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Jesse Norman vs Mike Reader

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
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Photograph of Mike Reader
Mike Reader
Lab Northampton South

Voting alignment

Jesse Norman and Mike Reader voted the same way 4% of the time, based on 276 shared comparable votes.

10 same votes 266 different votes 276 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
4 Aye 2 No
Democracy / Parliament 17% aligned 6 shared votes
1 Aye 5 No
3 Aye 10 No
Benefits 15% aligned 13 shared votes
8 Aye 5 No
14 Aye 21 No
Crime / Justice 9% aligned 35 shared votes
20 Aye 15 No
30 Aye 37 No
Tax 0% aligned 67 shared votes
37 Aye 30 No
1 Aye 26 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 27 shared votes
26 Aye 1 No
Most different by topic
30 Aye 37 No
Tax 0% aligned 67 shared votes
37 Aye 30 No
1 Aye 26 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 27 shared votes
26 Aye 1 No
10 Aye 15 No
Education 0% aligned 25 shared votes
15 Aye 10 No
9 Aye 8 No
Transport 0% aligned 17 shared votes
8 Aye 9 No
8 Aye 6 No
Defence 0% aligned 14 shared votes
6 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
73.4%
1% above average
Rank 351 of 649
1,713
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
433
590 eligible divisions
791
46.2% of votes cast
Aye votes
226
52.2% of votes cast
922
53.8% of votes cast
No votes
207
47.8% of votes cast
5
0.3% of votes cast
Against party
13
3.0% of votes cast
16 years, 5 months
Since 6 May 2010
Commons service
2 years, 3 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

52
-31.6 vs Commons average
Rank 439 of 650
Appearances
74
-9.6 vs Commons average
Rank 299 of 650
101
-44.7 vs Commons average
Rank 335 of 650
Contributions
99
-46.7 vs Commons average
Rank 340 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
£208,618
all imported IPSA years
£134,182
41% below average
Latest expenses
£208,618
8% below average
8
4 registered categories
Registered interests
11
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
Digital / Online Safety
11 of 11 votes
Brexit / EU
199 of 211 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
4 of 4 votes
Environment / Climate
42 of 48 votes
#3
Migration
12 of 13 votes
Devolution / Local Government
56 of 66 votes
#4
Transport
24 of 29 votes
Democracy / Parliament
39 of 47 votes
#5
NHS / Health
9 of 11 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
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
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
Immigration and Asylum Bill: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 13 Jul 2026
Migration
No
No
Draft Supply of Machinery (Safety) (Amendment etc.) and the EU Machinery Regulation (Enforcement etc. in Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
Aye
No
Draft Town and Country Planning (Discharge of Local Planning Authority Functions) (England) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
Aye
Where they voted the same
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading 11 Sept 2026
No
No
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
No
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
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
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Third Reading 20 Jun 2025
No
No
Crime and Policing Bill Report Stage: Amendment 160 17 Jun 2025
Crime / Justice
No
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading 29 Nov 2024
No
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