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Andy McDonald vs Jesse Norman

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

Photograph of Andy McDonald
Andy McDonald
Lab Middlesbrough and Thornaby East
vs
Photograph of Jesse Norman
Jesse Norman
Con Hereford and South Herefordshire

Voting alignment

Andy McDonald and Jesse Norman voted the same way 5% of the time, based on 1,346 shared comparable votes.

72 same votes 1,274 different votes 1,346 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
19 Aye 7 No
NHS / Health 8% aligned 26 shared votes
9 Aye 17 No
76 Aye 67 No
Crime / Justice 7% aligned 143 shared votes
73 Aye 70 No
28 Aye 19 No
Benefits 6% aligned 47 shared votes
16 Aye 31 No
107 Aye 66 No
Brexit / EU 4% aligned 173 shared votes
67 Aye 106 No
45 Aye 15 No
Education 3% aligned 60 shared votes
17 Aye 43 No
Most different by topic
34 Aye 32 No
Trade 0% aligned 66 shared votes
32 Aye 34 No
32 Aye 26 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 58 shared votes
26 Aye 32 No
20 Aye 27 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 47 shared votes
27 Aye 20 No
19 Aye 23 No
Migration 0% aligned 42 shared votes
23 Aye 19 No
23 Aye 17 No
Foreign Affairs 0% aligned 40 shared votes
17 Aye 23 No

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

Voting record

75.5%
3% above average
Rank 298 of 649
Participation
72.1%
1% below average
Rank 377 of 649
1,794
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,713
2,376 eligible divisions
996
55.5% of votes cast
Aye votes
791
46.2% of votes cast
798
44.5% of votes cast
No votes
922
53.8% of votes cast
23
1.3% of votes cast
Against party
5
0.3% of votes cast
13 years, 9 months
Since 29 Nov 2012
Commons service
16 years, 4 months
Since 6 May 2010

Debates

89
+6.7 vs Commons average
Rank 216 of 649
Appearances
52
-30.3 vs Commons average
Rank 434 of 649
118
-25.5 vs Commons average
Rank 275 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

£2,505,391
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£1,812,464
all imported IPSA years
£296,890
31% above average
Latest expenses
£134,182
41% below average
4
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

Work / Employment
71 of 77 votes
#1
Trade
87 of 91 votes
Defence
65 of 71 votes
#2
Brexit / EU
199 of 211 votes
Democracy / Parliament
42 of 47 votes
#3
Environment / Climate
42 of 48 votes
Brexit / EU
182 of 211 votes
#4
Devolution / Local Government
56 of 66 votes
Transport
81 of 95 votes
#5
Democracy / Parliament
39 of 47 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
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
No
Immigration and Asylum Bill: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 13 Jul 2026
Migration
Aye
Aye
Draft Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Act 2026 (Establishment of Schools) (Consequential Amendments) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
Education
No
Aye
Draft Supply of Machinery (Safety) (Amendment etc.) and the EU Machinery Regulation (Enforcement etc. in Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
No
Where they voted the same
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading 11 Sept 2026
No
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 88 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
No
Draft Town and Country Planning (Discharge of Local Planning Authority Functions) (England) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
No
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (l) 20 May 2026
No
Aye
Privilege 28 Apr 2026
Aye
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: Third Reading 9 Jul 2025
Benefits
No
No
Universal Credit and Personal Independent Payment Bill Committee: Amendment 39 9 Jul 2025
Benefits
No
No
Universal Credit and Personal Independent Payment Bill: Second Reading 1 Jul 2025
Benefits
No
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