Rt Hon Emily Thornberry MP
Labour
Islington South and Finsbury
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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
2024-07-04 → present
Islington South and Finsbury
current
2010-05-06 → 2024-05-30
Islington South and Finsbury
2005-05-05 → 2010-05-06
Islington South and Finsbury
Party history
2005-05-05 → present
Labour
current
Government posts
None recorded.
Opposition posts
2021-11-29 → 2024-05-30
Shadow Attorney General
2020-04-06 → 2021-11-29
Shadow Secretary of State for International Trade
2016-07-20 → 2016-10-06
Shadow Secretary of State for Exiting the European Union
2016-06-27 → 2020-04-05
Shadow Foreign Secretary
2016-01-05 → 2016-06-27
Shadow Secretary of State for Defence
2015-09-18 → 2016-01-05
Shadow Minister (Work and Pensions)
2011-10-07 → 2014-11-20
Shadow Attorney General
2010-10-08 → 2011-10-07
Shadow Minister (Health)
2010-05-12 → 2010-10-08
Shadow Minister (Energy and Climate Change)
Committee memberships
2005-07-12 → 2007-03-26
Environmental Audit Committee
2006-05-15 → 2006-07-25
Draft Legal Services Bill (Joint Committee)
2006-10-23 → 2009-11-02
Housing, Communities and Local Government Committee
2008-05-01 → 2008-07-22
Draft Constitutional Renewal Bill (Joint Committee)
2015-07-08 → 2015-10-26
Health and Social Care Committee
2024-09-11 → present
Foreign Affairs Committee
Chair
+£17,806/yr
2024-12-02 → present
National Security Strategy (Joint Committee)
2024-12-04 → present
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
House of Commons, London, SW1A 0AA
Constituency office
emily.thornberry.mp@parliament.uk
020 7697 9307 · 65 Barnsbury Street, Islington, London, N1 1EJ
020 7697 9307 · 65 Barnsbury Street, Islington, London, N1 1EJ
Website
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