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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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- Topics of interest
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- Numerology
- Register of Members’ Interests
- Expenses
Voting record (from PublicWhip)
How Emily Thornberry voted on key issues:
- Voted strongly against an investigation into the Iraq war. votes
- Voted for removing hereditary peers from the House of Lords. votes
- Voted very strongly for a wholly elected House of Lords. votes
- Voted against replacing Trident. votes
- Voted very strongly for a stricter asylum system. votes
- Voted very strongly for introducing ID cards. votes
- Voted strongly against increasing the rate of VAT. 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 automatic enrolment in occupational pensions. votes
- Voted a mixture of for and against encouraging occupational pensions. votes
- Voted strongly for Labour's anti-terrorism laws. votes
- Voted very strongly for equal gay rights. votes
- Has never voted on a more proportional system for electing MPs. votes
- Voted very strongly against university tuition fees. votes
- Voted against raising England’s undergraduate tuition fee cap to £9,000 per year. votes
- Voted moderately against a smoking ban. votes
- Voted moderately for allowing ministers to intervene in inquests. votes
- Voted moderately against greater autonomy for schools. votes
- Voted moderately for more EU integration. votes
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- Occasionally rebels against their party in this parliament.
Topics of interest
Asks most questions about
- Departments: Health, Home Department, Transport, Communities and Local Government, Attorney-General
- Subjects (based on headings added by Hansard): Departmental Policies, Cord Blood, Stem Cells: Medical Treatments, Malnutrition, Crown Prosecution Service: ICT
(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)
- Children, Schools and Families Bill Committee (4 out of 12)
- Energy Bill Committee (11 out of 12)
- Green Energy (Definition and Promotion) Bill Committee (1 out of 1)
- 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)
- Finance Bill Committee (20 out of 24)
- Tribunals, Courts and Enforcement Bill Committee (5 out of 7)
- National Lottery Bill Committee (6 out of 8)
- Emergency Workers (Protection) Bill Committee (1 out of 1)
- Racial and Religious Hatred Bill Committee (4 out of 4)
Most recent appearances
- Oral Answers to Questions — Attorney-General: Economic Crime (7 Feb 2012)
“Given that when investigating the failure of RBS, Adair Turner concluded that the FSA has little power under the existing rules to take action against individuals associated with the banking crisis; that the director of the SFO believes that “things have got to change”; and that we are still waiting for anyone in the UK to be prosecuted in relation to the global financial crisis,...”
- Oral Answers to Questions — Attorney-General: Babar Ahmad (20 Dec 2011)
“The Attorney-General may have read on 11 December in The Sunday Times, as I did with some interest, that the Government will be “asking British magistrates to examine detailed evidence involved in each case” and bringing forward plans to allow judges “to order a trial in Britain if they considered it would serve justice better.” Given that the House is committed to...”
- Written Answers — Attorney-General: Serious Fraud Office (13 Dec 2011)
“To ask the Attorney-General how many cases were investigated by the Serious Fraud Office in 2010-11; how many resulted in charges being brought; and how many cases in which charges were brought (a) were settled and (b) resulted in a successful prosecution.”
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Numerology
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- Has spoken in 27 debates in the last year — below average amongst MPs.
- Has received answers to 42 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 65.08% of votes in this Parliament with this affiliation — below average amongst MPs. (From Public Whip)
- People have made 24 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") 114 times in debates — average amongst MPs. (Why is this here?)
Register of Members’ Interests
Register last updated: 13 Jan 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 |