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Luke Murphy vs Emily Thornberry

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

Photograph of Luke Murphy
Luke Murphy
Lab Basingstoke
vs
Photograph of Emily Thornberry
Emily Thornberry
Lab Islington South and Finsbury

Voting alignment

Luke Murphy and Emily Thornberry voted the same way 100% of the time, based on 237 shared comparable votes.

237 same votes 0 different votes 237 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
30 Aye 30 No
Tax 100% aligned 60 shared votes
30 Aye 30 No
16 Aye 10 No
Education 100% aligned 26 shared votes
16 Aye 10 No
13 Aye 7 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 20 shared votes
13 Aye 7 No
5 Aye 14 No
Transport 100% aligned 19 shared votes
5 Aye 14 No
18 Aye 1 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 19 shared votes
18 Aye 1 No
Most different by topic
30 Aye 30 No
Tax 100% aligned 60 shared votes
30 Aye 30 No
16 Aye 10 No
Education 100% aligned 26 shared votes
16 Aye 10 No
13 Aye 7 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 20 shared votes
13 Aye 7 No
5 Aye 14 No
Transport 100% aligned 19 shared votes
5 Aye 14 No
18 Aye 1 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 19 shared votes
18 Aye 1 No

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

Voting record

80.0%
7% above average
Rank 195 of 649
Participation
61.8%
11% below average
Rank 559 of 649
472
590 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,469
2,376 eligible divisions
236
50.0% of votes cast
Aye votes
815
55.5% of votes cast
236
50.0% 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

69
-15.8 vs Commons average
Rank 328 of 650
Appearances
81
-3.8 vs Commons average
Rank 275 of 650
102
-45.7 vs Commons average
Rank 333 of 650
Contributions
132
-15.7 vs Commons average
Rank 239 of 650

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

Financials and interests

£198,590
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,941,443
all imported IPSA years
£198,590
12% below average
Latest expenses
£294,489
30% above average
1
1 registered category
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

Defence
34 of 34 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
167 of 211 votes
Transport
29 of 29 votes
#2
Migration
124 of 171 votes
Digital / Online Safety
11 of 11 votes
#3
Housing
48 of 67 votes
Education
48 of 50 votes
#4
Foreign Affairs
49 of 69 votes
Migration
12 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
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
No
Taxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill Committee: New Clause 4 1 Jul 2026
Energy Tax Transport
No
No
Taxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill Committee: New Clause 2 1 Jul 2026
Energy Tax Transport
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
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API