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Sir James Cleverly vs Emily Thornberry

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

Photograph of Sir James Cleverly
Sir James Cleverly
Con Braintree
vs
Photograph of Emily Thornberry
Emily Thornberry
Lab Islington South and Finsbury

Voting alignment

Sir James Cleverly and Emily Thornberry voted the same way 4% of the time, based on 1,109 shared comparable votes.

41 same votes 1,068 different votes 1,109 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
53 Aye 100 No
Brexit / EU 5% aligned 153 shared votes
102 Aye 51 No
12 Aye 9 No
Democracy / Parliament 5% aligned 21 shared votes
8 Aye 13 No
51 Aye 24 No
Migration 4% aligned 75 shared votes
21 Aye 54 No
15 Aye 11 No
NHS / Health 4% aligned 26 shared votes
12 Aye 14 No
12 Aye 23 No
Education 3% aligned 35 shared votes
24 Aye 11 No
Most different by topic
54 Aye 102 No
Tax 0% aligned 156 shared votes
102 Aye 54 No
32 Aye 21 No
Transport 0% aligned 53 shared votes
21 Aye 32 No
15 Aye 27 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 42 shared votes
27 Aye 15 No
11 Aye 27 No
Foreign Affairs 0% aligned 38 shared votes
27 Aye 11 No
17 Aye 20 No
Housing 0% aligned 37 shared votes
20 Aye 17 No

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

Voting record

69.7%
3% below average
Rank 434 of 649
Participation
61.8%
11% below average
Rank 559 of 649
1,656
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,469
2,376 eligible divisions
777
46.9% of votes cast
Aye votes
815
55.5% of votes cast
879
53.1% of votes cast
No votes
654
44.5% of votes cast
1
0.1% of votes cast
Against party
1
0.1% of votes cast
11 years, 5 months
Since 7 May 2015
Commons service
21 years, 5 months
Since 5 May 2005

Debates

44
-39.6 vs Commons average
Rank 487 of 650
Appearances
80
-3.6 vs Commons average
Rank 272 of 650
90
-55.7 vs Commons average
Rank 372 of 650
Contributions
131
-14.7 vs Commons average
Rank 237 of 650

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

Financials and interests

£2,020,933
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,941,443
all imported IPSA years
£266,795
18% above average
Latest expenses
£294,489
30% above average
5
3 registered categories
Registered interests
2
2 registered categories
3
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
191 of 211 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
167 of 211 votes
Transport
79 of 95 votes
#2
Migration
124 of 171 votes
Trade
73 of 91 votes
#3
Housing
48 of 67 votes
Environment / Climate
37 of 48 votes
#4
Foreign Affairs
49 of 69 votes
Foreign Affairs
52 of 69 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
Aye
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 65 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
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 Tribunal (Extension of Time Limits) (Miscellaneous Amendments and Transitional Provisions) Regulations 2026 1 Jul 2026
Aye
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
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
Draft Windsor Framework (Democratic Scrutiny) Regulations 2023 22 Mar 2023
Aye
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
Aye
Health Regulations (Face Coverings) SI No 1400 14 Dec 2021
Aye
Aye
Adjournment (Conference, November and Christmas) 23 Jun 2021
Aye
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Voting source Commons Votes API