Compare

Sir Geoffrey Cox vs Emily Thornberry

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

Photograph of Sir Geoffrey Cox
Sir Geoffrey Cox
Con Torridge and Tavistock
vs
Photograph of Emily Thornberry
Emily Thornberry
Lab Islington South and Finsbury

Voting alignment

Sir Geoffrey Cox and Emily Thornberry voted the same way 3% of the time, based on 1,061 shared comparable votes.

36 same votes 1,025 different votes 1,061 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
9 Aye 15 No
NHS / Health 4% aligned 24 shared votes
16 Aye 8 No
69 Aye 34 No
Migration 4% aligned 103 shared votes
30 Aye 73 No
49 Aye 89 No
Brexit / EU 4% aligned 138 shared votes
92 Aye 46 No
9 Aye 32 No
Education 2% aligned 41 shared votes
33 Aye 8 No
31 Aye 17 No
Trade 2% aligned 48 shared votes
18 Aye 30 No
Most different by topic
26 Aye 19 No
Transport 0% aligned 45 shared votes
19 Aye 26 No
19 Aye 17 No
Defence 0% aligned 36 shared votes
17 Aye 19 No
10 Aye 23 No
Benefits 0% aligned 33 shared votes
23 Aye 10 No
18 Aye 15 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 33 shared votes
15 Aye 18 No
16 Aye 12 No
Housing 0% aligned 28 shared votes
12 Aye 16 No

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

Voting record

66.2 %
6 % below average
Rank 500 of 649
Participation
62.0 %
11 % below average
Rank 555 of 649
1,558
2,354 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,459
2,354 eligible divisions
731
46.9 % of votes cast
Aye votes
811
55.6 % of votes cast
827
53.1 % of votes cast
No votes
648
44.4 % of votes cast
5
0.3 % of votes cast
Against party
1
0.1 % of votes cast
21 years, 2 months
Since 5 May 2005
Commons service
21 years, 2 months
Since 5 May 2005

Debates

6
-69.1 vs Commons average
Rank 624 of 649
Appearances
74
-1.1 vs Commons average
Rank 254 of 649
11
-122.3 vs Commons average
Rank 615 of 649
Contributions
114
-19.3 vs Commons average
Rank 243 of 649

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

Financials and interests

£2,716,834
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,941,443
all imported IPSA years
£264,705
17 % above average
Latest expenses
£294,489
30 % above average
13
3 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
173 of 211 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
167 of 211 votes
Trade
72 of 89 votes
#2
Migration
124 of 169 votes
Digital / Online Safety
48 of 60 votes
#3
Housing
48 of 66 votes
Migration
125 of 169 votes
#4
Foreign Affairs
49 of 69 votes
Defence
52 of 71 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
Aye
National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: Amendment 13 17 Jun 2026
Defence
No
Aye
National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: Amendment 8 17 Jun 2026
Defence
No
Aye
National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: Amendment 3 17 Jun 2026
Defence
No
Aye
Railways Bill Remaining Stages: Amendment 143 10 Jun 2026
Transport
No
Aye
Steel Industry (Nationalisation) Bill Committee: New Clause 12 9 Jun 2026
No
Aye
Armed Forces Bill Committee: New Clause 6 2 Jun 2026
Defence
No
Aye
Armed Forces Bill Committee: New Clause 5 2 Jun 2026
Defence
No
Aye
Armed Forces Bill Committee: New Clause 2 2 Jun 2026
Defence
No
Where they voted the same
No
Crime and Policing Bill Report Stage: Amendment 160 17 Jun 2025
Crime / Justice
No
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
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
No
Motion to sit in private 16 Jan 2023
Tax
No
Aye
draft Health and Social Care Act 2008 (Regulated Activities) (Amendment) (Coronavirus) (No.2) Regulations 2021 14 Dec 2021
Aye
Aye
Health Protection (Entry to venues etc) SI No 1416 14 Dec 2021
Aye
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API