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Sir Stephen Timms vs Emily Thornberry

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


Voting alignment

Sir Stephen Timms and Emily Thornberry voted the same way 99% of the time, based on 1,357 shared comparable votes.

1,344 same votes 13 different votes 1,357 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
111 Aye 71 No
Tax 100% aligned 182 shared votes
111 Aye 71 No
55 Aye 69 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 124 shared votes
55 Aye 69 No
33 Aye 91 No
Migration 100% aligned 124 shared votes
33 Aye 91 No
25 Aye 35 No
Transport 100% aligned 60 shared votes
25 Aye 35 No
42 Aye 15 No
Education 100% aligned 57 shared votes
42 Aye 15 No
Most different by topic
105 Aye 61 No
Brexit / EU 98% aligned 166 shared votes
108 Aye 58 No
30 Aye 30 No
Trade 98% aligned 60 shared votes
29 Aye 31 No
111 Aye 71 No
Tax 100% aligned 182 shared votes
111 Aye 71 No
55 Aye 69 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 124 shared votes
55 Aye 69 No
33 Aye 91 No
Migration 100% aligned 124 shared votes
33 Aye 91 No

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

Voting record

78.5%
6% above average
Rank 231 of 650
Participation
61.5%
11% below average
Rank 560 of 650
1,884
2,401 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,476
2,401 eligible divisions
1,031
54.7% of votes cast
Aye votes
820
55.6% of votes cast
853
45.3% of votes cast
No votes
656
44.4% of votes cast
14
0.7% of votes cast
Against party
1
0.1% of votes cast
32 years, 4 months
Since 9 Jun 1994
Commons service
21 years, 5 months
Since 5 May 2005

Debates

60
-27.2 vs Commons average
Rank 397 of 650
Appearances
81
-6.2 vs Commons average
Rank 283 of 650
223
+71.0 vs Commons average
Rank 122 of 650
Contributions
131
-21.0 vs Commons average
Rank 255 of 650

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

Financials and interests

£2,605,766
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,941,443
all imported IPSA years
£272,963
21% above average
Latest expenses
£294,489
30% above average
3
1 registered category
Registered interests
2
2 registered categories
8
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

Foreign Affairs
71 of 76 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
167 of 211 votes
Defence
64 of 71 votes
#2
Migration
124 of 171 votes
Migration
154 of 171 votes
#3
Housing
48 of 67 votes
Environment / Climate
44 of 49 votes
#4
Work / Employment
56 of 80 votes
Brexit / EU
186 of 211 votes
#5
Transport
64 of 95 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No rebel
Closure motion 16 May 2025
Aye
Where they voted the same
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API