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Paul Holmes vs Emily Thornberry

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

Photograph of Paul Holmes
Paul Holmes
Con Hamble Valley
vs
Photograph of Emily Thornberry
Emily Thornberry
Lab Islington South and Finsbury

Voting alignment

Paul Holmes and Emily Thornberry voted the same way 3% of the time, based on 811 shared comparable votes.

27 same votes 784 different votes 811 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
14 Aye 9 No
NHS / Health 9% aligned 23 shared votes
11 Aye 12 No
79 Aye 28 No
Migration 2% aligned 107 shared votes
26 Aye 81 No
47 Aye 41 No
Crime / Justice 1% aligned 88 shared votes
40 Aye 48 No
35 Aye 62 No
Tax 1% aligned 97 shared votes
61 Aye 36 No
21 Aye 24 No
Brexit / EU 0% aligned 45 shared votes
24 Aye 21 No
Most different by topic
21 Aye 24 No
Brexit / EU 0% aligned 45 shared votes
24 Aye 21 No
13 Aye 28 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 41 shared votes
28 Aye 13 No
17 Aye 20 No
Defence 0% aligned 37 shared votes
20 Aye 17 No
19 Aye 12 No
Trade 0% aligned 31 shared votes
12 Aye 19 No
25 Aye 6 No
Transport 0% aligned 31 shared votes
6 Aye 25 No

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

Voting record

85.2 %
13 % above average
Rank 94 of 649
Participation
61.9 %
11 % below average
Rank 556 of 649
1,396
1,638 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,459
2,356 eligible divisions
692
49.6 % of votes cast
Aye votes
811
55.6 % of votes cast
704
50.4 % of votes cast
No votes
648
44.4 % of votes cast
4
0.3 % of votes cast
Against party
1
0.1 % of votes cast
6 years, 7 months
Since 12 Dec 2019
Commons service
21 years, 2 months
Since 5 May 2005

Debates

98
+22.3 vs Commons average
Rank 143 of 649
Appearances
74
-1.7 vs Commons average
Rank 259 of 649
380
+245.5 vs Commons average
Rank 33 of 649
Contributions
114
-20.5 vs Commons average
Rank 246 of 649

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

Financials and interests

£1,091,272
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,941,443
all imported IPSA years
£234,722
4 % above average
Latest expenses
£294,489
30 % above average
4
3 registered categories
Registered interests
2
2 registered categories
3
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

Brexit / EU
63 of 63 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
167 of 211 votes
Foreign Affairs
50 of 50 votes
#2
Housing
48 of 66 votes
Trade
50 of 51 votes
#3
Migration
124 of 171 votes
Environment / Climate
42 of 44 votes
#4
Foreign Affairs
49 of 69 votes
Work / Employment
62 of 65 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
No
Railways Bill: Third Reading 10 Jun 2026
Transport
Aye
Aye
Railways Bill Remaining Stages: Amendment 148 10 Jun 2026
Transport
No
Aye
Railways Bill Remaining Stages: Amendment 143 10 Jun 2026
Transport
No
Aye
Steel Industry (Nationalisation) Bill Committee: New Clause 4 9 Jun 2026
No
Aye
Steel Industry (Nationalisation) Bill Committee: New Clause 12 9 Jun 2026
No
Aye
Steel Industry (Nationalisation) Bill Committee: Amendment 20 9 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
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
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
Aye
Privilege Motion 19 Jun 2023
Aye
Aye
Draft Windsor Framework (Democratic Scrutiny) Regulations 2023 22 Mar 2023
Aye
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