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Sir Gavin Williamson vs Emily Thornberry

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

Photograph of Sir Gavin Williamson
Sir Gavin Williamson
Con Stone, Great Wyrley and Penkridge
vs
Photograph of Emily Thornberry
Emily Thornberry
Lab Islington South and Finsbury

Voting alignment

Sir Gavin Williamson and Emily Thornberry voted the same way 4% of the time, based on 1,233 shared comparable votes.

44 same votes 1,189 different votes 1,233 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
10 Aye 14 No
NHS / Health 8% aligned 24 shared votes
16 Aye 8 No
11 Aye 9 No
Democracy / Parliament 5% aligned 20 shared votes
8 Aye 12 No
57 Aye 102 No
Brexit / EU 3% aligned 159 shared votes
103 Aye 56 No
65 Aye 46 No
Crime / Justice 3% aligned 111 shared votes
45 Aye 66 No
88 Aye 34 No
Migration 2% aligned 122 shared votes
31 Aye 91 No
Most different by topic
33 Aye 22 No
Transport 0% aligned 55 shared votes
22 Aye 33 No
18 Aye 28 No
Housing 0% aligned 46 shared votes
28 Aye 18 No
15 Aye 29 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 44 shared votes
29 Aye 15 No
21 Aye 18 No
Defence 0% aligned 39 shared votes
18 Aye 21 No
13 Aye 26 No
Foreign Affairs 0% aligned 39 shared votes
26 Aye 13 No

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

Voting record

78.3%
6% above average
Rank 235 of 649
Participation
61.8%
11% below average
Rank 559 of 649
1,860
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,469
2,376 eligible divisions
889
47.8% of votes cast
Aye votes
815
55.5% of votes cast
971
52.2% of votes cast
No votes
654
44.5% of votes cast
8
0.4% of votes cast
Against party
1
0.1% of votes cast
16 years, 5 months
Since 6 May 2010
Commons service
21 years, 5 months
Since 5 May 2005

Debates

73
-10.7 vs Commons average
Rank 303 of 649
Appearances
80
-3.7 vs Commons average
Rank 272 of 649
90
-55.9 vs Commons average
Rank 371 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

£2,645,311
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,941,443
all imported IPSA years
£278,816
23% above average
Latest expenses
£294,489
30% above average
10
5 registered categories
Registered interests
2
2 registered categories
2
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
200 of 211 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
167 of 211 votes
Migration
155 of 171 votes
#2
Migration
124 of 171 votes
Transport
83 of 95 votes
#3
Housing
48 of 67 votes
Trade
78 of 91 votes
#4
Foreign Affairs
49 of 69 votes
Housing
57 of 67 votes
#5
Work / Employment
53 of 77 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No
Draft Plant Health, Seeds, Seed Potatoes and Plant Propagating Material (Amendment) (Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026 9 Sept 2026
Aye
No
Representation of the People Bill: Third Reading 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
Aye
Aye
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 67 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
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
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 Tribunals Extension of Jurisdiction (England and Wales) (Amendment) Order 2026 1 Jul 2026
Aye
Where they voted the same
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 88 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
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
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
Misuse of Drugs Act 1971 (Amendment) Order 2023 12 Sept 2023
Aye
Aye
Draft Windsor Framework (Democratic Scrutiny) Regulations 2023 22 Mar 2023
Aye
No
Public Order Bill: Amendment (a) to Lords Amendment 5 7 Mar 2023
Crime / Justice
No
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