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Lewis Atkinson vs Emily Thornberry

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

Photograph of Lewis Atkinson
Lewis Atkinson
Lab Sunderland Central
vs
Photograph of Emily Thornberry
Emily Thornberry
Lab Islington South and Finsbury

Voting alignment

Lewis Atkinson and Emily Thornberry voted the same way 100% of the time, based on 272 shared comparable votes.

272 same votes 0 different votes 272 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
29 Aye 27 No
Tax 100% aligned 56 shared votes
29 Aye 27 No
13 Aye 16 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 29 shared votes
13 Aye 16 No
16 Aye 10 No
Education 100% aligned 26 shared votes
16 Aye 10 No
25 Aye 0 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 25 shared votes
25 Aye 0 No
16 Aye 4 No
Housing 100% aligned 20 shared votes
16 Aye 4 No
Most different by topic
29 Aye 27 No
Tax 100% aligned 56 shared votes
29 Aye 27 No
13 Aye 16 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 29 shared votes
13 Aye 16 No
16 Aye 10 No
Education 100% aligned 26 shared votes
16 Aye 10 No
25 Aye 0 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 25 shared votes
25 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

88.8%
16% above average
Rank 30 of 649
Participation
61.8%
11% below average
Rank 559 of 649
524
590 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,469
2,376 eligible divisions
263
50.2% of votes cast
Aye votes
815
55.5% of votes cast
261
49.8% 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

78
-5.7 vs Commons average
Rank 283 of 650
Appearances
80
-3.7 vs Commons average
Rank 272 of 650
111
-34.9 vs Commons average
Rank 311 of 650
Contributions
131
-14.9 vs Commons average
Rank 237 of 650

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

Financials and interests

£221,126
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,941,443
all imported IPSA years
£221,126
2% below average
Latest expenses
£294,489
30% above average
3
2 registered categories
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
Devolution / Local Government
24 of 24 votes
#2
Migration
124 of 171 votes
Energy
20 of 20 votes
#3
Housing
48 of 67 votes
Democracy / Parliament
14 of 14 votes
#4
Foreign Affairs
49 of 69 votes
Migration
13 of 13 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
Representation of the People Bill: Third Reading 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
Aye
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 88 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 67 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 65 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
Aye
Draft Trade Unions (Permissible Means of Voting) and Employment Rights (Unfair Dismissal) (Amendment) Order 2026 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
Aye
Aye
Draft Code of Practice on Electronic and Workplace Ballots for Statutory Trade Union Ballots 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
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
Taxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill Committee: New Clause 5 1 Jul 2026
Energy Tax Transport
No
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API