Ayes & Noes

Compare

John McDonnell vs Emily Thornberry

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

Photograph of John McDonnell
John McDonnell
Lab Hayes and Harlington
vs
Photograph of Emily Thornberry
Emily Thornberry
Lab Islington South and Finsbury

Voting alignment

John McDonnell and Emily Thornberry voted the same way 99% of the time, based on 1,318 shared comparable votes.

1,299 same votes 19 different votes 1,318 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
111 Aye 63 No
Tax 100% aligned 174 shared votes
111 Aye 63 No
108 Aye 58 No
Brexit / EU 100% aligned 166 shared votes
108 Aye 58 No
21 Aye 32 No
Transport 100% aligned 53 shared votes
21 Aye 32 No
29 Aye 19 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 48 shared votes
29 Aye 19 No
30 Aye 15 No
Foreign Affairs 100% aligned 45 shared votes
30 Aye 15 No
Most different by topic
37 Aye 16 No
Education 94% aligned 53 shared votes
38 Aye 15 No
34 Aye 12 No
Benefits 96% aligned 46 shared votes
34 Aye 12 No
16 Aye 18 No
Devolution / Local Government 97% aligned 34 shared votes
15 Aye 19 No
22 Aye 16 No
Housing 97% aligned 38 shared votes
21 Aye 17 No
25 Aye 28 No
Trade 98% aligned 53 shared votes
26 Aye 27 No

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

Voting record

79.1 %
6 % above average
Rank 234 of 648
Participation
62.2 %
11 % below average
Rank 557 of 648
1,829
2,312 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,439
2,312 eligible divisions
1,003
54.8 % of votes cast
Aye votes
807
56.1 % of votes cast
826
45.2 % of votes cast
No votes
632
43.9 % of votes cast
22
1.2 % of votes cast
Against party
1
0.1 % of votes cast
29 years, 1 months
Since 1 May 1997
Commons service
21 years, 1 months
Since 5 May 2005

Debates

87
+27.1 vs Commons average
Rank 116 of 648
Appearances
59
-0.9 vs Commons average
Rank 234 of 648
118
+10.1 vs Commons average
Rank 174 of 648
Contributions
89
-18.9 vs Commons average
Rank 268 of 648

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

Financials and interests

£2,684,777
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,941,443
all imported IPSA years
£269,647
19 % above average
Latest expenses
£294,489
30 % above average
4
1 registered category
Registered interests
3
3 registered categories
0
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
0
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
54 of 59 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
167 of 211 votes
Foreign Affairs
63 of 69 votes
#2
Migration
124 of 169 votes
Work / Employment
68 of 75 votes
#3
Housing
48 of 66 votes
Migration
151 of 169 votes
#4
Foreign Affairs
49 of 69 votes
Environment / Climate
40 of 45 votes
#5
Work / Employment
51 of 75 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No rebel
Draft Immigration and Asylum (Provision of Accommodation to Failed Asylum-Seekers) (Amendment) Regulations 2026 28 Apr 2026
Migration
Aye
Aye rebel
Privilege 28 Apr 2026
No
No rebel
Crime and Policing Bill: motion to agree with all remaining Lords Amendments 14 Apr 2026
Crime / Justice
Aye
No rebel
Children's Wellbeing and Schools Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 106 9 Mar 2026
Education
Aye
No rebel
Children's Wellbeing and Schools Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 38 9 Mar 2026
Education
Aye
No rebel
Draft Public Order Act 2023 (Interference With Use or Operation of Key National Infrastructure) Regulations 2025 14 Jan 2026
Aye
Aye rebel
English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill Report Stage: New Clause 29 24 Nov 2025
Devolution / Local Government
No
No
Universal Credit and Personal Independent Payment Bill: Second Reading 1 Jul 2025
Benefits
Aye
Aye
Universal Credit and Personal Independent Payment Bill: Reasoned Amendment at Second Reading 1 Jul 2025
Benefits
No
Aye
Planning and Infrastructure Bill Report Stage: Amendment 69 9 Jun 2025
Housing
No
Where they voted the same
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
No
Armed Forces Bill Committee: New Clause 6 2 Jun 2026
Defence
No
No
Armed Forces Bill Committee: New Clause 5 2 Jun 2026
Defence
No
No
Armed Forces Bill Committee: New Clause 2 2 Jun 2026
Defence
No
No
Steel Industry (Nationalisation) Bill: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 21 May 2026
No
Aye
King's Speech Motion for an Address 20 May 2026
Aye
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (p) 20 May 2026
No
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (l) 20 May 2026
No
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (o) 20 May 2026
No
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API