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Rachael Maskell vs Emily Thornberry

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


Voting alignment

Rachael Maskell and Emily Thornberry voted the same way 98% of the time, based on 1,434 shared comparable votes.

1,406 same votes 28 different votes 1,434 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
121 Aye 75 No
Tax 100% aligned 196 shared votes
121 Aye 75 No
33 Aye 91 No
Migration 100% aligned 124 shared votes
33 Aye 91 No
28 Aye 38 No
Transport 100% aligned 66 shared votes
28 Aye 38 No
43 Aye 17 No
Education 100% aligned 60 shared votes
43 Aye 17 No
34 Aye 21 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 55 shared votes
34 Aye 21 No
Most different by topic
34 Aye 12 No
Benefits 96% aligned 46 shared votes
34 Aye 12 No
17 Aye 17 No
NHS / Health 97% aligned 34 shared votes
18 Aye 16 No
27 Aye 18 No
Housing 98% aligned 45 shared votes
26 Aye 19 No
32 Aye 15 No
Foreign Affairs 98% aligned 47 shared votes
33 Aye 14 No
106 Aye 61 No
Brexit / EU 98% aligned 167 shared votes
109 Aye 58 No

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

Voting record

84.0%
12% above average
Rank 113 of 650
Participation
61.7%
11% below average
Rank 557 of 650
2,030
2,417 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,491
2,417 eligible divisions
1,100
54.2% of votes cast
Aye votes
832
55.8% of votes cast
930
45.8% of votes cast
No votes
659
44.2% of votes cast
47
2.3% of votes cast
Against party
1
0.1% of votes cast
11 years, 6 months
Since 7 May 2015
Commons service
21 years, 6 months
Since 5 May 2005

Debates

266
+171.5 vs Commons average
Rank 11 of 650
Appearances
87
-7.5 vs Commons average
Rank 280 of 650
324
+159.4 vs Commons average
Rank 67 of 650
Contributions
123
-41.6 vs Commons average
Rank 318 of 650

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

Financials and interests

£1,927,153
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,941,443
all imported IPSA years
£256,869
14% above average
Latest expenses
£294,489
30% above average
2
2 registered categories
Registered interests
3
3 registered categories
9
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

Education
91 of 96 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
168 of 212 votes
Foreign Affairs
77 of 82 votes
#2
Migration
124 of 171 votes
Environment / Climate
46 of 49 votes
#3
Housing
48 of 67 votes
Work / Employment
75 of 80 votes
#4
Work / Employment
56 of 80 votes
Transport
91 of 98 votes
#5
Transport
67 of 98 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Where they voted the same
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API