Compare

Sir John Whittingdale vs Emily Thornberry

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

Photograph of Sir John Whittingdale
Sir John Whittingdale
Con Maldon
vs
Photograph of Emily Thornberry
Emily Thornberry
Lab Islington South and Finsbury

Voting alignment

Sir John Whittingdale and Emily Thornberry voted the same way 3% of the time, based on 1,268 shared comparable votes.

44 same votes 1,224 different votes 1,268 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
54 Aye 108 No
Brexit / EU 4% aligned 162 shared votes
107 Aye 55 No
15 Aye 16 No
NHS / Health 3% aligned 31 shared votes
17 Aye 14 No
57 Aye 51 No
Crime / Justice 3% aligned 108 shared votes
50 Aye 58 No
86 Aye 34 No
Migration 3% aligned 120 shared votes
31 Aye 89 No
15 Aye 39 No
Education 2% aligned 54 shared votes
40 Aye 14 No
Most different by topic
30 Aye 20 No
Transport 0% aligned 50 shared votes
20 Aye 30 No
15 Aye 32 No
Foreign Affairs 0% aligned 47 shared votes
32 Aye 15 No
23 Aye 20 No
Defence 0% aligned 43 shared votes
20 Aye 23 No
11 Aye 28 No
Benefits 0% aligned 39 shared votes
28 Aye 11 No
18 Aye 21 No
Housing 0% aligned 39 shared votes
21 Aye 18 No

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

Voting record

80.5 %
8 % above average
Rank 189 of 649
Participation
62.0 %
11 % below average
Rank 555 of 649
1,896
2,354 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,459
2,354 eligible divisions
905
47.7 % of votes cast
Aye votes
811
55.6 % of votes cast
991
52.3 % of votes cast
No votes
648
44.4 % of votes cast
12
0.6 % of votes cast
Against party
1
0.1 % of votes cast
34 years, 3 months
Since 9 Apr 1992
Commons service
21 years, 2 months
Since 5 May 2005

Debates

73
-2.1 vs Commons average
Rank 262 of 649
Appearances
74
-1.1 vs Commons average
Rank 254 of 649
104
-29.3 vs Commons average
Rank 282 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

£2,404,047
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,941,443
all imported IPSA years
£243,709
8 % above average
Latest expenses
£294,489
30 % above average
10
6 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
204 of 211 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
167 of 211 votes
Migration
156 of 169 votes
#2
Migration
124 of 169 votes
Trade
80 of 89 votes
#3
Housing
48 of 66 votes
Devolution / Local Government
57 of 66 votes
#4
Foreign Affairs
49 of 69 votes
Defence
59 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
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
Aye
National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: New Clause 3 17 Jun 2026
Defence
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
No
National Security (State Threats) Bill: Allocation of Time motion 17 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
Aye
Cyber Security and Resilience (Network and Information Systems) Bill Remaining Stages: Amendment 3 16 Jun 2026
No
Where they voted the same
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (l) 20 May 2026
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
Draft Windsor Framework (Enforcement etc.) Regulations 2023 13 Sep 2023
Aye
Aye
Committee on Standards Motion 6 Jun 2023
Aye
Aye
Draft Windsor Framework (Democratic Scrutiny) Regulations 2023 22 Mar 2023
Aye
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Voting source Commons Votes API