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Jeff Smith vs Emily Thornberry

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

Photograph of Jeff Smith
Jeff Smith
Lab Manchester Withington
vs
Photograph of Emily Thornberry
Emily Thornberry
Lab Islington South and Finsbury

Voting alignment

Jeff Smith and Emily Thornberry voted the same way 100% of the time, based on 1,069 shared comparable votes.

1,065 same votes 4 different votes 1,069 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
94 Aye 59 No
Tax 100% aligned 153 shared votes
94 Aye 59 No
23 Aye 83 No
Migration 100% aligned 106 shared votes
23 Aye 83 No
40 Aye 52 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 92 shared votes
40 Aye 52 No
25 Aye 19 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 44 shared votes
25 Aye 19 No
13 Aye 30 No
Transport 100% aligned 43 shared votes
13 Aye 30 No
Most different by topic
76 Aye 31 No
Brexit / EU 97% aligned 107 shared votes
79 Aye 28 No
94 Aye 59 No
Tax 100% aligned 153 shared votes
94 Aye 59 No
23 Aye 83 No
Migration 100% aligned 106 shared votes
23 Aye 83 No
40 Aye 52 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 92 shared votes
40 Aye 52 No
25 Aye 19 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 44 shared votes
25 Aye 19 No

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

Voting record

79.6 %
7 % above average
Rank 213 of 647
Participation
62.2 %
11 % below average
Rank 556 of 647
1,852
2,328 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,449
2,328 eligible divisions
1,012
54.6 % of votes cast
Aye votes
808
55.8 % of votes cast
840
45.4 % of votes cast
No votes
641
44.2 % of votes cast
8
0.4 % of votes cast
Against party
1
0.1 % of votes cast
11 years, 1 months
Since 7 May 2015
Commons service
21 years, 1 months
Since 5 May 2005

Debates

26
-39.5 vs Commons average
Rank 543 of 647
Appearances
67
+1.5 vs Commons average
Rank 221 of 647
35
-81.9 vs Commons average
Rank 532 of 647
Contributions
101
-15.9 vs Commons average
Rank 249 of 647

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

Financials and interests

£2,112,426
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,941,443
all imported IPSA years
£284,126
26 % above average
Latest expenses
£294,489
30 % above average
3
2 registered categories
Registered interests
3
3 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
61 of 66 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
167 of 211 votes
NHS / Health
51 of 56 votes
#2
Migration
124 of 169 votes
Democracy / Parliament
39 of 43 votes
#3
Housing
48 of 66 votes
Foreign Affairs
61 of 69 votes
#4
Foreign Affairs
49 of 69 votes
Work / Employment
65 of 75 votes
#5
Work / Employment
51 of 75 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Motion on National Policy Statement and New Runway Capacity 25 Jun 2018
No rebel
No rebel
European Union (Notification of Withdrawal) Bill: Third Reading 8 Feb 2017
Brexit / EU
Aye
No rebel
European Union (Notification of Withdrawal) Bill: Committee of the whole House Clauses 1 and 2 stand part 8 Feb 2017
Brexit / EU
Aye
No rebel
European Union (Notification of Withdrawal) Bill: Second Reading 1 Feb 2017
Brexit / EU
Aye
Where they voted the same
No
Cyber Security and Resilience (Network and Information Systems) Bill Remaining Stages: Amendment 3 16 Jun 2026
No
No
Cyber Security and Resilience (Network and Information Systems) Bill Remaining Stages: New Clause 14 16 Jun 2026
No
No
Cyber Security and Resilience (Network and Information Systems) Bill Remaining Stages: New Clause 13 16 Jun 2026
No
Aye
Railways Bill: Third Reading 10 Jun 2026
Transport
Aye
No
Railways Bill Remaining Stages: Amendment 148 10 Jun 2026
Transport
No
No
Railways Bill Remaining Stages: Amendment 143 10 Jun 2026
Transport
No
No
Railways Bill Remaining Stages: New Clause 1 10 Jun 2026
Transport
No
No
Steel Industry (Nationalisation) Bill Committee: New Clause 4 9 Jun 2026
No
No
Steel Industry (Nationalisation) Bill Committee: New Clause 12 9 Jun 2026
No
No
Steel Industry (Nationalisation) Bill Committee: Amendment 20 9 Jun 2026
No
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API