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Emily Thornberry
Labour MP for Islington South and Finsbury
- Entered Parliament on 5 May 2005 — General election
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- Voting record
- Topics of interest
- Most recent appearances
- Numerology
- Register of Members’ Interests
- Expenses
Voting record (from PublicWhip)
How Emily Thornberry voted on key issues:
- Voted moderately against greater autonomy for schools. votes
- Voted very strongly for a stricter asylum system. votes
- Voted a mixture of for and against a transparent Parliament. votes
- Has never voted on a more proportional system for electing MPs. votes
- Voted strongly against increasing the rate of VAT. votes
- Voted for removing hereditary peers from the House of Lords. votes
- Voted very strongly for a wholly elected House of Lords. votes
- Voted a mixture of for and against laws to stop climate change. votes
- Voted against replacing Trident. votes
- Voted moderately for automatic enrolment in occupational pensions. votes
- Voted a mixture of for and against encouraging occupational pensions. votes
- Voted moderately against a smoking ban. votes
- Voted moderately for allowing ministers to intervene in inquests. votes
- Voted strongly for Labour's anti-terrorism laws. votes
- Voted very strongly for equal gay rights. votes
- Voted very strongly for introducing ID cards. votes
- Voted very strongly against university tuition fees. votes
- Voted against raising England’s undergraduate tuition fee cap to £9,000 per year. votes
- Voted moderately for more EU integration. votes
- Voted strongly against an investigation into the Iraq war. votes
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More on well-known issues (from the Guardian) & their full record
- Hardly ever rebels against their party in this parliament.
Topics of interest
Asks most questions about
- Departments: Attorney-General, Health, Home Department, Justice, Work and Pensions
- Subjects (based on headings added by Hansard): Serious Fraud Office, Crown Prosecution Service, Prosecutions, Departmental Policies, Alternatives to Prosecution
(based on written questions asked by Emily Thornberry and answered by departments)
Public Bill Committees (sittings attended)
- 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)
Most recent appearances
- Written Answers — Justice: Trials (1 Jul 2013)
“To ask the Secretary of State for Justice (1) what the cost was to the court system of the delays caused by criminal trials that were ineffective for reasons related to court administration in 2012-13; (2) what the cost was to the court system of (a) delays caused by ineffective criminal trials and (b) cracked trials in 2012-13.”
- Legal Aid Reform (27 Jun 2013)
“Where is he?”
- Written Answers — Attorney-General: Alternatives to Prosecution (27 Jun 2013)
“To ask the Attorney-General how many out-of-court disposals were recommended by the Crown Prosecution Service for offences of (a) child abuse, (b) crimes against an older person, (c) forced marriage, (d) homophobic and transphobic hate crimes, (e) honour crimes, (f) racist hate crime and (g) religious hate crime in (i) 2012-13 and (ii) each of the previous five years.”
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Numerology
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- Has spoken in 19 debates in the last year — below average amongst MPs.
- Has received answers to 272 written questions in the last year — well above average amongst MPs.
- Replied within 2 or 3 weeks to a very low number of messages sent via WriteToThem.com during 2008, according to constituents.
- Has voted in 66.67% 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.
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- Has used three-word alliterative phrases (e.g. "she sells seashells") 125 times in debates — below average amongst MPs. (Why is this here?)
Register of Members’ Interests
2. Remunerated employment, office, profession etc
Received on 29 May 2012, payment of £100 for review. Hours: 2 hrs plus travel. (Registered 18 June 2012)
4. Sponsorships
(b) Support in the capacity as an MP:
(b) Name of donor: Leigh Day & Co Solicitors
(b) Address of donor: Priory House, 25 St. John’s Lane, London EC1M 4LB
(b) Amount of donation or nature and value if donation in kind: The services of a legal research assistant to support me in my capacity as Shadow Attorney General for 5 days a week on a 6 month secondment from 5 January 2012 until 29 June 2012; value £19,125.
(b) Date of receipt: 5 January 2012
(b) Date of acceptance: 5 January 2012
(b) Donor status: limited liability partnership
(b) (Registered 24 January 2012; updated 12 June 2012)
(b) Name of donor: Leigh Day & Co Solicitors
(b) Address of donor: Priory House, 25 St. John’s Lane, London EC1M 4LB
(b) Amount of donation or nature and value if donation in kind: The services of a legal research assistant to support me in my capacity as Shadow Attorney General for 5 days a week on a 6 month secondment from 12 September 2012 until 8 March 2013; value £14,500.
(b) Date of receipt: 11 September 2012
(b) Date of acceptance: 11 September 2012
(b) Donor status: limited liability partnership
(b) (Registered 31 October 2012)
(b) Name of donor: Thompsons Solicitors LLP
(b) Address of donor: Congress House, Great Russell Street, London WC1B 3LW
(b) Amount of donation or nature and value if donation in kind: The services of a legal research assistant to support me in my capacity as Shadow Attorney General for 5 days a week on a 3 month secondment from 1 September 2012 until 30 September 2012; value £8,750.
(b) Date of receipt: 30 August 2012
(b) Date of acceptance: 30 August 2012
(b) Donor status: limited liability partnership
(b) (Registered 31 October 2012)
6. Overseas visits
Name of donor: Gulam Rossul Chowdhury
Address of donor: private
Amount of donation (or estimate of the probable value): accommodation and transport costs in Bangladesh; value £960. I paid for my flights.
Destination of visit: Bangladesh
Date of visit: 16-24 February 2013
Purpose of visit: developing closer ties between Islington and Bangladesh; visiting the Prime Minister of Bangladesh to discuss War Crimes Tribunals.
(Registered 22 April 2013)
8. Land and Property
Flat in Guildford, Surrey, from which rental income is received.
11. Miscellaneous
Non-practising barrister.
Register last updated: 7 May 2013. More about the Register
View the history of this MP's entries in the Register
Expenses
Figures in brackets are ranks.Data from parliament.uk (source). Read 2004/05 – 2008/09 and 1st quarter 2009/10 receipts.
| Type | 2008/09 (ranking out of 647) | 2007/08 (ranking out of 645) | 2006/07 (ranking out of 645) | 2005/06 | 2004/05 | 2003/04 | 2002/03 | 2001/02 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Staying away from main home | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | ||||
| London costs | £2,916 (joint 1st with 49 others) | £2,812 (joint 1st with 47 others) | £2,712 (joint 1st with 46 others) | £2,360 | ||||
| Office running costs | £17,907 (318th) | £21,351 (137th) | £24,740 (102nd) | £22,427 | ||||
| Staffing costs | £100,727 (136th) | £83,106 (465th) | £82,841 (379th) | £81,607 | ||||
| Communications Allowance | £14,163 (34th) | £17,387 (9th) | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| Members' Travel | £0 | £0 | £291 (632nd)3 | £0 | ||||
| Members' Staff Travel | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | ||||
| Members' Spouse Travel | £0 | £0 | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| Members' Family Travel | £0 | £0 | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| Centrally Purchased Stationery | £6,939 (joint 48th with 1 other) | £2,037 (19th) | £8,261 (4th) | £5,234 | ||||
| Stationery: Associated Postage Costs | £4,626 (90th) | £19,728 (7th) | £7,935 | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | |
| Centrally Provided Computer Equipment | £1,071 (joint 516th with 5 others) | £1,200 (joint 118th with 1 other) | £1,014 | |||||
| Other Costs | £0 | £0 | £1,585 (50th) | £0 | ||||
| Total | £142,652 (414th) | £132,390 (506th) | £141,358 (256th) | £120,577 |