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.

• Almost always voted for paying higher benefits over longer periods for those unable to work due to illness or disability Show votes 12 votes for, 0 votes against, 3 absences, between 2011–2016
• Voted against replacing Trident with a new nuclear weapons system Show votes 0 votes for, 1 vote against, 6 absences, between 2007–2016
• Consistently voted against greater restrictions on campaigning by third parties, such as charities, during elections Show votes 0 votes for, 12 votes against, between 2013–2016
• Voted a mixture of for and against a referendum on the UK's membership of the EU Show votes 1 vote for, 5 votes against, 7 absences, between 2008–2016
• 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
• Voted against raising England’s undergraduate tuition fee cap to £9,000 per year Show votes 0 votes for, 1 vote against, in 2010

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

Recent appearances

• Written Answers — Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office: Yemen: Humanitarian Situation 29 Sep 2020

  To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what assessment he has made of the (a) adequacy of the methodology and definitions used by the United Nations Group of Eminent International and Regional Experts on Yemen in its report of 9 September 2020 on alleged violations of international humanitarian law in Yemen and (b) implications for his policies of...

• Written Answers — Ministry of Defence: Arms Trade: Saudi Arabia 29 Sep 2020

  To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether the definition of what constitutes a pattern of incidents, used by his Department in its evaluation of allegations of violations of international humanitarian law caused by fixed-wing aircraft in Yemen, differs from the definition used for that purpose by the United Nations Group of Eminent International and Regional Experts on Yemen in its...

• Written Answers — Ministry of Defence: Arms Trade: Saudi Arabia 29 Sep 2020

  To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether the methodology used by his Department to evaluate allegations of violations of international humanitarian law caused by fixed-wing aircraft in Yemen differs from the methodology used for the same purpose by the United Nations Group of Eminent International and Regional Experts on Yemen in its report of 9 September 2020; and if he will make a...

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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
• Early Day Motions signed by this MP

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

• Foreign and Commonwealth Office
• Attorney-General
• Department for International Trade
• Department for Work and Pensions
• Ministry of Defence
• Arms Trade: Saudi Arabia
• Crown Prosecution Service
• Serious Fraud Office
• Prosecutions
• Social Security Benefits

Currently held offices

• Shadow Secretary of State for International Trade (since 6 Apr 2020)

Other offices held in the past

• 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, 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)
• Energy Bill Committee (11 out of 12)
• Children, Schools and Families Bill Committee (4 out of 12)
• Equality Bill Committee (13 out of 20)
• 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)
• Finance Bill Committee (20 out of 24)
• Tribunals, Courts and Enforcement Bill Committee (5 out of 7)
• Racial and Religious Hatred Bill Committee (4 out of 4)
• National Lottery Bill Committee (6 out of 8)
• Emergency Workers (Protection) Bill Committee (1 out of 1)