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Jesse Norman vs David Burton-Sampson

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

Photograph of Jesse Norman
Jesse Norman
Con Hereford and South Herefordshire
vs
Photograph of David Burton-Sampson
David Burton-Sampson
Lab Southend West and Leigh

Voting alignment

Jesse Norman and David Burton-Sampson voted the same way 2% of the time, based on 357 shared comparable votes.

7 same votes 350 different votes 357 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
5 Aye 12 No
Benefits 12% aligned 17 shared votes
10 Aye 7 No
4 Aye 5 No
Democracy / Parliament 11% aligned 9 shared votes
4 Aye 5 No
23 Aye 26 No
Crime / Justice 6% aligned 49 shared votes
25 Aye 24 No
15 Aye 10 No
Defence 4% aligned 25 shared votes
9 Aye 16 No
35 Aye 43 No
Tax 0% aligned 78 shared votes
43 Aye 35 No
Most different by topic
35 Aye 43 No
Tax 0% aligned 78 shared votes
43 Aye 35 No
10 Aye 24 No
Education 0% aligned 34 shared votes
24 Aye 10 No
2 Aye 24 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 26 shared votes
24 Aye 2 No
5 Aye 15 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 20 shared votes
15 Aye 5 No
10 Aye 10 No
Transport 0% aligned 20 shared votes
10 Aye 10 No

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

Voting record

72.0%
same as average
Rank 383 of 650
Participation
87.6%
15% above average
Rank 47 of 650
1,733
2,406 eligible divisions
Total votes
543
620 eligible divisions
799
46.1% of votes cast
Aye votes
280
51.6% of votes cast
934
53.9% of votes cast
No votes
263
48.4% of votes cast
5
0.3% of votes cast
Against party
3
0.6% of votes cast
16 years, 5 months
Since 6 May 2010
Commons service
2 years, 3 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

59
-34.9 vs Commons average
Rank 436 of 650
Appearances
68
-25.9 vs Commons average
Rank 385 of 650
111
-52.5 vs Commons average
Rank 349 of 650
Contributions
71
-92.5 vs Commons average
Rank 473 of 650

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

Financials and interests

£1,812,464
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£191,962
all imported IPSA years
£134,182
41% below average
Latest expenses
£191,962
15% below average
9
4 registered categories
Registered interests
3
2 registered categories
8
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
1
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

Trade
90 of 94 votes
#1
Defence
34 of 34 votes
Brexit / EU
200 of 212 votes
#2
Devolution / Local Government
24 of 24 votes
Environment / Climate
43 of 49 votes
#3
Energy
20 of 20 votes
Devolution / Local Government
56 of 66 votes
#4
Foreign Affairs
17 of 17 votes
Democracy / Parliament
39 of 47 votes
#5
Democracy / Parliament
14 of 14 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No
Draft Town and Country Planning (Fees for Applications, Deemed Applications, Requests and Site Visits) (England) (Amendment and Transitional Provision) Regulations 2026 27 Oct 2026
Aye
No
Withdrawal Agreement (Windsor Framework and Governance) (Amendment) Regulations 2026 21 Oct 2026
Brexit / EU Foreign Affairs
Aye
No
Draft Railways (Interoperability in Northern Ireland) (Convention on International Carriage by Rail) (Amendment) Regulations 2026 21 Oct 2026
Transport
Aye
No
Draft Code of Practice on Access and Unfair Practices During the Recognition and Derecognition Process 21 Oct 2026
Aye
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill: Third Reading 20 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
Aye
Aye
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: New Clause 12 20 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
Aye
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: New Clause 7 20 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
Aye
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: Amendment 32 20 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
Aye
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: Amendment 51 20 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill: Programme Motion 19 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
Aye
Where they voted the same
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 88 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
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
Aye
Terrorism Act 2000 (Proscribed Organisations) (Amendment) Order 2025 2 Jul 2025
Crime / Justice
Aye
No
Crime and Policing Bill Report Stage: Amendment 160 17 Jun 2025
Crime / Justice
No
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