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Christian Wakeford vs Jesse Norman

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

Photograph of Christian Wakeford
Christian Wakeford
Lab Bury South
vs
Photograph of Jesse Norman
Jesse Norman
Con Hereford and South Herefordshire

Voting alignment

Christian Wakeford and Jesse Norman voted the same way 44% of the time, based on 918 shared comparable votes.

407 same votes 511 different votes 918 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
27 Aye 27 No
Brexit / EU 87% aligned 54 shared votes
26 Aye 28 No
15 Aye 18 No
Migration 85% aligned 33 shared votes
14 Aye 19 No
11 Aye 15 No
Foreign Affairs 77% aligned 26 shared votes
11 Aye 15 No
14 Aye 18 No
Democracy / Parliament 66% aligned 32 shared votes
17 Aye 15 No
24 Aye 16 No
Trade 63% aligned 40 shared votes
21 Aye 19 No
Most different by topic
17 Aye 6 No
Digital / Online Safety 0% aligned 23 shared votes
6 Aye 17 No
3 Aye 0 No
Cost of Living 0% aligned 3 shared votes
0 Aye 3 No
33 Aye 17 No
Work / Employment 2% aligned 50 shared votes
16 Aye 34 No
19 Aye 16 No
Devolution / Local Government 3% aligned 35 shared votes
15 Aye 20 No
28 Aye 10 No
Education 5% aligned 38 shared votes
10 Aye 28 No

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

Voting record

86.2%
14% above average
Rank 73 of 649
Participation
72.1%
1% below average
Rank 377 of 649
1,429
1,658 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,713
2,376 eligible divisions
684
47.9% of votes cast
Aye votes
791
46.2% of votes cast
745
52.1% of votes cast
No votes
922
53.8% of votes cast
9
0.6% of votes cast
Against party
5
0.3% of votes cast
6 years, 9 months
Since 12 Dec 2019
Commons service
16 years, 5 months
Since 6 May 2010

Debates

1
-82.6 vs Commons average
Rank 636 of 650
Appearances
52
-31.6 vs Commons average
Rank 439 of 650
1
-144.7 vs Commons average
Rank 633 of 650
Contributions
101
-44.7 vs Commons average
Rank 335 of 650

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

Financials and interests

£1,415,566
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£1,812,464
all imported IPSA years
£335,718
48% above average
Latest expenses
£134,182
41% below average
0
0 registered categories
Registered interests
8
4 registered categories
0
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

Foreign Affairs
50 of 50 votes
#1
Trade
87 of 91 votes
Defence
69 of 70 votes
#2
Brexit / EU
199 of 211 votes
Work / Employment
63 of 67 votes
#3
Environment / Climate
42 of 48 votes
Environment / Climate
41 of 44 votes
#4
Devolution / Local Government
56 of 66 votes
Democracy / Parliament
38 of 41 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
No
Immigration and Asylum Bill: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 13 Jul 2026
Migration
Aye
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
the draft Economic Growth (Regulatory Functions) (Amendment) Order 2024 24 Apr 2024
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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