Emily Thornberry MP: votes, interests and costs
Emily Thornberry represents Islington South and Finsbury in the House of Commons for Labour and has done since 5 May 2005.
Offices and committees
UK Parliament records Emily Thornberry as a current member of these 3 committees.
Committees
| Committee or post | From | To |
|---|---|---|
| Liaison Committee (Commons) | 4 December 2024 | Current |
| National Security Strategy (Joint Committee) | 2 December 2024 | Current |
| Foreign Affairs Committee | 11 September 2024 | Current |
Earlier ministerial and shadow posts
| Post | Department | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| Shadow Attorney General | Attorney General's Office | 29 November 2021 | 30 May 2024 |
| Shadow Secretary of State for International Trade | Department for Business and Trade | 6 April 2020 | 29 November 2021 |
| Shadow Secretary of State for Exiting the European Union | Department for Exiting the European Union | 20 July 2016 | 6 October 2016 |
| Shadow Foreign Secretary | Foreign and Commonwealth Office | 27 June 2016 | 5 April 2020 |
| Shadow Secretary of State for Defence | Ministry of Defence | 5 January 2016 | 27 June 2016 |
| Shadow Minister (Work and Pensions) | Department for Work and Pensions | 18 September 2015 | 5 January 2016 |
| Shadow Attorney General | Attorney General's Office | 7 October 2011 | 20 November 2014 |
| Shadow Minister (Health) | Department of Health | 8 October 2010 | 7 October 2011 |
| Shadow Minister (Energy and Climate Change) | Department of Energy and Climate Change | 12 May 2010 | 8 October 2010 |
Earlier committees
| Committee or post | From | To |
|---|---|---|
| Health and Social Care Committee | 8 July 2015 | 26 October 2015 |
| Draft Constitutional Renewal Bill (Joint Committee) | 1 May 2008 | 22 July 2008 |
| Housing, Communities and Local Government Committee | 23 October 2006 | 2 November 2009 |
| Draft Legal Services Bill (Joint Committee) | 15 May 2006 | 25 July 2006 |
| Environmental Audit Committee | 12 July 2005 | 26 March 2007 |
Source: Parliament Members API, read 15 October 2026, SHA-256 5cd5017db2f2.
Register of interests
Entries in the register for Emily Thornberry, as the MP registered them: Land and property (within or outside the UK) (1), Miscellaneous (1). Latest registration . Each entry is quoted as published, with its registration date; payments linked to an entry are listed under it.
Residential in Guildford, Surrey
- Location of the land or property: Guildford, Surrey
- A description of the property: flat
- Details about the ownership arrangements: Jointly owned with my family
- The number of properties this interest relates to: 1
- Country in which the land or property is located: United Kingdom
- The type of property: Residential
Non-practising barrister.
- The type of interest: Other
Source: Register of Members' Financial Interests API, read 26 October 2026. The register entry on UK Parliament.
Business costs (IPSA)
IPSA, the body that sets and pays MPs' business costs, records staffing spending of £264,443 for Emily Thornberry in 2024-25 against a budget of £268,550. In 2023-24 it was £252,866. Office costs came to £29,866 of a £36,550 budget. IPSA publishes each budget, the amount spent and the amount left (the remaining amounts are in IPSA's files); no total across budgets is published, so none is given here.
| IPSA figure | 2024-25 | 2023-24 | 2022-23 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Staffing: spent | £264,443.15 | £252,866.42 | £237,411.88 |
| Office costs: spent | £29,865.91 | £31,416.30 | £31,137.99 |
| Accommodation: spent | £0.00 | £0.00 | £0.00 |
| Winding-up: spent | £0.00 | £0.00 | |
| Travel and subsistence (no cap): spent | £180.00 | £0.00 | £0.00 |
| Other costs (no cap): spent | £0.00 | £912.15 | £0.00 |
Budgets set for 2024-25: office costs £36,550, staffing £268,550, accommodation £0 (Standard London area budget).
IPSA's CSVs for 2024-25, 2023-24, 2022-23, read 15 October 2026; constituency as IPSA lists it: Islington South and Finsbury BC.
Staff roles listed by IPSA, 2024-25
Senior Caseworker (permanent part time), Office Manager ×2 (permanent full time), Caseworker ×2 (permanent full time), Constituency Communications Manager (permanent full time), Researcher (permanent full time), Senior Parliamentary Assistant (permanent full time), Parliamentary Assistant (permanent full time), Administrative Officer (fixed term part time), Caseworker (fixed term part time) (IPSA CSV)
IPSA annual publications · All MPs' 2024-25 costs (table and CSV)
Votes in the Commons
Emily Thornberry is recorded voting in 307 divisions since 4 July 2024, according to the Commons Votes API. Of these, 25 were votes on statutory instruments or procedural motions, which are not listed below. The 30 most recent on bills and motions are listed here. The most recent, on 15 October 2026, was a No on "Highways (Financing) Bill: Second Reading: Reasoned Amendment".
| Date | Division and vote recorded |
|---|---|
| 15 October 2026 | Highways (Financing) Bill: Second Reading: Reasoned Amendment: No |
| 14 October 2026 | Opposition Day motion: MoD Bicester and illegal migrants: No |
| 2 September 2026 | Representation of the People Bill: Third Reading Aye; Report Stage: New Clause 88 No; Report Stage: New Clause 67 No; Report Stage: New Clause 65 No |
| 14 July 2026 | Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 19 No; Amendment 199 No; Amendment 3 No |
| 1 July 2026 | Taxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill Committee: New Clause 5 No; New Clause 4 No; New Clause 2 No |
| 17 June 2026 | National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: New Clause 3 No; Amendment 13 No; Amendment 8 No; Amendment 3 No |
| 17 June 2026 | National Security (State Threats) Bill: Allocation of Time motion: Aye |
| 16 June 2026 | Cyber Security and Resilience (Network and Information Systems) Bill Remaining Stages: Amendment 3 No; New Clause 14 No; New Clause 13 No |
| 10 June 2026 | Railways Bill: Third Reading: Aye |
| 10 June 2026 | Railways Bill Remaining Stages: Amendment 148 No; Amendment 143 No; New Clause 1 No |
| 9 June 2026 | Steel Industry (Nationalisation) Bill Committee: New Clause 4 No; New Clause 12 No; Amendment 20 No |
| 2 June 2026 | Armed Forces Bill Committee: New Clause 13 No; New Clause 6 No; New Clause 5 No |
Source: Commons Votes API, read 15 October 2026. Only divisions in which a vote is recorded for the MP are counted. The full list on UK Parliament.
Written questions
Since 4 July 2024, 84 written questions have been tabled by Emily Thornberry, the parliamentary record shows. Departments in the latest 10: Women and Equalities; Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government; Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office; Department of Health and Social Care.
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 …
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 …
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.
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.
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.
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.
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 …
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 …
General Practitioners: Nurses
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what discussions his Department plans to have with general practice nursing staff on the development of the general practice contract for 2026-27.
General Practitioners: Pay
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what estimate his Department has made of the proportion of female staff working in general practice not receiving the 2024 pay increase in full.
Source: Written Questions API, read 15 October 2026, SHA-256 9cfed2c57057. Question wording as listed by the API, which gives the opening words of longer questions. All questions by Emily Thornberry.
2024 general election
At the 4 July 2024 general election Islington South and Finsbury returned Emily Thornberry with a majority of 15,455: 22,946 votes, 53.7% of those cast, against 7,491 for Carne Ross. Result as published: Lab hold.
Commons Library results, read 14 October 2026 · Islington South and Finsbury figures
Statements and pledges on this site
Official corrections
Records in which Emily Thornberry corrected an answer or the Commons record, or which the UK Statistics Authority addressed to Emily Thornberry:
- The UK Statistics Authority wrote to Emily Thornberry MP about crime and police statistics
- The UK Statistics Authority wrote to Emily Thornberry MP about estimates of export-intensive jobs
Built 15 October 2026 from official records; register entries and votes are re-read on a rolling schedule. This page sets out what the record shows and gives no rating of the MP. Official UK Parliament page · All MPs · Something wrong? Tell us.