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Rishi Sunak vs Emily Thornberry

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

Photograph of Rishi Sunak
Rishi Sunak
Con Richmond and Northallerton
vs
Photograph of Emily Thornberry
Emily Thornberry
Lab Islington South and Finsbury

Voting alignment

Rishi Sunak and Emily Thornberry voted the same way 5% of the time, based on 715 shared comparable votes.

37 same votes 678 different votes 715 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
6 Aye 8 No
NHS / Health 14% aligned 14 shared votes
10 Aye 4 No
21 Aye 11 No
Migration 6% aligned 32 shared votes
9 Aye 23 No
7 Aye 16 No
Education 4% aligned 23 shared votes
17 Aye 6 No
43 Aye 91 No
Brexit / EU 4% aligned 134 shared votes
94 Aye 40 No
27 Aye 22 No
Trade 2% aligned 49 shared votes
23 Aye 26 No
Most different by topic
22 Aye 18 No
Transport 0% aligned 40 shared votes
18 Aye 22 No
10 Aye 26 No
Foreign Affairs 0% aligned 36 shared votes
26 Aye 10 No
9 Aye 11 No
Energy 0% aligned 20 shared votes
11 Aye 9 No
7 Aye 10 No
Defence 0% aligned 17 shared votes
10 Aye 7 No
11 Aye 4 No
Housing 0% aligned 15 shared votes
4 Aye 11 No

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

Voting record

42.3%
30% below average
Rank 631 of 649
Participation
61.8%
11% below average
Rank 559 of 649
1,005
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,469
2,376 eligible divisions
454
45.2% of votes cast
Aye votes
815
55.5% of votes cast
551
54.8% of votes cast
No votes
654
44.5% of votes cast
4
0.4% of votes cast
Against party
1
0.1% of votes cast
11 years, 4 months
Since 7 May 2015
Commons service
21 years, 4 months
Since 5 May 2005

Debates

43
-40.7 vs Commons average
Rank 489 of 649
Appearances
80
-3.7 vs Commons average
Rank 272 of 649
52
-93.9 vs Commons average
Rank 502 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

£1,536,845
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,941,443
all imported IPSA years
£166,813
26% below average
Latest expenses
£294,489
30% above average
15
5 registered categories
Registered interests
2
2 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

Brexit / EU
167 of 211 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
167 of 211 votes
Foreign Affairs
47 of 69 votes
#2
Migration
124 of 171 votes
Trade
61 of 91 votes
#3
Housing
48 of 67 votes
Transport
52 of 95 votes
#4
Foreign Affairs
49 of 69 votes
Environment / Climate
20 of 48 votes
#5
Work / Employment
53 of 77 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
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
Opposition Day: Rural communities 7 Jan 2026
No
No
Universal Credit and Personal Independent Payment Bill: Second Reading 1 Jul 2025
Benefits
Aye
Aye
Opposition day: Winter Fuel Payment 10 Sept 2024
No
Aye
Social Fund Winter Fuel Payment Regulations 2024 (SI, 2024, No. 869): motion to annul 10 Sept 2024
No
Aye
King's Speech (Motion for an Address): Amendment (l) 23 Jul 2024
No
Aye
Safety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 3J 22 Apr 2024
Migration
No
Where they voted the same
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Third Reading 20 Jun 2025
Aye
Aye
Tobacco and Vapes Bill: Third Reading 26 Mar 2025
NHS / Health
Aye
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading 29 Nov 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 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 Sept 2023
Aye
Aye
Draft Windsor Framework (Democratic Scrutiny) Regulations 2023 22 Mar 2023
Aye
Aye
Adjournment (Conference, November and Christmas) 23 Jun 2021
Aye
Aye
Proceedings during the pandemic 16 Jun 2021
Aye
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