Emily Thornberry’s voting in Parliament

Emily Thornberry is a Labour MP, and on the vast majority of issues votes the same way as other Labour MPs.

This is a selection of Emily Thornberry’s votes.

• Voted against raising England’s undergraduate tuition fee cap to £9,000 per year Show votes 0 votes for, 1 vote against, in 2010
• Voted for a more proportional system for electing MPs Show votes 1 vote for, 0 votes against, 5 absences, between 2010–2016
• Generally voted against reducing housing benefit for social tenants deemed to have excess bedrooms (which Labour describe as the "bedroom tax") Show votes 0 votes for, 14 votes against, 4 absences, between 2011–2018
• Generally voted against encouraging occupational pensions Show votes 1 vote for, 3 votes against, between 2010–2011
• Consistently voted against university tuition fees Show votes 0 votes for, 5 votes against, between 2010–2017
• Almost always voted against a reduction in spending on welfare benefits Show votes 2 votes for, 44 votes against, 8 absences, between 2014–2016

We have lots more plain English analysis of Emily Thornberry’s voting record on issues like health, welfare, taxation and more. Visit Emily Thornberry’s full vote analysis page for more.

Emily Thornberry has never rebelled against their party in the current parliament. Find out more.

Last updated: 23 May 2018

Recent appearances

• Written Answers — Foreign and Commonwealth Office: South Sudan: Peace Negotiations 8 Jun 2018

  To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what assessment he has made of the prospects for a durable peace settlement to end the civil war in South Sudan following the Intergovernmental Authority on Development-mediated negotiations between the parties to that conflict.

• Written Answers — Foreign and Commonwealth Office: South Sudan: Peace Negotiations 8 Jun 2018

  To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent estimate his Department has made of the number of violations of the cessation-of-hostilities agreement on South Sudan since December 2017; and what information his Department holds on the number of such violations documented by the ceasefire transitional security arrangements monitoring mechanism to date.

• Written Answers — Foreign and Commonwealth Office: South Sudan: Peace Negotiations 8 Jun 2018

  To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent representations he has made to his counterparts in (a) the Intergovernmental Authority on Development and (b) African Union member states on (i) the compliance of parties to the civil war in South Sudan with the cessation-of-hostilities agreement of December 2017 and (ii) the imposition of multilateral sanctions...

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Profile

Labour MP for Islington South and Finsbury

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

• Personal website
• Wikipedia page
• BBC News profile

Social Media

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

Expenses

• Expenses from 2004 to 2009
• Expenses from 2010 onwards

Topics of interest

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

• Attorney-General
• Foreign and Commonwealth Office
• Department for Work and Pensions
• Ministry of Defence
• Health
• Crown Prosecution Service
• Serious Fraud Office
• Prosecutions
• Social Security Benefits
• Universal Credit

Currently held offices

• Shadow Foreign Secretary (since 27 Jun 2016)

Other offices held in the past

• Shadow Secretary of State for Exiting the European Union (20 Jul 2016 to 6 Oct 2016)
• 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, Housing, Communities and Local Government 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

• Chris Smith
• George Cunningham

Public bill committees (Sittings attended)

• Welfare Reform and Work Bill Committee (11 out of 11)
• 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)

Numerology

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• Has spoken in 40 debates in the last year — average amongst MPs. See all Emily Thornberry’s speeches
• Has received answers to 196 written questions in the last year — well above average amongst MPs.
• Replied within 2 or 3 weeks to a low number of messages sent via WriteToThem.com during 2015, according to constituents.
• Has voted in 79.14% 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.
• 176 people are tracking this MP — email me updates on Emily Thornberry’s activity
• Has used three-word alliterative phrases (e.g. "she sells seashells") 345 times in debates — above average amongst MPs. (Why is this here?)