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Dame Chi Onwurah vs Jesse Norman

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

Photograph of Dame Chi Onwurah
Dame Chi Onwurah
Lab Newcastle upon Tyne Central and West
vs
Photograph of Jesse Norman
Jesse Norman
Con Hereford and South Herefordshire

Voting alignment

Dame Chi Onwurah and Jesse Norman voted the same way 5% of the time, based on 1,310 shared comparable votes.

70 same votes 1,240 different votes 1,310 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
17 Aye 6 No
NHS / Health 9% aligned 23 shared votes
8 Aye 15 No
77 Aye 63 No
Crime / Justice 5% aligned 140 shared votes
66 Aye 74 No
22 Aye 18 No
Energy 5% aligned 40 shared votes
20 Aye 20 No
39 Aye 16 No
Education 4% aligned 55 shared votes
18 Aye 37 No
105 Aye 64 No
Brexit / EU 3% aligned 169 shared votes
63 Aye 106 No
Most different by topic
35 Aye 34 No
Trade 0% aligned 69 shared votes
34 Aye 35 No
26 Aye 33 No
Transport 0% aligned 59 shared votes
33 Aye 26 No
29 Aye 26 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 55 shared votes
26 Aye 29 No
24 Aye 16 No
Housing 0% aligned 40 shared votes
16 Aye 24 No
17 Aye 23 No
Migration 0% aligned 40 shared votes
23 Aye 17 No

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

Voting record

76.3%
4% above average
Rank 279 of 649
Participation
72.1%
1% below average
Rank 377 of 649
1,812
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,713
2,376 eligible divisions
1,005
55.5% of votes cast
Aye votes
791
46.2% of votes cast
807
44.5% of votes cast
No votes
922
53.8% of votes cast
18
1.0% of votes cast
Against party
5
0.3% of votes cast
16 years, 4 months
Since 6 May 2010
Commons service
16 years, 4 months
Since 6 May 2010

Debates

109
+26.7 vs Commons average
Rank 137 of 649
Appearances
52
-30.3 vs Commons average
Rank 434 of 649
158
+14.5 vs Commons average
Rank 183 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

£2,938,496
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£1,812,464
all imported IPSA years
£303,201
34% above average
Latest expenses
£134,182
41% below average
14
5 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

Foreign Affairs
67 of 69 votes
#1
Trade
87 of 91 votes
Democracy / Parliament
43 of 47 votes
#2
Brexit / EU
199 of 211 votes
Environment / Climate
43 of 48 votes
#3
Environment / Climate
42 of 48 votes
Work / Employment
67 of 77 votes
#4
Devolution / Local Government
56 of 66 votes
Defence
61 of 71 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 Supply of Machinery (Safety) (Amendment etc.) and the EU Machinery Regulation (Enforcement etc. in Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
No
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
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading 11 Sept 2026
No
No
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
No
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 Independent Payment Bill Committee: Amendment 39 9 Jul 2025
Benefits
No
Aye
Terrorism Act 2000 (Proscribed Organisations) (Amendment) Order 2025 2 Jul 2025
Crime / Justice
Aye
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Third Reading 20 Jun 2025
No
No
Crime and Policing Bill Report Stage: Amendment 160 17 Jun 2025
Crime / Justice
No
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