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Jesse Norman vs Gareth Thomas

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


Voting alignment

Jesse Norman and Gareth Thomas voted the same way 5% of the time, based on 1,176 shared comparable votes.

61 same votes 1,115 different votes 1,176 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
10 Aye 16 No
NHS / Health 12% aligned 26 shared votes
19 Aye 7 No
16 Aye 22 No
Benefits 5% aligned 38 shared votes
20 Aye 18 No
55 Aye 53 No
Crime / Justice 5% aligned 108 shared votes
56 Aye 52 No
9 Aye 14 No
Energy 4% aligned 23 shared votes
15 Aye 8 No
61 Aye 110 No
Brexit / EU 4% aligned 171 shared votes
111 Aye 60 No
Most different by topic
32 Aye 33 No
Trade 0% aligned 65 shared votes
33 Aye 32 No
19 Aye 24 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 43 shared votes
24 Aye 19 No
16 Aye 22 No
Foreign Affairs 0% aligned 38 shared votes
22 Aye 16 No
25 Aye 7 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 32 shared votes
7 Aye 25 No
8 Aye 18 No
Digital / Online Safety 0% aligned 26 shared votes
18 Aye 8 No

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

Voting record

72.1%
1% below average
Rank 377 of 649
Participation
66.5%
6% below average
Rank 491 of 649
1,713
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,581
2,376 eligible divisions
791
46.2% of votes cast
Aye votes
897
56.7% of votes cast
922
53.8% of votes cast
No votes
684
43.3% of votes cast
5
0.3% of votes cast
Against party
1
0.1% of votes cast
16 years, 4 months
Since 6 May 2010
Commons service
29 years, 4 months
Since 1 May 1997

Debates

52
-30.3 vs Commons average
Rank 434 of 649
Appearances
43
-39.3 vs Commons average
Rank 488 of 649
101
-42.5 vs Commons average
Rank 331 of 649
Contributions
48
-95.5 vs Commons average
Rank 514 of 649

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

Financials and interests

£1,812,464
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,854,227
all imported IPSA years
£134,182
41% below average
Latest expenses
£293,113
30% above average
8
4 registered categories
Registered interests
1
1 registered category
8
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
14
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
87 of 91 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
180 of 211 votes
Brexit / EU
199 of 211 votes
#2
Defence
59 of 71 votes
Environment / Climate
42 of 48 votes
#3
Migration
138 of 171 votes
#4
Transport
70 of 95 votes
Democracy / Parliament
39 of 47 votes
#5
Trade
67 of 91 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
Aye
Where they voted the same
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API