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Jesse Norman vs Josh MacAlister

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 Josh MacAlister
Josh MacAlister
Lab Whitehaven and Workington

Voting alignment

Jesse Norman and Josh MacAlister voted the same way 2% of the time, based on 321 shared comparable votes.

8 same votes 313 different votes 321 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 9 No
Benefits 14% aligned 14 shared votes
7 Aye 7 No
4 Aye 5 No
Democracy / Parliament 11% aligned 9 shared votes
4 Aye 5 No
21 Aye 20 No
Crime / Justice 7% aligned 41 shared votes
19 Aye 22 No
14 Aye 8 No
Defence 5% aligned 22 shared votes
7 Aye 15 No
30 Aye 40 No
Tax 0% aligned 70 shared votes
40 Aye 30 No
Most different by topic
30 Aye 40 No
Tax 0% aligned 70 shared votes
40 Aye 30 No
10 Aye 24 No
Education 0% aligned 34 shared votes
24 Aye 10 No
5 Aye 27 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 32 shared votes
27 Aye 5 No
5 Aye 14 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 19 shared votes
14 Aye 5 No
7 Aye 9 No
Housing 0% aligned 16 shared votes
9 Aye 7 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
82.0%
9% above average
Rank 158 of 649
1,713
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
484
590 eligible divisions
791
46.2% of votes cast
Aye votes
243
50.2% of votes cast
922
53.8% of votes cast
No votes
241
49.8% of votes cast
5
0.3% of votes cast
Against party
0
0.0% of votes cast
16 years, 4 months
Since 6 May 2010
Commons service
2 years, 2 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

52
-29.8 vs Commons average
Rank 432 of 649
Appearances
84
+2.2 vs Commons average
Rank 234 of 649
101
-41.5 vs Commons average
Rank 327 of 649
Contributions
223
+80.5 vs Commons average
Rank 104 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
£223,568
all imported IPSA years
£134,182
41% below average
Latest expenses
£223,568
1% below average
8
4 registered categories
Registered interests
6
4 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
87 of 91 votes
#1
Democracy / Parliament
14 of 14 votes
Brexit / EU
199 of 211 votes
#2
NHS / Health
11 of 11 votes
Environment / Climate
42 of 48 votes
#3
Education
49 of 50 votes
Devolution / Local Government
56 of 66 votes
#4
Work / Employment
36 of 39 votes
Democracy / Parliament
39 of 47 votes
#5
Migration
12 of 13 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading 11 Sept 2026
Aye
No
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
Aye
No
Representation of the People Bill: Third Reading 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
Aye
Aye
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 67 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
Aye
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 65 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
No
Draft Trade Unions (Permissible Means of Voting) and Employment Rights (Unfair Dismissal) (Amendment) Order 2026 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
Aye
No
Draft Code of Practice on Electronic and Workplace Ballots for Statutory Trade Union Ballots 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
Aye
Aye
Immigration and Asylum Bill: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 13 Jul 2026
Migration
No
No
Employment Tribunal (Extension of Time Limits) (Miscellaneous Amendments and Transitional Provisions) Regulations 2026 1 Jul 2026
Aye
No
Employment Tribunals Extension of Jurisdiction (England and Wales) (Amendment) Order 2026 1 Jul 2026
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
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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