Compare

Kirsty Blackman vs Emily Thornberry

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


Voting alignment

Kirsty Blackman and Emily Thornberry voted the same way 93% of the time, based on 887 shared comparable votes.

829 same votes 58 different votes 887 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
23 Aye 35 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 58 shared votes
23 Aye 35 No
25 Aye 28 No
Trade 100% aligned 53 shared votes
25 Aye 28 No
30 Aye 12 No
Foreign Affairs 100% aligned 42 shared votes
30 Aye 12 No
15 Aye 12 No
Defence 100% aligned 27 shared votes
15 Aye 12 No
12 Aye 2 No
Education 100% aligned 14 shared votes
12 Aye 2 No
Most different by topic
18 Aye 10 No
Energy 75% aligned 28 shared votes
17 Aye 11 No
95 Aye 47 No
Tax 80% aligned 142 shared votes
94 Aye 48 No
24 Aye 16 No
Work / Employment 93% aligned 40 shared votes
27 Aye 13 No
19 Aye 10 No
Transport 93% aligned 29 shared votes
17 Aye 12 No
23 Aye 12 No
Benefits 94% aligned 35 shared votes
23 Aye 12 No

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

Voting record

55.4%
17% below average
Rank 603 of 650
Participation
61.5%
11% below average
Rank 560 of 650
1,333
2,406 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,480
2,406 eligible divisions
761
57.1% of votes cast
Aye votes
824
55.7% of votes cast
572
42.9% of votes cast
No votes
656
44.3% of votes cast
0
0.0% 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

99
+9.0 vs Commons average
Rank 205 of 650
Appearances
81
-9.0 vs Commons average
Rank 297 of 650
142
-14.6 vs Commons average
Rank 242 of 650
Contributions
131
-25.6 vs Commons average
Rank 276 of 650

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

Financials and interests

£2,143,527
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,941,443
all imported IPSA years
£320,448
42% above average
Latest expenses
£294,489
30% above average
1
1 registered category
Registered interests
2
2 registered categories
3
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

Brexit / EU
200 of 212 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
168 of 212 votes
Trade
83 of 94 votes
#2
Migration
124 of 171 votes
Democracy / Parliament
39 of 47 votes
#3
Housing
48 of 67 votes
Cost of Living
8 of 10 votes
#4
Work / Employment
56 of 80 votes
Migration
135 of 171 votes
#5
Transport
65 of 96 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Privilege 28 Apr 2026
No
Where they voted the same
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API