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Harriet Cross vs Emily Thornberry

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

Photograph of Harriet Cross
Harriet Cross
Con Gordon and Buchan
vs
Photograph of Emily Thornberry
Emily Thornberry
Lab Islington South and Finsbury

Voting alignment

Harriet Cross and Emily Thornberry voted the same way 1% of the time, based on 203 shared comparable votes.

3 same votes 200 different votes 203 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
3 Aye 2 No
Democracy / Parliament 20% aligned 5 shared votes
1 Aye 4 No
14 Aye 10 No
Crime / Justice 4% aligned 24 shared votes
9 Aye 15 No
23 Aye 27 No
Tax 0% aligned 50 shared votes
27 Aye 23 No
7 Aye 14 No
Education 0% aligned 21 shared votes
14 Aye 7 No
10 Aye 6 No
Transport 0% aligned 16 shared votes
6 Aye 10 No
Most different by topic
23 Aye 27 No
Tax 0% aligned 50 shared votes
27 Aye 23 No
7 Aye 14 No
Education 0% aligned 21 shared votes
14 Aye 7 No
10 Aye 6 No
Transport 0% aligned 16 shared votes
6 Aye 10 No
3 Aye 11 No
Housing 0% aligned 14 shared votes
11 Aye 3 No
1 Aye 9 No
Benefits 0% aligned 10 shared votes
9 Aye 1 No

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

Voting record

72.4%
same as average
Rank 372 of 650
Participation
61.5%
11% below average
Rank 560 of 650
448
619 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,479
2,405 eligible divisions
213
47.5% of votes cast
Aye votes
823
55.6% of votes cast
235
52.5% of votes cast
No votes
656
44.4% of votes cast
1
0.2% 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

114
+25.2 vs Commons average
Rank 140 of 650
Appearances
81
-7.8 vs Commons average
Rank 294 of 650
197
+42.4 vs Commons average
Rank 155 of 650
Contributions
131
-23.6 vs Commons average
Rank 267 of 650

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

Financials and interests

£178,612
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,941,443
all imported IPSA years
£178,612
21% below average
Latest expenses
£294,489
30% above average
0
0 registered categories
Registered interests
2
2 registered categories
1
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

Foreign Affairs
17 of 17 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
168 of 212 votes
Democracy / Parliament
13 of 14 votes
#2
Migration
124 of 171 votes
Tax
99 of 114 votes
#3
Housing
48 of 67 votes
Housing
27 of 32 votes
#4
Work / Employment
56 of 80 votes
Crime / Justice
53 of 66 votes
#5
Transport
65 of 96 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No
Withdrawal Agreement (Windsor Framework and Governance) (Amendment) Regulations 2026 21 Oct 2026
Brexit / EU Foreign Affairs
Aye
No
Draft Railways (Interoperability in Northern Ireland) (Convention on International Carriage by Rail) (Amendment) Regulations 2026 21 Oct 2026
Transport
Aye
No
Draft Code of Practice on Access and Unfair Practices During the Recognition and Derecognition Process 21 Oct 2026
Aye
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill: Programme Motion 19 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
Aye
No
Draft Plant Health, Seeds, Seed Potatoes and Plant Propagating Material (Amendment) (Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026 9 Sept 2026
Aye
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
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