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Sammy Wilson vs Emily Thornberry

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


Voting alignment

Sammy Wilson and Emily Thornberry voted the same way 23% of the time, based on 982 shared comparable votes.

229 same votes 753 different votes 982 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 10 No
Defence 52% aligned 27 shared votes
12 Aye 15 No
9 Aye 9 No
Environment / Climate 50% aligned 18 shared votes
14 Aye 4 No
14 Aye 16 No
Benefits 40% aligned 30 shared votes
22 Aye 8 No
56 Aye 38 No
Crime / Justice 39% aligned 94 shared votes
43 Aye 51 No
41 Aye 23 No
Migration 39% aligned 64 shared votes
16 Aye 48 No
Most different by topic
11 Aye 18 No
Work / Employment 7% aligned 29 shared votes
20 Aye 9 No
15 Aye 10 No
Energy 8% aligned 25 shared votes
12 Aye 13 No
54 Aye 102 No
Brexit / EU 12% aligned 156 shared votes
102 Aye 54 No
9 Aye 6 No
Democracy / Parliament 13% aligned 15 shared votes
6 Aye 9 No
8 Aye 7 No
NHS / Health 13% aligned 15 shared votes
9 Aye 6 No

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

Voting record

62.0%
11% below average
Rank 558 of 649
Participation
61.8%
11% below average
Rank 559 of 649
1,472
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,469
2,376 eligible divisions
732
49.7% of votes cast
Aye votes
815
55.5% of votes cast
740
50.3% of votes cast
No votes
654
44.5% of votes cast
11
0.7% of votes cast
Against party
1
0.1% of votes cast
21 years, 5 months
Since 5 May 2005
Commons service
21 years, 5 months
Since 5 May 2005

Debates

111
+26.2 vs Commons average
Rank 139 of 650
Appearances
81
-3.8 vs Commons average
Rank 275 of 650
160
+12.3 vs Commons average
Rank 191 of 650
Contributions
132
-15.7 vs Commons average
Rank 239 of 650

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

Financials and interests

£2,714,557
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,941,443
all imported IPSA years
£250,082
11% above average
Latest expenses
£294,489
30% above average
2
2 registered categories
Registered interests
2
2 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

Brexit / EU
195 of 211 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
167 of 211 votes
Foreign Affairs
63 of 69 votes
#2
Migration
124 of 171 votes
Trade
70 of 91 votes
#3
Housing
48 of 67 votes
Defence
50 of 71 votes
#4
Foreign Affairs
49 of 69 votes
Energy
47 of 70 votes
#5
Work / Employment
53 of 77 votes

Recent voting overlap

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