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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 188 shared comparable votes.

2 same votes 186 different votes 188 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
23 Aye 30 No
Tax 0% aligned 53 shared votes
30 Aye 23 No
8 Aye 15 No
Education 0% aligned 23 shared votes
15 Aye 8 No
1 Aye 13 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 14 shared votes
13 Aye 1 No
3 Aye 7 No
Housing 0% aligned 10 shared votes
7 Aye 3 No
Most different by topic
23 Aye 30 No
Tax 0% aligned 53 shared votes
30 Aye 23 No
8 Aye 15 No
Education 0% aligned 23 shared votes
15 Aye 8 No
1 Aye 13 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 14 shared votes
13 Aye 1 No
3 Aye 7 No
Housing 0% aligned 10 shared votes
7 Aye 3 No
1 Aye 7 No
Benefits 0% aligned 8 shared votes
7 Aye 1 No

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

Voting record

76.7 %
4 % above average
Rank 278 of 647
Participation
62.2 %
11 % below average
Rank 558 of 647
406
529 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,439
2,315 eligible divisions
183
45.1 % of votes cast
Aye votes
807
56.1 % of votes cast
223
54.9 % of votes cast
No votes
632
43.9 % of votes cast
0
0.0 % of votes cast
Against party
1
0.1 % of votes cast
1 years, 11 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
21 years, 1 months
Since 5 May 2005

Debates

109
+47.0 vs Commons average
Rank 72 of 647
Appearances
60
-2.0 vs Commons average
Rank 247 of 647
217
+105.7 vs Commons average
Rank 69 of 647
Contributions
90
-21.3 vs Commons average
Rank 272 of 647

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
2
2 registered categories
Registered interests
3
3 registered categories
0
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
0
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
98 of 108 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
167 of 211 votes
Crime / Justice
53 of 61 votes
#2
Migration
124 of 169 votes
Defence
19 of 22 votes
#3
Housing
48 of 66 votes
Transport
18 of 21 votes
#4
Foreign Affairs
49 of 69 votes
Work / Employment
31 of 37 votes
#5
Work / Employment
51 of 75 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No
Draft Agriculture (Delinked Payments) (Reductions) (England) Regulations 2026 3 Jun 2026
Aye
Aye
Armed Forces Bill Committee: New Clause 6 2 Jun 2026
Defence
No
Aye
Armed Forces Bill Committee: New Clause 5 2 Jun 2026
Defence
No
Aye
Armed Forces Bill Committee: New Clause 2 2 Jun 2026
Defence
No
Aye
Steel Industry (Nationalisation) Bill: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 21 May 2026
No
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address 20 May 2026
Aye
Aye
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (p) 20 May 2026
No
Aye
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (o) 20 May 2026
No
Aye
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (i) 19 May 2026
No
No
Pension Schemes Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 78 15 Apr 2026
Benefits
Aye
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
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Voting source Commons Votes API