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Mike Wood vs Emily Thornberry

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

Photograph of Mike Wood
Mike Wood
Con Kingswinford and South Staffordshire
vs
Photograph of Emily Thornberry
Emily Thornberry
Lab Islington South and Finsbury

Voting alignment

Mike Wood and Emily Thornberry voted the same way 3% of the time, based on 1,235 shared comparable votes.

36 same votes 1,199 different votes 1,235 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
17 Aye 15 No
NHS / Health 6% aligned 32 shared votes
17 Aye 15 No
83 Aye 31 No
Migration 3% aligned 114 shared votes
28 Aye 86 No
16 Aye 31 No
Foreign Affairs 2% aligned 47 shared votes
32 Aye 15 No
55 Aye 88 No
Brexit / EU 2% aligned 143 shared votes
87 Aye 56 No
15 Aye 38 No
Education 2% aligned 53 shared votes
39 Aye 14 No
Most different by topic
61 Aye 105 No
Tax 0% aligned 166 shared votes
105 Aye 61 No
30 Aye 26 No
Trade 0% aligned 56 shared votes
26 Aye 30 No
30 Aye 20 No
Transport 0% aligned 50 shared votes
20 Aye 30 No
23 Aye 21 No
Defence 0% aligned 44 shared votes
21 Aye 23 No
17 Aye 25 No
Housing 0% aligned 42 shared votes
25 Aye 17 No

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

Voting record

86.6 %
14 % above average
Rank 67 of 649
Participation
62.0 %
11 % below average
Rank 555 of 649
2,038
2,354 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,459
2,354 eligible divisions
979
48.0 % of votes cast
Aye votes
811
55.6 % of votes cast
1,059
52.0 % of votes cast
No votes
648
44.4 % of votes cast
8
0.4 % of votes cast
Against party
1
0.1 % of votes cast
11 years, 2 months
Since 7 May 2015
Commons service
21 years, 2 months
Since 5 May 2005

Debates

106
+30.9 vs Commons average
Rank 124 of 649
Appearances
74
-1.1 vs Commons average
Rank 254 of 649
140
+6.7 vs Commons average
Rank 188 of 649
Contributions
114
-19.3 vs Commons average
Rank 243 of 649

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

Financials and interests

£2,040,385
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,941,443
all imported IPSA years
£275,907
22 % above average
Latest expenses
£294,489
30 % above average
0
0 registered categories
Registered interests
2
2 registered categories
5
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
67 of 69 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
167 of 211 votes
Migration
162 of 169 votes
#2
Migration
124 of 169 votes
Trade
84 of 89 votes
#3
Housing
48 of 66 votes
Defence
67 of 71 votes
#4
Foreign Affairs
49 of 69 votes
Housing
60 of 66 votes
#5
Work / Employment
51 of 75 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
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 Tribunal (Extension of Time Limits) (Miscellaneous Amendments and Transitional Provisions) Regulations 2026 1 Jul 2026
Aye
No
Employment Tribunals Extension of Jurisdiction (England and Wales) (Amendment) Order 2026 1 Jul 2026
Aye
Aye
National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: New Clause 3 17 Jun 2026
Defence
No
Aye
National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: Amendment 13 17 Jun 2026
Defence
No
Aye
National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: Amendment 8 17 Jun 2026
Defence
No
Aye
National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: Amendment 3 17 Jun 2026
Defence
No
No
National Security (State Threats) Bill: Allocation of Time motion 17 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
Aye
Cyber Security and Resilience (Network and Information Systems) Bill Remaining Stages: Amendment 3 16 Jun 2026
No
Where they voted the same
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
Tobacco and Vapes Bill: Third Reading 26 Mar 2025
NHS / Health
Aye
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
Draft Equality Act 2010 (Amendment) Regulations 2023 13 Dec 2023
Aye
Aye
Draft Windsor Framework (Enforcement etc.) Regulations 2023 13 Sep 2023
Aye
Aye
Misuse of Drugs Act 1971 (Amendment) Order 2023 12 Sep 2023
Aye
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