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Rt Hon Emily Thornberry MP

Labour Islington South and Finsbury F
The Rt Hon Emily Thornberry is the Labour MP for Islington South and Finsbury, and has been an MP continually since 5 May 2005.

Pay & earnings · 2026

MP base salary £29,586 / £93,904 annual
115 days served — year-to-date · annual rate £93,904
Committee chair additional salary £5,767
Foreign Affairs Committee · 115 days £5,767
Declared outside earnings £0
0 registered interests published in 2026
Total (salary + chair + declared) £35,353
Base salary: House of Commons Library SN02644 / IPSA. Earnings from Register of Interests (API), published during 2026.

Constituencies represented

2024-07-04present
Islington South and Finsbury current
2010-05-062024-05-30
Islington South and Finsbury
2005-05-052010-05-06
Islington South and Finsbury

Party history

2005-05-05present
Labour current

Government posts

None recorded.

Opposition posts

2021-11-292024-05-30
Shadow Attorney General
2020-04-062021-11-29
Shadow Secretary of State for International Trade
2016-07-202016-10-06
Shadow Secretary of State for Exiting the European Union
2016-06-272020-04-05
Shadow Foreign Secretary
2016-01-052016-06-27
Shadow Secretary of State for Defence
2015-09-182016-01-05
Shadow Minister (Work and Pensions)
2011-10-072014-11-20
Shadow Attorney General
2010-10-082011-10-07
Shadow Minister (Health)
2010-05-122010-10-08
Shadow Minister (Energy and Climate Change)

Committee memberships

2005-07-122007-03-26
Environmental Audit Committee
2006-05-152006-07-25
Draft Legal Services Bill (Joint Committee)
2006-10-232009-11-02
Housing, Communities and Local Government Committee
2008-05-012008-07-22
Draft Constitutional Renewal Bill (Joint Committee)
2015-07-082015-10-26
Health and Social Care Committee
2024-09-11present
Foreign Affairs Committee Chair +£17,806/yr
2024-12-02present
National Security Strategy (Joint Committee)
2024-12-04present
Liaison Committee (Commons)
Chair additional salary only applies to specified select committees under Standing Order 122B. Regular members receive no additional pay.

Contact

Parliamentary office
thornberrye@parliament.uk
House of Commons, London, SW1A 0AA
Constituency office
emily.thornberry.mp@parliament.uk
020 7697 9307 · 65 Barnsbury Street, Islington, London, N1 1EJ
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