Rt Hon Emily Thornberry, MP for Islington South and Finsbury
Emily Thornberry has been an MP since 2005. Currently: Liaison Committee (Commons); National Security Strategy (Joint Committee); Foreign Affairs Committee.
Roles and committees
Posts held in government or opposition, and committee seats, as Parliament records them.
In opposition
| Post | When | |
|---|---|---|
| Shadow Attorney General (Attorney General's Office) | 2021 to 2024 | |
| Shadow Secretary of State for International Trade (Department for Business and Trade) | 2020 to 2021 | |
| Shadow Secretary of State for Exiting the European Union (Department for Exiting the European Union ) | 2016 | |
| Shadow Foreign Secretary (Foreign and Commonwealth Office) | 2016 to 2020 | |
| Shadow Secretary of State for Defence (Ministry of Defence) | 2016 | |
| Shadow Minister (Work and Pensions) (Department for Work and Pensions) | 2015 to 2016 | |
| Shadow Attorney General (Attorney General's Office) | 2011 to 2014 | |
| Shadow Minister (Health) (Department of Health) | 2010 to 2011 |
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| Post | When | |
|---|---|---|
| Shadow Minister (Energy and Climate Change) (Department of Energy and Climate Change) | 2010 |
Committees
| Post | When | |
|---|---|---|
| Liaison Committee (Commons) | 2024 to now | Now |
| National Security Strategy (Joint Committee) | 2024 to now | Now |
| Foreign Affairs Committee | 2024 to now | Now |
| Health and Social Care Committee | 2015 | |
| Draft Constitutional Renewal Bill (Joint Committee) | 2008 | |
| Housing, Communities and Local Government Committee | 2006 to 2009 | |
| Draft Legal Services Bill (Joint Committee) | 2006 | |
| Environmental Audit Committee | 2005 to 2007 |
Countries of interest
Political Interests
Source: UK Parliament Members API · Parliament’s own page
Declared interests
MPs must publish certain paid work, gifts, donations and other interests. This is a record of what they declared, not a suggestion that anything is wrong.
Emily Thornberry has 2 interests currently registered.
| Type | What was registered | Registered |
|---|---|---|
| Land and property (within or outside the UK) | Residential in Guildford, Surrey | – |
| Miscellaneous | Non-practising barrister. | – |
Source: Register of Members’ Financial Interests · Parliament’s own page
Questions
MPs can ask ministers questions in writing. The questions show what an MP is working on, which votes cannot.
Emily Thornberry asked 5 written questions in the last 12 months.
Who they asked
Latest questions
Source: Written Questions API · Updated 4 Oct 2026
Expenses
MPs claim back money for running an office and working in two places. An independent body, IPSA, publishes every claim. This is what was paid in 2025-26.
40 claims. For comparison, across the 657 MPs in IPSA’s file the middle MP was paid £18,469 and the average was £19,699.
Source: IPSA, individual business costs data · About this data
Election result and area
Emily Thornberry represents Islington South and Finsbury. Here is who won there at the last general election, and a few numbers about the area.
Labour
votes ahead of second place
of people who could vote did
Emily Thornberry won with 54% of the votes, and Carne Ross (Green Party) came second with 18%.
Votes for each party
Every candidate
| Candidate | Party | Votes | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Emily Thornberry | Labour | 22,946 | 53.7% |
| Carne Ross | Green Party | 7,491 | 17.5% |
| Terry Stacy | Liberal Democrat | 4,045 | 9.5% |
| Imogen Sinclair | Conservative | 3,584 | 8.4% |
| Max Nelson | Reform UK | 3,388 | 7.9% |
| Andrew Parry | Independent | 569 | 1.3% |
| Lesley Woodburn | Party of Women | 354 | 0.8% |
| Ethan Saunders | Trade Unionist and Socialist Coalition | 215 | 0.5% |
| Jake Painter | Social Democratic Party | 162 | 0.4% |
2024 General Election, on today’s boundaries. Source: House of Commons Library via the Members API.
Your area at a glance
Median gross weekly pay, 2025. Source: ONS, Annual Survey of Hours and Earnings.
Share of people aged 16 to 64, August 2026. Source: ONS and DWP claimant count.
How they vote
In the last 12 months Emily Thornberry took part in 138 Commons votes.
More detail on how they vote
Emily Thornberry voted the same way as their party in 138 of the 138 votes where parties gave instructions (100%), and went the other way in 0.
What does this mean?
Parties tell their MPs how to vote. Most MPs usually follow that. A high or low count says nothing on its own about whether an MP is good or bad, and we do not rank MPs by it. We only count votes where parties gave instructions, not free votes. How we count it
Recent votes
| Date | Vote | They voted | Compared with party |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2 Sep | Voting and elections: the final vote | For | Same as party |
| 2 Sep | Voting and elections: a proposed change | Against | Same as party |
| 2 Sep | Voting and elections: a proposed change | Against | Same as party |
| 2 Sep | Voting and elections: a proposed change | Against | Same as party |
| 14 Jul | Accountability of public officials: a proposed change | Against | Same as party |
| 14 Jul | Accountability of public officials: a proposed change | Against | Same as party |
See every vote on Parliament’s site
Has this changed over time?
View data table
| Month | This MP | Party average |
|---|---|---|
| Oct 25 | 100% | 100% |
| Nov 25 | 100% | 100% |
| Dec 25 | 100% | 100% |
| Jan 26 | 100% | 100% |
| Feb 26 | 100% | 100% |
| Mar 26 | 100% | 100% |
| Apr 26 | 100% | 100% |
| May 26 | 100% | 100% |
| Jun 26 | 100% | 100% |
| Jul 26 | 100% | 99% |
| Sep 26 | 100% | 100% |
Source: Commons Votes API
This page states what the record shows. It does not say why an MP voted as they did. How we calculate this