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Dr Zubir Ahmed vs Jesse Norman

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

Photograph of Dr Zubir Ahmed
Dr Zubir Ahmed
Lab Glasgow South West
vs
Photograph of Jesse Norman
Jesse Norman
Con Hereford and South Herefordshire

Voting alignment

Dr Zubir Ahmed and Jesse Norman voted the same way 4% of the time, based on 274 shared comparable votes.

10 same votes 264 different votes 274 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
1 Aye 4 No
Democracy / Parliament 20% aligned 5 shared votes
3 Aye 2 No
9 Aye 7 No
Benefits 13% aligned 16 shared votes
5 Aye 11 No
9 Aye 9 No
Defence 6% aligned 18 shared votes
8 Aye 10 No
14 Aye 16 No
Crime / Justice 3% aligned 30 shared votes
15 Aye 15 No
31 Aye 20 No
Tax 0% aligned 51 shared votes
20 Aye 31 No
Most different by topic
31 Aye 20 No
Tax 0% aligned 51 shared votes
20 Aye 31 No
24 Aye 7 No
Education 0% aligned 31 shared votes
7 Aye 24 No
20 Aye 3 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 23 shared votes
3 Aye 20 No
12 Aye 4 No
Housing 0% aligned 16 shared votes
4 Aye 12 No
11 Aye 3 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 14 shared votes
3 Aye 11 No

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

Voting record

73.7%
1% above average
Rank 338 of 649
Participation
72.1%
1% below average
Rank 377 of 649
435
590 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,713
2,376 eligible divisions
227
52.2% of votes cast
Aye votes
791
46.2% of votes cast
208
47.8% of votes cast
No votes
922
53.8% of votes cast
14
3.2% of votes cast
Against party
5
0.3% of votes cast
2 years, 3 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
16 years, 5 months
Since 6 May 2010

Debates

72
-11.6 vs Commons average
Rank 306 of 650
Appearances
52
-31.6 vs Commons average
Rank 439 of 650
154
+8.3 vs Commons average
Rank 201 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

£243,911
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£1,812,464
all imported IPSA years
£243,911
8% above average
Latest expenses
£134,182
41% below average
4
3 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

Migration
12 of 13 votes
#1
Trade
87 of 91 votes
NHS / Health
10 of 11 votes
#2
Brexit / EU
199 of 211 votes
Benefits
27 of 30 votes
#3
Environment / Climate
42 of 48 votes
Education
44 of 50 votes
#4
Devolution / Local Government
56 of 66 votes
Energy
17 of 20 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
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
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
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading 29 Nov 2024
No
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