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Jesse Norman vs Michael Payne

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 Michael Payne
Michael Payne
Lab Gedling

Voting alignment

Jesse Norman and Michael Payne voted the same way 1% of the time, based on 295 shared comparable votes.

2 same votes 293 different votes 295 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
11 Aye 8 No
Defence 5% aligned 19 shared votes
7 Aye 12 No
12 Aye 11 No
Crime / Justice 4% aligned 23 shared votes
10 Aye 13 No
34 Aye 43 No
Tax 0% aligned 77 shared votes
43 Aye 34 No
5 Aye 29 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 34 shared votes
29 Aye 5 No
10 Aye 23 No
Education 0% aligned 33 shared votes
23 Aye 10 No
Most different by topic
34 Aye 43 No
Tax 0% aligned 77 shared votes
43 Aye 34 No
5 Aye 29 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 34 shared votes
29 Aye 5 No
10 Aye 23 No
Education 0% aligned 33 shared votes
23 Aye 10 No
11 Aye 9 No
Transport 0% aligned 20 shared votes
9 Aye 11 No
7 Aye 12 No
Housing 0% aligned 19 shared votes
12 Aye 7 No

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

Voting record

72.3 %
same as average
Rank 375 of 649
Participation
76.9 %
4 % above average
Rank 272 of 649
1,707
2,361 eligible divisions
Total votes
442
575 eligible divisions
789
46.2 % of votes cast
Aye votes
230
52.0 % of votes cast
918
53.8 % of votes cast
No votes
212
48.0 % of votes cast
5
0.3 % of votes cast
Against party
0
0.0 % of votes cast
16 years, 3 months
Since 6 May 2010
Commons service
2 years, 1 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

51
-26.9 vs Commons average
Rank 421 of 650
Appearances
25
-52.9 vs Commons average
Rank 564 of 650
99
-39.3 vs Commons average
Rank 319 of 650
Contributions
28
-110.3 vs Commons average
Rank 575 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
£216,868
all imported IPSA years
£134,182
41 % below average
Latest expenses
£216,868
4 % below average
8
4 registered categories
Registered interests
11
2 registered categories
8
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
0
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
Housing
31 of 31 votes
Brexit / EU
199 of 211 votes
#2
Democracy / Parliament
10 of 10 votes
Environment / Climate
42 of 48 votes
#3
Foreign Affairs
4 of 4 votes
Devolution / Local Government
56 of 66 votes
#4
Transport
28 of 29 votes
Energy
58 of 70 votes
#5
Education
48 of 50 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
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
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 19 14 Jul 2026
No
Aye
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 199 14 Jul 2026
No
Aye
Taxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill Committee: New Clause 5 1 Jul 2026
Energy Tax Transport
No
Aye
Taxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill Committee: New Clause 4 1 Jul 2026
Energy Tax Transport
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
No
Draft Climate Change Act 2008 (Credit Limit) Order 2026 24 Jun 2026
Environment / Climate
Aye
No
Draft Climate Change Act 2008 (International Aviation and International Shipping) Regulations 2026 24 Jun 2026
Environment / Climate Transport
Aye
Where they voted the same
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
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Voting source Commons Votes API