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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 1,093 shared comparable votes.

1,089 same votes 4 different votes 1,093 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 62 No
Tax 100% aligned 156 shared votes
94 Aye 62 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
14 Aye 33 No
Transport 100% aligned 47 shared votes
14 Aye 33 No
28 Aye 19 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 47 shared votes
28 Aye 19 No
Most different by topic
77 Aye 31 No
Brexit / EU 97% aligned 108 shared votes
80 Aye 28 No
94 Aye 62 No
Tax 100% aligned 156 shared votes
94 Aye 62 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
14 Aye 33 No
Transport 100% aligned 47 shared votes
14 Aye 33 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 203 of 650
Participation
61.5%
11% below average
Rank 560 of 650
1,915
2,406 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,480
2,406 eligible divisions
1,040
54.3% of votes cast
Aye votes
824
55.7% of votes cast
875
45.7% of votes cast
No votes
656
44.3% of votes cast
8
0.4% of votes cast
Against party
1
0.1% of votes cast
11 years, 5 months
Since 7 May 2015
Commons service
21 years, 5 months
Since 5 May 2005

Debates

56
-36.1 vs Commons average
Rank 448 of 650
Appearances
84
-8.1 vs Commons average
Rank 287 of 650
72
-88.1 vs Commons average
Rank 465 of 650
Contributions
134
-26.1 vs Commons average
Rank 277 of 650

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
4
2 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
62 of 67 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
168 of 212 votes
Democracy / Parliament
43 of 47 votes
#2
Migration
124 of 171 votes
NHS / Health
51 of 56 votes
#3
Housing
48 of 67 votes
Foreign Affairs
74 of 82 votes
#4
Work / Employment
56 of 80 votes
Environment / Climate
43 of 49 votes
#5
Transport
65 of 96 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
Aye
Draft Town and Country Planning (Fees for Applications, Deemed Applications, Requests and Site Visits) (England) (Amendment and Transitional Provision) Regulations 2026 27 Oct 2026
Aye
Aye
Withdrawal Agreement (Windsor Framework and Governance) (Amendment) Regulations 2026 21 Oct 2026
Brexit / EU Foreign Affairs
Aye
Aye
Draft Railways (Interoperability in Northern Ireland) (Convention on International Carriage by Rail) (Amendment) Regulations 2026 21 Oct 2026
Transport
Aye
Aye
Draft Code of Practice on Access and Unfair Practices During the Recognition and Derecognition Process 21 Oct 2026
Aye
Aye
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill: Programme Motion 19 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
Aye
Aye
Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism (Calculation of CBAM Rate and Determination of Carbon Price Relief) Regulations 2026 14 Oct 2026
Environment / Climate
Aye
Aye
Draft Trade Unions (Right to Access Workplaces) Regulations 2026 14 Oct 2026
Trade Work / Employment
Aye
Aye
Draft Code of Practice on the Right of Trade Unions to Access Workplaces 14 Oct 2026
Trade Work / Employment
Aye
Aye
Draft ACAS Code of Practice on Time Off for Trade Union Duties and Activities 14 Oct 2026
Trade Work / Employment
Aye
Aye
Draft Plant Health, Seeds, Seed Potatoes and Plant Propagating Material (Amendment) (Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026 9 Sept 2026
Aye
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API