MP for Islington South and Finsbury
“A highly loyal Labour MP with strong attendance and a long frontbench record who has one notable rebel vote on the 2018 runway capacity motion.”
Emily Thornberry is the Labour (Co-op) MP for Islington South and Finsbury, first elected in 2005. She currently serves on the Liaison Committee, the National Security Strategy Joint Committee and the Foreign Affairs Committee, and has previously held a long line of shadow ministerial roles, including Shadow Foreign Secretary and Shadow Attorney General. Her career reflects extensive parliamentary experience across domestic and international policy.
Her voting record shows 100% party loyalty and 60% attendance, with just one rebel vote. She generally supports Labour positions on welfare and public services, voting for Universal Credit and for regulating bus services; she generally votes against tighter immigration controls and the asylum system. Votes on VAT, transgender rights, NHS funding and prison sentencing are mixed, and she has voted against the Rwanda deportation scheme.
She has six declared financial interests: employment and earnings; employment and earnings - ad hoc payments; gifts, benefits and hospitality from UK sources; land and property (within or outside the UK); miscellaneous interests; and visits outside the UK.
Generated 21 February 2026
How this MP participates in parliamentary votes. These numbers describe activity, not effectiveness.
How often this MP votes
Labour (Co-op) average: 33%
The percentage of parliamentary votes (divisions) this MP participated in. MPs may miss votes for legitimate reasons including ministerial duties, constituency work, or illness.
How often this MP votes with their party
Labour (Co-op) average: 99%
Estimated from voting record, not self-declared. This is a simplified model — real politics is more complex than a single axis.
17 positions
Liaison Committee (Commons)
Since Dec 2024
National Security Strategy (Joint Committee)
Since Dec 2024
Foreign Affairs Committee
Since Sept 2024
Shadow Attorney General
Nov 2021 - May 2024
Shadow Secretary of State for International Trade
Apr 2020 - Nov 2021
Shadow Secretary of State for Exiting the European Union
Jul 2016 - Oct 2016
Shadow Foreign Secretary
Jun 2016 - Apr 2020
Shadow Secretary of State for Defence
Jan 2016 - Jun 2016
Shadow Minister (Work and Pensions)
Sept 2015 - Jan 2016
Figures include only interests with declared monetary values from the Register of Members' Financial Interests. Some categories (e.g. hospitality, overseas visits) may not have monetary values recorded, so the total may not reflect all declared interests.
Finance (No. 2) Bill: Third Reading
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Finance (No. 2) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 6
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Finance (No. 2) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 5
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Finance (No. 2) Bill Report Stage: New Clause 11
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Children's Wellbeing and Schools Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 106
AYEChildren’s Wellbeing and Schools Bill
Children's Wellbeing and Schools Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 102
AYEChildren’s Wellbeing and Schools Bill
Children's Wellbeing and Schools Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 44
AYEChildren’s Wellbeing and Schools Bill
Children's Wellbeing and Schools Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 41
AYEChildren’s Wellbeing and Schools Bill
Children's Wellbeing and Schools Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 38
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Children's Wellbeing and Schools Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 37
AYEChildren’s Wellbeing and Schools Bill
Children's Wellbeing and Schools Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 17
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Liaison Committee (Commons)
Parliamentary role · 4 Dec 2024
National Security Strategy (Joint Committee)
Parliamentary role · 2 Dec 2024
Foreign Affairs Committee
Parliamentary role · 11 Sept 2024
Shadow Attorney General
Opposition role · 29 Nov 2021
The percentage of votes where this MP voted the same way as the majority of their party. High loyalty is typical; most MPs vote with their party on most issues.
Rebel votes
Times this MP voted differently from the majority of their party. This can reflect independent judgement, but context matters — some rebel votes are on procedural matters, others on major policy.
