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Matt Vickers vs Emily Thornberry

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

Photograph of Matt Vickers
Matt Vickers
Con Stockton West
vs
Photograph of Emily Thornberry
Emily Thornberry
Lab Islington South and Finsbury

Voting alignment

Matt Vickers and Emily Thornberry voted the same way 2% of the time, based on 807 shared comparable votes.

20 same votes 787 different votes 807 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
11 Aye 8 No
Democracy / Parliament 5% aligned 19 shared votes
7 Aye 12 No
14 Aye 9 No
NHS / Health 4% aligned 23 shared votes
10 Aye 13 No
69 Aye 32 No
Migration 3% aligned 101 shared votes
29 Aye 72 No
54 Aye 36 No
Crime / Justice 2% aligned 90 shared votes
36 Aye 54 No
38 Aye 69 No
Tax 1% aligned 107 shared votes
68 Aye 39 No
Most different by topic
20 Aye 23 No
Brexit / EU 0% aligned 43 shared votes
23 Aye 20 No
12 Aye 26 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 38 shared votes
26 Aye 12 No
10 Aye 26 No
Education 0% aligned 36 shared votes
26 Aye 10 No
10 Aye 23 No
Benefits 0% aligned 33 shared votes
23 Aye 10 No
14 Aye 19 No
Defence 0% aligned 33 shared votes
19 Aye 14 No

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

Voting record

78.5%
6% above average
Rank 229 of 649
Participation
61.8%
11% below average
Rank 559 of 649
1,302
1,658 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,469
2,376 eligible divisions
624
47.9% of votes cast
Aye votes
815
55.5% of votes cast
678
52.1% of votes cast
No votes
654
44.5% of votes cast
6
0.5% of votes cast
Against party
1
0.1% of votes cast
6 years, 9 months
Since 12 Dec 2019
Commons service
21 years, 4 months
Since 5 May 2005

Debates

99
+15.3 vs Commons average
Rank 176 of 649
Appearances
80
-3.7 vs Commons average
Rank 272 of 649
188
+42.1 vs Commons average
Rank 150 of 649
Contributions
131
-14.9 vs Commons average
Rank 237 of 649

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

Financials and interests

£1,218,799
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,941,443
all imported IPSA years
£295,321
31% above average
Latest expenses
£294,489
30% above average
4
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

Foreign Affairs
50 of 50 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
167 of 211 votes
Trade
48 of 53 votes
#2
Migration
124 of 171 votes
Brexit / EU
56 of 63 votes
#3
Housing
48 of 67 votes
Migration
136 of 154 votes
#4
Foreign Affairs
49 of 69 votes
Democracy / Parliament
36 of 41 votes
#5
Work / Employment
53 of 77 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No
Representation of the People Bill: Third Reading 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
Aye
Aye
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 67 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
Aye
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 65 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
No
Draft Trade Unions (Permissible Means of Voting) and Employment Rights (Unfair Dismissal) (Amendment) Order 2026 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
Aye
No
Draft Code of Practice on Electronic and Workplace Ballots for Statutory Trade Union Ballots 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
Aye
Aye
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 19 14 Jul 2026
No
Aye
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 199 14 Jul 2026
No
Aye
Taxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill Committee: New Clause 5 1 Jul 2026
Energy Tax Transport
No
Aye
Taxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill Committee: New Clause 4 1 Jul 2026
Energy Tax Transport
No
No
Employment Tribunals Extension of Jurisdiction (England and Wales) (Amendment) Order 2026 1 Jul 2026
Aye
Where they voted the same
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 88 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (l) 20 May 2026
No
No
Crime and Policing Bill Report Stage: Amendment 160 17 Jun 2025
Crime / Justice
No
Aye
the draft Economic Growth (Regulatory Functions) (Amendment) Order 2024 24 Apr 2024
Aye
No
Safety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) Bill Committee: Amendment 23 17 Jan 2024
Migration
No
No
Safety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) Bill Committee: Amendment 19 16 Jan 2024
Migration
No
No
Safety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) Bill Committee: Amendment 10 16 Jan 2024
Migration
No
Aye
Misuse of Drugs Act 1971 (Amendment) Order 2023 12 Sept 2023
Aye
Aye
Draft Windsor Framework (Democratic Scrutiny) Regulations 2023 22 Mar 2023
Aye
No
Motion to sit in private 16 Jan 2023
Tax
No
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Voting source Commons Votes API