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Emily Thornberry
Labour MP for Islington South and Finsbury
- Entered Parliament on 5 May 2005 — General election
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- Voting record
- Topics of interest
- Most recent appearances
- Numerology
- Register of Members’ Interests
- Expenses
Voting record (from PublicWhip)
How Emily Thornberry voted on key issues:
- Voted strongly against increasing the rate of VAT. votes
- Voted very strongly for equal gay rights. votes
- Voted a mixture of for and against laws to stop climate change. votes
- Voted a mixture of for and against a transparent Parliament. votes
- Voted moderately for more EU integration. votes
- Voted very strongly for introducing ID cards. votes
- Voted for removing hereditary peers from the House of Lords. votes
- Voted very strongly for a wholly elected House of Lords. votes
- Voted moderately for automatic enrolment in occupational pensions. votes
- Voted a mixture of for and against encouraging occupational pensions. votes
- Voted moderately against greater autonomy for schools. votes
- Voted very strongly for a stricter asylum system. votes
- Has never voted on a more proportional system for electing MPs. votes
- Voted moderately for allowing ministers to intervene in inquests. votes
- Voted against replacing Trident. votes
- Voted strongly against an investigation into the Iraq war. votes
- Voted strongly for Labour's anti-terrorism laws. votes
- Voted moderately against a smoking ban. votes
- Voted very strongly against university tuition fees. votes
- Voted against raising England’s undergraduate tuition fee cap to £9,000 per year. votes
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More on well-known issues (from the Guardian) & their full record
- Occasionally rebels against their party in this parliament.
Topics of interest
Asks most questions about
- Departments: Health, Attorney-General, Home Department, Transport, Communities and Local Government
- Subjects (based on headings added by Hansard): Departmental Policies, Cord Blood, Crown Prosecution Service, Serious Fraud Office, Stem Cells: Medical Treatments
(based on written questions asked by Emily Thornberry and answered by departments)
Public Bill Committees (sittings attended)
- Health and Social Care Bill Committee (40 out of 40)
- Energy Bill Committee (11 out of 12)
- Children, Schools and Families Bill Committee (4 out of 12)
- Apprenticeships, Skills, Children and Learning Bill Committee (12 out of 18)
- Law Commission Bill Committee (1 out of 1)
- Equality Bill Committee (13 out of 20)
- Green Energy (Definition and Promotion) Bill Committee (1 out of 1)
- Finance Bill Committee (20 out of 24)
- Tribunals, Courts and Enforcement Bill Committee (5 out of 7)
- Emergency Workers (Protection) Bill Committee (1 out of 1)
- Racial and Religious Hatred Bill Committee (4 out of 4)
- National Lottery Bill Committee (6 out of 8)
Most recent appearances
- Debate on the Address: Jobs and Growth (17 May 2012)
“When I speak as a representative of Islington South and Finsbury, I feel that I always have to begin by dispelling myths. People know about our cappuccino bars and our Georgian squares, but they do not necessarily know that 44% of my constituents live in social housing, or that my constituency has the second worst child poverty rate in the country. The very rich and the very poor live in...”
- Debate on the Address: Jobs and Growth (17 May 2012)
“Will the hon. Gentleman give way?”
- Written Answers — Attorney-General: Bribery Act 2010 (25 Apr 2012)
“To ask the Attorney-General how many prosecutions the Serious Fraud Office has brought since the Bribery Act 2011 came into force; and how many convictions have been made as a result.”
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Numerology
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- Has spoken in 23 debates in the last year — below average amongst MPs.
- Has received answers to 44 written questions in the last year — average amongst MPs.
- Replied within 2 or 3 weeks to a very low number of messages sent via WriteToThem.com during 2008, according to constituents.
- Has voted in 67.52% of votes in this Parliament with this affiliation — below average amongst MPs. (From Public Whip)
- People have made 23 annotations on this MP’s speeches — well above average amongst MPs.
- This MP's speeches, in Hansard, are readable by an average 16–17 year old, going by the Flesch-Kincaid Grade Level score.
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- Has used three-word alliterative phrases (e.g. "she sells seashells") 118 times in debates — average amongst MPs. (Why is this here?)
Register of Members’ Interests
2. Remunerated employment, office, profession etc
Payment of £1,200 from Mail on Sunday Features for writing an article. Address: Northcliffe House, 2 Derry Street, London W8 5TS,. Hours: 6 hrs. (Registered 22 July 2011)
Payment of £100. Hours: 2 hrs plus travel. (Registered 22 July 2011)
Received on 10 December 2011, payment of £100 for review on 18 November 2011. Hours: 2 hrs plus travel. (Registered 24 January 2012; updated 1 February 2012)
Received on 10 January 2012, payment of £100 for review on 17 December 2011. Hours: 2 hrs plus travel. (Registered 24 January 2012)
4. Sponsorship or financial or material support
(b) Support in the capacity as an MP:
(b) Name of donor: Leigh Day & Co Solicitors
(b) Address of donor: Priory House, 25 St. John’s Lane, London EC1M 4LB
(b) Amount of donation or nature and value if donation in kind: The services of a legal research assistant to support me in my capacity as Shadow Attorney General for 5 days a week on a 6 month secondment from 5 January 2012 until 29 June 2012; value £18,250.
(b) Date of receipt: 5 January 2012
(b) Date of acceptance: 5 January 2012
(b) Donor status: Unincorporated association
(b) (Registered 24 January 2012)
8. Land and Property
Flat in Guildford, Surrey, from which rental income is received.
11. Miscellaneous
Non-practising barrister.
Register last updated: 30 Apr 2012. More about the Register
View the history of this MP's entries in the Register
Expenses
Figures in brackets are ranks.Data from parliament.uk (source). Read 2004/05 – 2008/09 and 1st quarter 2009/10 receipts.
| Type | 2008/09 (ranking out of 647) | 2007/08 (ranking out of 645) | 2006/07 (ranking out of 645) | 2005/06 | 2004/05 | 2003/04 | 2002/03 | 2001/02 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Staying away from main home | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | ||||
| London costs | £2,916 (joint 1st with 49 others) | £2,812 (joint 1st with 47 others) | £2,712 (joint 1st with 46 others) | £2,360 | ||||
| Office running costs | £17,907 (318th) | £21,351 (137th) | £24,740 (102nd) | £22,427 | ||||
| Staffing costs | £100,727 (136th) | £83,106 (465th) | £82,841 (379th) | £81,607 | ||||
| Communications Allowance | £14,163 (34th) | £17,387 (9th) | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| Members' Travel | £0 | £0 | £291 (632nd)3 | £0 | ||||
| Members' Staff Travel | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | ||||
| Members' Spouse Travel | £0 | £0 | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| Members' Family Travel | £0 | £0 | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| Centrally Purchased Stationery | £6,939 (joint 48th with 1 other) | £2,037 (19th) | £8,261 (4th) | £5,234 | ||||
| Stationery: Associated Postage Costs | £4,626 (90th) | £19,728 (7th) | £7,935 | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | |
| Centrally Provided Computer Equipment | £1,071 (joint 516th with 5 others) | £1,200 (joint 118th with 1 other) | £1,014 | |||||
| Other Costs | £0 | £0 | £1,585 (50th) | £0 | ||||
| Total | £142,652 (414th) | £132,390 (506th) | £141,358 (256th) | £120,577 |