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Jim Dickson vs Emily Thornberry

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

Photograph of Jim Dickson
Jim Dickson
Lab Dartford
vs
Photograph of Emily Thornberry
Emily Thornberry
Lab Islington South and Finsbury

Voting alignment

Jim Dickson and Emily Thornberry voted the same way 100% of the time, based on 279 shared comparable votes.

279 same votes 0 different votes 279 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
32 Aye 29 No
Tax 100% aligned 61 shared votes
32 Aye 29 No
14 Aye 16 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 30 shared votes
14 Aye 16 No
15 Aye 10 No
Education 100% aligned 25 shared votes
15 Aye 10 No
23 Aye 0 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 23 shared votes
23 Aye 0 No
16 Aye 4 No
Housing 100% aligned 20 shared votes
16 Aye 4 No
Most different by topic
32 Aye 29 No
Tax 100% aligned 61 shared votes
32 Aye 29 No
14 Aye 16 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 30 shared votes
14 Aye 16 No
15 Aye 10 No
Education 100% aligned 25 shared votes
15 Aye 10 No
23 Aye 0 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 23 shared votes
23 Aye 0 No
16 Aye 4 No
Housing 100% aligned 20 shared votes
16 Aye 4 No

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

Voting record

88.6%
16% above average
Rank 35 of 649
Participation
61.8%
11% below average
Rank 559 of 649
523
590 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,469
2,376 eligible divisions
251
48.0% of votes cast
Aye votes
815
55.5% of votes cast
272
52.0% 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

144
+60.4 vs Commons average
Rank 76 of 650
Appearances
80
-3.6 vs Commons average
Rank 272 of 650
161
+15.3 vs Commons average
Rank 185 of 650
Contributions
131
-14.7 vs Commons average
Rank 237 of 650

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

Financials and interests

£172,033
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,941,443
all imported IPSA years
£172,033
24% below average
Latest expenses
£294,489
30% above average
1
1 registered category
Registered interests
2
2 registered categories
0
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
NHS / Health
11 of 11 votes
#2
Migration
124 of 171 votes
Defence
33 of 34 votes
#3
Housing
48 of 67 votes
Benefits
29 of 30 votes
#4
Foreign Affairs
49 of 69 votes
Education
47 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
Draft Plant Health, Seeds, Seed Potatoes and Plant Propagating Material (Amendment) (Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026 9 Sept 2026
Aye
No
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 19 14 Jul 2026
No
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
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
National Security (State Threats) Bill: Allocation of Time motion 17 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
No
Cyber Security and Resilience (Network and Information Systems) Bill Remaining Stages: Amendment 3 16 Jun 2026
No
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