 1 Jul 2026
Aye
Aye
Cyber Security and Resilience (Network and Information Systems) Bill Remaining Stages: Amendment 3 16 Jun 2026
No
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
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API