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Alistair Strathern vs Jesse Norman

A side-by-side comparison of voting participation, party rebellion, topic focus, and recent voting overlap.

Photograph of Alistair Strathern
Alistair Strathern
Lab Hitchin
vs
Photograph of Jesse Norman
Jesse Norman
Con Hereford and South Herefordshire

Voting alignment

Alistair Strathern and Jesse Norman voted the same way 3% of the time, based on 379 shared comparable votes.

11 same votes 368 different votes 379 shared votes

Alignment only includes divisions where both MPs recorded an Aye or No vote. Tellers, absences, abstentions, and missing votes are excluded.

Topic alignment

Closest by topic
2 Aye 2 No
NHS / Health 25% aligned 4 shared votes
3 Aye 1 No
7 Aye 2 No
Environment / Climate 11% aligned 9 shared votes
3 Aye 6 No
12 Aye 7 No
Benefits 11% aligned 19 shared votes
5 Aye 14 No
4 Aye 6 No
Democracy / Parliament 10% aligned 10 shared votes
5 Aye 5 No
9 Aye 10 No
Transport 5% aligned 19 shared votes
11 Aye 8 No
Most different by topic
50 Aye 35 No
Tax 0% aligned 85 shared votes
35 Aye 50 No
24 Aye 10 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 34 shared votes
10 Aye 24 No
17 Aye 10 No
Education 0% aligned 27 shared votes
10 Aye 17 No
15 Aye 7 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 22 shared votes
7 Aye 15 No
15 Aye 7 No
Housing 0% aligned 22 shared votes
7 Aye 15 No

Topic alignment uses local topic tags, so a division can count towards more than one topic.

Voting record

79.3%
7% above average
Rank 217 of 649
Participation
72.1%
1% below average
Rank 377 of 649
602
759 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,713
2,376 eligible divisions
308
51.2% of votes cast
Aye votes
791
46.2% of votes cast
294
48.8% of votes cast
No votes
922
53.8% of votes cast
0
0.0% of votes cast
Against party
5
0.3% of votes cast
2 years, 11 months
Since 19 Oct 2023
Commons service
16 years, 4 months
Since 6 May 2010

Debates

64
-18.3 vs Commons average
Rank 348 of 649
Appearances
52
-30.3 vs Commons average
Rank 434 of 649
73
-70.5 vs Commons average
Rank 427 of 649
Contributions
101
-42.5 vs Commons average
Rank 331 of 649

Debate figures cover imported Hansard debate appearances from the last 12 months.

Financials and interests

£379,404
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£1,812,464
all imported IPSA years
£295,499
31% above average
Latest expenses
£134,182
41% below average
2
2 registered categories
Registered interests
8
4 registered categories
2
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
8
matched sponsored bills

Expenses use IPSA totals for financial year 2024-25. Sponsored bill counts depend on currently imported bill sponsor metadata.

Most active voting topics

Benefits
31 of 31 votes
#1
Trade
87 of 91 votes
Environment / Climate
11 of 11 votes
#2
Brexit / EU
199 of 211 votes
Foreign Affairs
4 of 4 votes
#3
Environment / Climate
42 of 48 votes
Devolution / Local Government
25 of 26 votes
#4
Devolution / Local Government
56 of 66 votes
Energy
24 of 25 votes
#5
Democracy / Parliament
39 of 47 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading 11 Sept 2026
No
Aye
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
No
Aye
Representation of the People Bill: Third Reading 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 67 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
Aye
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 65 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
Aye
Aye
Draft Trade Unions (Permissible Means of Voting) and Employment Rights (Unfair Dismissal) (Amendment) Order 2026 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
No
Aye
Draft Code of Practice on Electronic and Workplace Ballots for Statutory Trade Union Ballots 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
No
No
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 19 14 Jul 2026
Aye
No
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 199 14 Jul 2026
Aye
Aye
Draft Town and Country Planning (Discharge of Local Planning Authority Functions) (England) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
No
Where they voted the same
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 88 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (l) 20 May 2026
No
No
Sentencing Bill Committee: New Clause 30 21 Oct 2025
Crime / Justice
No
No
Diego Garcia Military Base and British Indian Ocean Territory Bill Committee: Amendment 9 20 Oct 2025
Defence
No
No
Universal Credit and Personal Independence Payment Bill Committee: New Clause 8 9 Jul 2025
Benefits
No
No
Universal Credit and Personal Independent Payment Bill Committee: Amendment 39 9 Jul 2025
Benefits
No
No
Crime and Policing Bill Report Stage: Amendment 160 17 Jun 2025
Crime / Justice
No
Aye
High Speed Rail (Crewe - Manchester) Bill: Instruction (No. 3) 21 May 2024
Transport
Aye
Aye
Tobacco and Vapes Bill: Second Reading 16 Apr 2024
NHS / Health
Aye
Aye
Draft Equality Act 2010 (Amendment) Regulations 2023 13 Dec 2023
Aye
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