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Mr Paul Foster vs Emily Thornberry

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


Voting alignment

Mr Paul Foster and Emily Thornberry voted the same way 98% of the time, based on 267 shared comparable votes.

261 same votes 6 different votes 267 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
33 Aye 18 No
Tax 100% aligned 51 shared votes
33 Aye 18 No
28 Aye 1 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 29 shared votes
28 Aye 1 No
13 Aye 12 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 25 shared votes
13 Aye 12 No
15 Aye 8 No
Education 100% aligned 23 shared votes
15 Aye 8 No
8 Aye 14 No
Transport 100% aligned 22 shared votes
8 Aye 14 No
Most different by topic
33 Aye 18 No
Tax 100% aligned 51 shared votes
33 Aye 18 No
28 Aye 1 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 29 shared votes
28 Aye 1 No
13 Aye 12 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 25 shared votes
13 Aye 12 No
15 Aye 8 No
Education 100% aligned 23 shared votes
15 Aye 8 No
8 Aye 14 No
Transport 100% aligned 22 shared votes
8 Aye 14 No

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

Voting record

82.2%
10% above average
Rank 148 of 650
Participation
61.6%
11% below average
Rank 557 of 650
523
636 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,491
2,422 eligible divisions
263
50.3% of votes cast
Aye votes
832
55.8% of votes cast
260
49.7% of votes cast
No votes
659
44.2% of votes cast
8
1.5% of votes cast
Against party
1
0.1% of votes cast
2 years, 4 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
21 years, 6 months
Since 5 May 2005

Debates

53
-42.9 vs Commons average
Rank 472 of 650
Appearances
87
-8.9 vs Commons average
Rank 289 of 650
92
-75.1 vs Commons average
Rank 417 of 650
Contributions
123
-44.1 vs Commons average
Rank 325 of 650

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

Financials and interests

£194,848
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,941,443
all imported IPSA years
£194,848
14% below average
Latest expenses
£294,489
30% above average
13
5 registered categories
Registered interests
3
3 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

Work / Employment
42 of 42 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
168 of 212 votes
Energy
20 of 20 votes
#2
Migration
124 of 171 votes
Democracy / Parliament
14 of 14 votes
#3
Housing
48 of 68 votes
NHS / Health
11 of 11 votes
#4
Work / Employment
56 of 80 votes
Transport
31 of 32 votes
#5
Transport
67 of 98 votes
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API