About your Member of Parliament

Your MP (Emily Thornberry) represents you, and all of the people who live in Islington South and Finsbury, at the UK Parliament in Westminster.

MPs split their time between Parliament and their constituency. In Parliament, they debate and vote on new laws, review existing laws, and question the Government. In the constituency, their focus is on supporting local people and championing local issues. They have a small staff team who help with casework, maintain their diaries, and monitor their inbox.

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Proffil

Llafur MP ar gyfer Islington South and Finsbury

Aeth i mewn i'r Tŷ'r Cyffredin ar 5 Mai 2005 — Etholiad cyffredinol

• Personal website
• Wikipedia page
• BBC News profile

Cyfryngau Cymdeithasol

• @emilythornberry.bsky.social
• @EmilyThornberry
• Facebook
• UK Parliament Profile

Expenses

• Expenses from 2004 to 2009
• Expenses from 2010 onwards

Themau o ddiddordeb

Emily Thornberry campaigned to remain in the European Union Source: BBC

• Department for International Trade
• Foreign and Commonwealth Office
• Attorney-General
• Ministry of Defence
• Cabinet Office
• Arms Trade: Saudi Arabia
• Crown Prosecution Service
• Serious Fraud Office
• Foreign
• Commonwealth and Development Office: Electronic Purchasing Card Solution
• Prosecutions

Swyddogaethau cyfredol

• Member, Liaison Committee (Commons) (since 4 Rha 2024)
• Member, National Security Strategy (Joint Committee) (since 2 Rha 2024)
• Chair, Foreign Affairs Committee (since 11 Med 2024)
• Chair, Foreign Affairs Committee (since 11 Med 2024)

Swyddogaethau eraill yn y gorffennol

• Shadow Attorney General (29 Tach 2021 to 30 Mai 2024)
• Shadow Secretary of State for International Trade ( 6 Ebr 2020 to 29 Tach 2021)
• Shadow Secretary of State for Exiting the European Union (20 Gor 2016 to 6 Hyd 2016)
• Shadow Foreign Secretary (27 Meh 2016 to 5 Ebr 2020)
• Shadow Secretary of State for Defence ( 5 Ion 2016 to 27 Meh 2016)
• Shadow Minister (Work and Pensions) (18 Med 2015 to 5 Ion 2016)
• Member, Health and Social Care Committee ( 8 Gor 2015 to 26 Hyd 2015)
• Shadow Attorney General ( 7 Hyd 2011 to 20 Tach 2014)
• Shadow Minister (Health) ( 8 Hyd 2010 to 7 Hyd 2011)
• Shadow Minister (Energy and Climate Change) (12 Mai 2010 to 8 Hyd 2010)
• Member, Draft Constitutional Renewal Bill (Joint Committee) ( 1 Mai 2008 to 22 Gor 2008)
• Member, Housing, Communities and Local Government Committee (23 Hyd 2006 to 2 Tach 2009)
• Member, Draft Legal Services Bill (Joint Committee) (15 Mai 2006 to 25 Gor 2006)
• Member, Environmental Audit Committee (12 Gor 2005 to 26 Maw 2007)

Previous MPs in this constituency

• Chris Smith
• George Cunningham

Public bill committees (Sittings attended)

• Welfare Reform and Work Bill Committee (11 out of 11)
• Health and Social Care Bill Committee (40 out of 40)
• Energy Bill Committee (11 out of 12)
• Children, Schools and Families Bill Committee (4 out of 12)
• Equality Bill Committee (13 out of 20)
• 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)
• Finance Bill Committee (20 out of 24)
• Tribunals, Courts and Enforcement Bill Committee (5 out of 7)
• Racial and Religious Hatred Bill Committee (4 out of 4)
• National Lottery Bill Committee (6 out of 8)
• Emergency Workers (Protection) Bill Committee (1 out of 1)

Ymddangosiadau diweddar

• Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office: Topical Questions 13 May 2025

  I know that a lot is going on, but the biodiversity beyond national jurisdiction treaty is important. It is about our blue planet and our oceans, in which we used to have a leadership position. When we were leading it, 115 countries signed that treaty, but it needs to be ratified as well, and very few countries are ratifying it, including Britain. When we asked the Government about it, they...

• UK Airstrike: Houthi Military Facility 30 Apr 2025

  I refer the House to my entry in the Register of Members’ Financial Interests. The Houthis say that they are shelling international shipping in order to help the Palestinians, but does my right hon. Friend agree that by not just undermining international trade but causing a devastating decline in the use of the Suez canal and crashing the numbers of cruise ships visiting Aqaba, they are...

• Palestinian Authority Prime Minister Visit 29 Apr 2025

  At the meeting last night between the Foreign Affairs Committee and the Palestinian Prime Minister and his delegation, it was clear that they were very encouraged by the discussions they had had with the Prime Minister and the Foreign Secretary, and rightly so, because the memorandum of understanding shows serious thinking about the long-term future of Israel and Palestine and leadership...

Mwy o ymddangosiadau diweddar Emily Thornberry

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