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Sir John Whittingdale vs Emily Thornberry

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


Voting alignment

Sir John Whittingdale and Emily Thornberry voted the same way 4% of the time, based on 1,277 shared comparable votes.

45 same votes 1,232 different votes 1,277 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
12 Aye 9 No
Democracy / Parliament 5% aligned 21 shared votes
8 Aye 13 No
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
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
16 Aye 25 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 41 shared votes
25 Aye 16 No
11 Aye 28 No
Benefits 0% aligned 39 shared votes
28 Aye 11 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 187 of 649
Participation
61.8%
11% below average
Rank 559 of 649
1,913
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,469
2,376 eligible divisions
915
47.8% of votes cast
Aye votes
815
55.5% of votes cast
998
52.2% of votes cast
No votes
654
44.5% of votes cast
12
0.6% of votes cast
Against party
1
0.1% of votes cast
34 years, 5 months
Since 9 Apr 1992
Commons service
21 years, 5 months
Since 5 May 2005

Debates

78
-5.7 vs Commons average
Rank 281 of 649
Appearances
80
-3.7 vs Commons average
Rank 272 of 649
112
-33.9 vs Commons average
Rank 301 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

£2,404,047
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
9
5 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
157 of 171 votes
#2
Migration
124 of 171 votes
Trade
82 of 91 votes
#3
Housing
48 of 67 votes
#4
Foreign Affairs
49 of 69 votes
Defence
59 of 71 votes
#5
Work / Employment
53 of 77 votes

Recent voting overlap

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