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Fred Thomas vs Jesse Norman

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

Photograph of Fred Thomas
Fred Thomas
Lab Plymouth Moor View
vs
Photograph of Jesse Norman
Jesse Norman
Con Hereford and South Herefordshire

Voting alignment

Fred Thomas and Jesse Norman voted the same way 3% of the time, based on 268 shared comparable votes.

7 same votes 261 different votes 268 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
10 Aye 4 No
Benefits 14% aligned 14 shared votes
2 Aye 12 No
7 Aye 11 No
Defence 6% aligned 18 shared votes
10 Aye 8 No
14 Aye 6 No
Crime / Justice 5% aligned 20 shared votes
5 Aye 15 No
39 Aye 24 No
Tax 0% aligned 63 shared votes
24 Aye 39 No
Most different by topic
39 Aye 24 No
Tax 0% aligned 63 shared votes
24 Aye 39 No
21 Aye 10 No
Education 0% aligned 31 shared votes
10 Aye 21 No
25 Aye 1 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 26 shared votes
1 Aye 25 No
12 Aye 7 No
Housing 0% aligned 19 shared votes
7 Aye 12 No
14 Aye 3 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 17 shared votes
3 Aye 14 No

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

Voting record

68.1%
4% below average
Rank 460 of 649
Participation
72.1%
1% below average
Rank 377 of 649
402
590 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,713
2,376 eligible divisions
234
58.2% of votes cast
Aye votes
791
46.2% of votes cast
168
41.8% of votes cast
No votes
922
53.8% of votes cast
1
0.2% of votes cast
Against party
5
0.3% of votes cast
2 years, 3 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
16 years, 4 months
Since 6 May 2010

Debates

44
-39.7 vs Commons average
Rank 485 of 649
Appearances
52
-31.7 vs Commons average
Rank 439 of 649
59
-86.9 vs Commons average
Rank 477 of 649
Contributions
101
-44.9 vs Commons average
Rank 335 of 649

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

Financials and interests

£225,625
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£1,812,464
all imported IPSA years
£225,625
same as average
Latest expenses
£134,182
41% below average
6
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

Housing
31 of 32 votes
#1
Trade
87 of 91 votes
Environment / Climate
8 of 9 votes
#2
Brexit / EU
199 of 211 votes
Education
44 of 50 votes
#3
Environment / Climate
42 of 48 votes
Tax
90 of 112 votes
#4
Devolution / Local Government
56 of 66 votes
Defence
27 of 34 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
Elections (proportional representation): Ten Minute Rule Motion 3 Dec 2024
No
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