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Jayne Kirkham vs Emily Thornberry

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

Photograph of Jayne Kirkham
Jayne Kirkham
Lab Truro and Falmouth
vs
Photograph of Emily Thornberry
Emily Thornberry
Lab Islington South and Finsbury

Voting alignment

Jayne Kirkham and Emily Thornberry voted the same way 100% of the time, based on 254 shared comparable votes.

254 same votes 0 different votes 254 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
30 Aye 28 No
Tax 100% aligned 58 shared votes
30 Aye 28 No
14 Aye 12 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 26 shared votes
14 Aye 12 No
16 Aye 10 No
Education 100% aligned 26 shared votes
16 Aye 10 No
25 Aye 1 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 26 shared votes
25 Aye 1 No
5 Aye 9 No
Defence 100% aligned 14 shared votes
5 Aye 9 No
Most different by topic
30 Aye 28 No
Tax 100% aligned 58 shared votes
30 Aye 28 No
14 Aye 12 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 26 shared votes
14 Aye 12 No
16 Aye 10 No
Education 100% aligned 26 shared votes
16 Aye 10 No
25 Aye 1 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 26 shared votes
25 Aye 1 No
5 Aye 9 No
Defence 100% aligned 14 shared votes
5 Aye 9 No

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

Voting record

82.5%
10% above average
Rank 144 of 649
Participation
61.8%
11% below average
Rank 559 of 649
487
590 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,469
2,376 eligible divisions
245
50.3% of votes cast
Aye votes
815
55.5% of votes cast
242
49.7% 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

224
+139.2 vs Commons average
Rank 14 of 650
Appearances
81
-3.8 vs Commons average
Rank 275 of 650
272
+124.3 vs Commons average
Rank 78 of 650
Contributions
132
-15.7 vs Commons average
Rank 239 of 650

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

Financials and interests

£143,536
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,941,443
all imported IPSA years
£143,536
37% below average
Latest expenses
£294,489
30% above average
1
1 registered category
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

Defence
34 of 34 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
167 of 211 votes
Environment / Climate
9 of 9 votes
#2
Migration
124 of 171 votes
Foreign Affairs
4 of 4 votes
#3
Housing
48 of 67 votes
Work / Employment
38 of 39 votes
#4
Foreign Affairs
49 of 69 votes
Benefits
29 of 30 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
Aye
Draft Trade Unions (Permissible Means of Voting) and Employment Rights (Unfair Dismissal) (Amendment) Order 2026 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
Aye
Aye
Draft Code of Practice on Electronic and Workplace Ballots for Statutory Trade Union Ballots 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
Aye
No
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 199 14 Jul 2026
No
No
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 3 14 Jul 2026
No
No
Taxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill Committee: New Clause 5 1 Jul 2026
Energy Tax Transport
No
No
Taxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill Committee: New Clause 4 1 Jul 2026
Energy Tax Transport
No
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Voting source Commons Votes API