Emily Thornberry

Shadow Attorney General

Labour MP for Islington South and Finsbury

@EmilyThornberry https://facebook.com/Emily-Thornberry-142202379163151

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Emily Thornberry’s voting in Parliament

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Recent appearances

  • Written Answers — Ministry of Justice: Trials: Greater London 21 Mar 2023

    To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many and what proportion of ineffective trials in (a) magistrates and (b) crown courts in London did not proceed due to the lack of a prosecution advocate in (i) 2010, (ii) 2012, (iii) 2019, (iv) 2020, (v) 2021, (vi) 2022, and (vii) 2023 as of 11 March.
  • Written Answers — Ministry of Justice: Trials: Greater London 21 Mar 2023

    To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many and what proportion of ineffective trials in (a) magistrates and (b) crown courts in the Midlands did not proceed due to the lack of a prosecution advocate in (i) 2010, (ii) 2012, (iii) 2019, (iv) 2020, (v) 2021, (vi) 2022, and (vii) 2023 as of 11 March.
  • Written Answers — Ministry of Justice: Trials: Greater London 21 Mar 2023

    To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many and what proportion of ineffective trials in (a) magistrates and (b) crown courts in the North East did not proceed due to the lack of a prosecution advocate in (i) 2010, (ii) 2012, (iii) 2019, (iv) 2020, (v) 2021, (vi) 2022, and (vii) 2023 as of 11 March.

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Labour MP for Islington South and Finsbury

Entered the House of Commons on 5 May 2005 — General election

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Topics of interest

Emily Thornberry campaigned to remain in the European Union Source: BBC

  • Department for International Trade
  • Foreign and Commonwealth Office
  • Attorney-General
  • Ministry of Defence
  • Department for Work and Pensions
  • Arms Trade: Saudi Arabia
  • Crown Prosecution Service
  • Serious Fraud Office
  • Foreign
  • Commonwealth and Development Office: Electronic Purchasing Card Solution
  • Prosecutions

Currently held offices

  • Shadow Attorney General (since 29 Nov 2021)

Other offices held in the past

  • Shadow Secretary of State for International Trade (6 Apr 2020 to 29 Nov 2021)
  • Shadow Secretary of State for Exiting the European Union (20 Jul 2016 to 6 Oct 2016)
  • Shadow Foreign Secretary (27 Jun 2016 to 5 Apr 2020)
  • Shadow Secretary of State for Defence (5 Jan 2016 to 27 Jun 2016)
  • Shadow Minister (Work and Pensions) (18 Sep 2015 to 5 Jan 2016)
  • Member, Health and Social Care Committee (8 Jul 2015 to 26 Oct 2015)
  • Shadow Attorney General (7 Oct 2011 to 20 Nov 2014)
  • Shadow Minister (Health) (8 Oct 2010 to 7 Oct 2011)
  • Shadow Minister (Energy and Climate Change) (12 May 2010 to 8 Oct 2010)
  • Member, Draft Constitutional Renewal Bill (Joint Committee) (1 May 2008 to 22 Jul 2008)
  • Member, Levelling Up, Housing and Communities Committee (23 Oct 2006 to 2 Nov 2009)
  • Member, Draft Legal Services Bill (Joint Committee) (15 May 2006 to 25 Jul 2006)
  • Member, Environmental Audit Committee (12 Jul 2005 to 26 Mar 2007)

Previous MPs in this constituency

Public bill committees (Sittings attended)

Register of Members’ Interests

Last updated: 6 Mar 2023.

1. Employment and earnings
16 January 2023, payment of £250 from Matt Forde, [private address], for appearing on the Christmas Special 2022 of his Political Party podcast. Hours: 3 hrs. Fee paid direct to a charity in my constituency. (Registered 23 January 2023)
25 January 2023, received £600 from Global Radio Services Limited, 30 Leicester Square, London WC2H 7LA, for guest hosting a public phone-in on LBC on 29 December 2022. Hours: 3 hrs. Fee donated to charities in my constituency. (Registered 17 February 2023)
3. Gifts, benefits and hospitality from UK sources
Name of donor: Trans in the City
Address of donor: Office 505, Albert House, 256-260 Old Street, London EC1V 9DD
Amount of donation or nature and value if donation in kind: Three tickets for me and two staff members for the Trans in the City Gala, plus refreshments, total value £855
Date received: 14 November 2022
Date accepted: 14 November 2022
Donor status: unincorporated association
(Registered 17 November 2022)
4. Visits outside the UK
Name of donor: Forward Thinking
Address of donor: 1 Quality Court, London WC2A 1HR
Estimate of the probable value (or amount of any donation): Accommodation £330, flight £219, taxi £65, dinners £110, conference subsistence costs £70; total value £794
Destination of visit: Helsinki, Finland
Dates of visit: 8-10 June 2022
Purpose of visit: To attend a meeting, hosted by the Finnish Ministry for Foreign Affairs, with female parliamentarians from various countries gathering to discuss issues of mutual interest.
(Registered 16 November 2022)
6. Land and property portfolio: (i) value over £100,000 and/or (ii) giving rental income of over £10,000 a year
Flat in Guildford, Surrey, jointly owned with my family: (i) and (ii). (Updated 15 May 2015)
8. Miscellaneous
Non-practising barrister.

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