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Jake Richards vs Emily Thornberry

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

Photograph of Jake Richards
Jake Richards
Lab Rother Valley
vs
Photograph of Emily Thornberry
Emily Thornberry
Lab Islington South and Finsbury

Voting alignment

Jake Richards and Emily Thornberry voted the same way 100% of the time, based on 204 shared comparable votes.

204 same votes 0 different votes 204 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
27 Aye 20 No
Tax 100% aligned 47 shared votes
27 Aye 20 No
12 Aye 16 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 28 shared votes
12 Aye 16 No
11 Aye 10 No
Education 100% aligned 21 shared votes
11 Aye 10 No
16 Aye 4 No
Housing 100% aligned 20 shared votes
16 Aye 4 No
13 Aye 1 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 14 shared votes
13 Aye 1 No
Most different by topic
27 Aye 20 No
Tax 100% aligned 47 shared votes
27 Aye 20 No
12 Aye 16 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 28 shared votes
12 Aye 16 No
11 Aye 10 No
Education 100% aligned 21 shared votes
11 Aye 10 No
16 Aye 4 No
Housing 100% aligned 20 shared votes
16 Aye 4 No
13 Aye 1 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 14 shared votes
13 Aye 1 No

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

Voting record

72.6%
same as average
Rank 368 of 650
Participation
61.7%
11% below average
Rank 562 of 650
432
595 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,469
2,381 eligible divisions
222
51.4% of votes cast
Aye votes
815
55.5% of votes cast
210
48.6% 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

69
-16.2 vs Commons average
Rank 330 of 650
Appearances
82
-3.2 vs Commons average
Rank 271 of 650
252
+103.4 vs Commons average
Rank 90 of 650
Contributions
133
-15.6 vs Commons average
Rank 238 of 650

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

Financials and interests

£187,382
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,941,443
all imported IPSA years
£187,382
17% below average
Latest expenses
£294,489
30% above average
3
3 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

Housing
32 of 32 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
167 of 211 votes
Democracy / Parliament
14 of 14 votes
#2
Migration
124 of 171 votes
Digital / Online Safety
11 of 11 votes
#3
Housing
48 of 67 votes
Defence
31 of 34 votes
#4
Foreign Affairs
49 of 70 votes
Education
44 of 50 votes
#5
Work / Employment
53 of 77 votes

Recent voting overlap

These MPs agreed on every division where both voted in the current comparison sample.

Where they voted the same
Aye
Representation of the People Bill: Third Reading 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
Aye
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 88 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 67 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 65 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
No
National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: New Clause 3 17 Jun 2026
Defence
No
No
National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: Amendment 13 17 Jun 2026
Defence
No
No
National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: Amendment 8 17 Jun 2026
Defence
No
No
National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: Amendment 3 17 Jun 2026
Defence
No
Aye
Draft Agriculture (Delinked Payments) (Reductions) (England) Regulations 2026 3 Jun 2026
Aye
No
Armed Forces Bill Committee: New Clause 13 2 Jun 2026
Defence
No
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API