At a glanceEmily Thornberry is a Labour MP for Islington South and Finsbury, and has represented the seat for 21 years, 2 months. They have cast 296 votes in Commons divisions (51% attendance), tabled 4,857 written questions and registered 2 financial interests.
Attendance is votes cast as a share of the 575 Commons divisions since the 2024 election; Emily Thornberry did not vote in 279. A rebellion is a vote against the way most of their own party voted; free votes, where no party line applies, are left out.
Party-loyalty figures are our own analysis of the official voting records (recorded votes only; they do not describe the formal whip). How we work this out.
Biography
Current roles
- Liaison Committee (Commons) Committee since 4 Dec 2024
- National Security Strategy (Joint Committee) Committee since 2 Dec 2024
- Foreign Affairs Committee Committee · Chair since 11 Sep 2024
- Islington South and Finsbury Representation · Elected 1 time since 4 Jul 2024
- Labour Party since 5 May 2005
Voting record
Voting alignment
Votes most like
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Paul Davies
Labour
100.0% · 290 of 290 shared votes
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Rachel Hopkins
Labour
100.0% · 290 of 290 shared votes
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Claire Hazelgrove
Labour
100.0% · 286 of 286 shared votes
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Steve Yemm
Labour
100.0% · 285 of 285 shared votes
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Tristan Osborne
Labour
100.0% · 283 of 283 shared votes
Votes least like
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Sir James Cleverly
Conservative
0.0% · 0 of 202 shared votes
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Andrew Griffith
Conservative
0.0% · 0 of 194 shared votes
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Mr Mark Francois
Conservative
0.0% · 0 of 186 shared votes
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Sir Roger Gale
Conservative
0.0% · 0 of 170 shared votes
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Mark Pritchard
Conservative
0.0% · 0 of 155 shared votes
Alignment figures are our own analysis of the official voting records (recorded votes only; they do not describe the formal whip). How we work this out.
Register of financial interests
From the official Register; shown as registered.
Land and property (within or outside the UK)1
- Residential in Guildford, Surrey
Miscellaneous1
- Non-practising barrister.
Written questions
Equality: Codes of Practice
To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, whether she has received an impact assessment of the regulatory burden of the updated Code of Practice for Services, Public Functions and Associations from the Equality and Human Rights Commission; and whether
Answer · 10 Nov 2025
The EHRC has revised its Code of Practice for Services, Public Functions and Associations following the consultation and submitted it to the Minister for Women and Equalities. The Government is considering the updated draft Code and, if the decision is ta...
Equality: Codes of Practice
To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, whether she has requested that the Equality and Human Rights Commission should undertake an impact assessment on the potential impact of the updated Code of Practice for Services, Public Functions and Associat
Answer · 10 Nov 2025
The EHRC has revised its Code of Practice for Services, Public Functions and Associations following the consultation and submitted it to the Minister for Women and Equalities. The Government is considering the updated draft Code and, if the decision is ta...
Local Government Finance: Greater London
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of the Fair Funding Review 2.0 changes to inner-London council's funding on (a) London and (b) the UK's economic growth.
Answer · 22 Oct 2025
The government has been listening closely to the views expressed by the public, local authorities and other bodies on the proposals set out in the Fair Funding Review 2.0 consultation. No final decisions on the outcome of the review have yet been taken. H...
Local Government Finance: Greater London
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what steps his Department is taking to support inner-London councils following the Fair Funding Review 2.0.
Answer · 22 Oct 2025
The government has been listening closely to the views expressed by the public, local authorities and other bodies on the proposals set out in the Fair Funding Review 2.0 consultation. No final decisions on the outcome of the review have yet been taken. H...
Local Government Finance: Islington
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of the Fair Funding Review 2.0 on levels of child poverty in Islington.
Answer · 22 Oct 2025
The government has been listening closely to the views expressed by the public, local authorities and other bodies on the proposals set out in the Fair Funding Review 2.0 consultation. No final decisions on the outcome of the review have yet been taken. H...
Biodiversity Beyond National Jurisdiction Agreement
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 15 May 2025 to Question 50829 on the Biodiversity Beyond National Jurisdiction Agreement, whether his Department plans to introduce primary legislat
Answer · 2 Jun 2025
The Government is completely committed to ratification of the Agreement under the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea on the Conservation and Sustainable Use of Marine Biological Diversity of Areas Beyond National Jurisdiction (BBNJ Agreement,...
Israel: Foreign Relations
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether the 2030 Roadmap for UK-Israel Bilateral Relations remains his Department's policy.
Answer · 2 Jun 2025
As the Foreign Secretary said in his statement to the house on 20 May, the UK will be reviewing our cooperation with Israel on the UK-Israel 2030 Bilateral roadmap. This Government remains steadfast in supporting Israel in its defence against terrorism an...
Biodiversity Beyond National Jurisdiction Agreement
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 18 March 2025 to Question 35215 on the Biodiversity Beyond National Jurisdiction Agreement, what progress he has made on securing parliamentary time
Answer · 15 May 2025
The Government is completely committed to ratification of the Agreement under the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea on the Conservation and Sustainable Use of Marine Biological Diversity of Areas Beyond National Jurisdiction (BBNJ Agreement,...
Early day motions
| 28 May 2015 | MARRIAGE EQUALITY IN IRELAND | 45 sig. |
| 4 Jun 2013 | EMILY DAVISON | 78 sig. |
| 17 Mar 2009 | PEREGRINE FALCONS AT THE PALACE OF WESTMINSTER | 53 sig. |
| 4 Mar 2009 | MORE WOMEN, MORE POWER CAMPAIGN | 82 sig. |
| 9 Feb 2009 | FPA'S CONTRACEPTIVE AWARENESS WEEK | 37 sig. |
| 29 Oct 2008 | MORE WOMEN, MORE POWER CAMPAIGN | 49 sig. |
Speeches in the chamber
9 Jul 2026 Iran Conflict: Ceasefire
May I associate myself with the Minister’s condemnation of Iran’s attacks on its neighbours? Does he agree that at least part of the problem in the fragility of the deal is its very ambiguity? It is a deal that was negotiated in haste, at …
6 Jul 2026 Foreign Interference in UK Politics
As a contributor to the Rycroft review—I just asked to go and see him—I very much welcome the reforms that have been announced. Just as we do not want companies to take the mickey and be vehicles either for dishonestly obtained funds or fo…
1 Jul 2026 Israel: E1 Zone Expansion
I recently read an interesting letter from the Dutch Foreign Minister to the Speaker of their Parliament. In it, he said that his Government had carefully weighed the efficiency, the effectiveness, the proportionality, the enforceability a…
16 Jun 2026 Thames Water
If Members google “Caledonian Road”, which is in my constituency, they might think it is a river, but it is not. Over the past decade, Thames Water has delivered to Islington seven major floods. Since privatisation, it has delivered to sha…
16 Jun 2026 Social Media Disinformation
The political murder of Jo Cox was deeply affecting for many of us—and, frankly, none of us should ever recover from it. She was not only brave and principled; she was also funny. If I ever need to cheer myself up, I simply remember her th…
15 Jun 2026 Royal Albert Hall Bill [Lords]: Revival
I do not know whether the right hon. Member for Maldon (Sir John Whittingdale) is aware that I have given the Albert Hall’s representatives several dates to meet me, but they have not been in touch.
15 Jun 2026 Royal Albert Hall Bill [Lords]: Revival
Is my hon. Friend aware that the House of Lords has struggled with this? Part of the problem is that the long title of the Bill is so restrictive that very little can be added to ensure that the governance of the Royal Albert Hall is sorte…
15 Jun 2026 Royal Albert Hall Bill [Lords]: Revival
The right hon. Gentleman has told us how many seats are owned privately. Let us suppose that £2 million were to be divvied up among them, bearing in mind that it is possible to buy a box for £2.5 million or £3 million, or to buy six seats …
15 Jun 2026 Royal Albert Hall Bill [Lords]: Revival
I will give way once more, but then I must make some progress.
15 Jun 2026 Royal Albert Hall Bill [Lords]: Revival
I have heard the hon. Gentleman make some good points in the past, but he has not made one tonight. If you lend some money to a business that is about to go under, you are bailing it out. Yes, it may pay you back later, but, really, we are…
15 Jun 2026 Royal Albert Hall Bill [Lords]: Revival
If anyone had asked me three years ago, “How does the Albert Hall work?” I would have said that it was publicly owned, and that it put on events and collected the ticket money, and the money was spent on enabling people to continue to use …
9 Jun 2026 Middle East
I welcome the Foreign Secretary’s statement, and I share the Government’s condemnation of the illegal settlements that are systematically destroying any prospect of a Palestinian state. Of course, settlements do not build themselves; they…
3 Jun 2026 Lord Mandelson: Response to Humble Address
Does the Minister appreciate that there may be a difference between conflict of interest information and national security mitigations, and that he may be able to tell us about some of that information but not able to tell us whether or no…
3 Jun 2026 Lord Mandelson: Response to Humble Address
Is there not another argument? Certain people are thinking again about applying for jobs for which they may need to undergo developed vetting. Those people may well be women, people from ethnic minorities or people who are gay, for whom an…
3 Jun 2026 Lord Mandelson: Response to Humble Address
I congratulate my hon. Friend on her thoughtful and important contribution. We need to ensure that if we use a Humble Address again, we use it as effectively as we can. We have talked about the amount of money, but will she also highlight …
3 Jun 2026 Lord Mandelson: Response to Humble Address
I am grateful to the right hon. Gentleman for giving way—I hope this is helpful. In the written evidence that Collard gave to us, on point 6 in answer to the question, “When was the report received by the department?” he said that they had…
3 Jun 2026 Lord Mandelson: Response to Humble Address
Well, that is very helpful; I thank the right hon. Gentleman very much. Let us move on. Is there a record of the decision? When Sir Oliver Robbins appeared before the Committee, and indeed when other people appeared before it, I kept co…
3 Jun 2026 Lord Mandelson: Response to Humble Address
I suspect that the ISC may have been entrusted with it—that is what I am trying to say. I am hoping that if the form is blank, it is not necessarily the case that anything of particular security interest was being disclosed, and it is just…
3 Jun 2026 Lord Mandelson: Response to Humble Address
I do not think the right hon. Gentleman is one of the people I am referring to, but I give way.
3 Jun 2026 Lord Mandelson: Response to Humble Address
I really do not know. The Foreign Office got the UKSV clearance on 29 January 2025, and it says that it did something about it, but we cannot see what that is. An email on page 72 of part I is the nearest thing to mitigations I have been a…
Source: contributions on parliament.uk.
Full parliamentary career
Opposition posts
- Shadow Attorney General · Attorney General's Office 29 Nov 2021 – 30 May 2024
- Shadow Secretary of State for International Trade · Department for Business and Trade 6 Apr 2020 – 29 Nov 2021
- Shadow Foreign Secretary · Foreign and Commonwealth Office 27 Jun 2016 – 5 Apr 2020
- Shadow Secretary of State for Exiting the European Union · Department for Exiting the European Union 20 Jul 2016 – 6 Oct 2016
- Shadow Secretary of State for Defence · Ministry of Defence 5 Jan 2016 – 27 Jun 2016
- Shadow Minister (Work and Pensions) · Department for Work and Pensions 18 Sep 2015 – 5 Jan 2016
- Shadow Attorney General · Attorney General's Office 7 Oct 2011 – 20 Nov 2014
- Shadow Minister (Health) · Department of Health 8 Oct 2010 – 7 Oct 2011
- Shadow Minister (Energy and Climate Change) · Department of Energy and Climate Change 12 May 2010 – 8 Oct 2010
Committee memberships
- Health and Social Care Committee 8 Jul 2015 – 26 Oct 2015
- Housing, Communities and Local Government Committee 23 Oct 2006 – 2 Nov 2009
- Draft Constitutional Renewal Bill (Joint Committee) 1 May 2008 – 22 Jul 2008
- Environmental Audit Committee 12 Jul 2005 – 26 Mar 2007
- Draft Legal Services Bill (Joint Committee) 15 May 2006 – 25 Jul 2006
Previous seats
- Islington South and Finsbury · Elected 4 times 6 May 2010 – 30 May 2024
- Islington South and Finsbury · Elected 1 time 5 May 2005 – 6 May 2010
Elections contested
- Canterbury 7 Jun 2001
Expenses
Contact & offices
020 7697 9307
Parliamentary office
House of Commons, London, SW1A 0AA
Constituency office
65 Barnsbury Street, Islington, London, N1 1EJ
Frequently asked questions
Common questions about Emily Thornberry, answered from official Parliament data.
Who is Emily Thornberry?
Emily Thornberry is a Member of Parliament representing Islington South and Finsbury in the House of Commons. See Emily Thornberry's official Parliament profile.
Which party does Emily Thornberry represent?
Emily Thornberry sits as Labour. See Emily Thornberry's official Parliament profile.
Which constituency does Emily Thornberry represent?
Emily Thornberry is the Member of Parliament for Islington South and Finsbury. See Emily Thornberry's official Parliament profile.
How long has Emily Thornberry been an MP?
Emily Thornberry has served in the House of Commons for 21 years, 2 months. See Emily Thornberry's official Parliament profile.
What registered interests are listed for Emily Thornberry?
Emily Thornberry has 2 entries in the Register of Members' Financial Interests. See Emily Thornberry's official Parliament profile.
Source: this MP's official Parliament profile. Last updated 27 Jul 2026.