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Jesse Norman vs Paula Barker

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


Voting alignment

Jesse Norman and Paula Barker voted the same way 5% of the time, based on 896 shared comparable votes.

44 same votes 852 different votes 896 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
13 Aye 12 No
NHS / Health 12% aligned 25 shared votes
15 Aye 10 No
16 Aye 26 No
Benefits 7% aligned 42 shared votes
23 Aye 19 No
9 Aye 15 No
Energy 4% aligned 24 shared votes
16 Aye 8 No
55 Aye 61 No
Crime / Justice 3% aligned 116 shared votes
61 Aye 55 No
17 Aye 12 No
Democracy / Parliament 3% aligned 29 shared votes
11 Aye 18 No
Most different by topic
18 Aye 34 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 52 shared votes
34 Aye 18 No
23 Aye 23 No
Brexit / EU 0% aligned 46 shared votes
23 Aye 23 No
20 Aye 23 No
Trade 0% aligned 43 shared votes
23 Aye 20 No
20 Aye 19 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 39 shared votes
19 Aye 20 No
14 Aye 25 No
Housing 0% aligned 39 shared votes
25 Aye 14 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
79.1%
6% above average
Rank 222 of 649
1,713
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,311
1,658 eligible divisions
791
46.2% of votes cast
Aye votes
683
52.1% of votes cast
922
53.8% of votes cast
No votes
628
47.9% of votes cast
5
0.3% of votes cast
Against party
9
0.7% of votes cast
16 years, 4 months
Since 6 May 2010
Commons service
6 years, 9 months
Since 12 Dec 2019

Debates

52
-30.3 vs Commons average
Rank 434 of 649
Appearances
79
-3.3 vs Commons average
Rank 270 of 649
101
-42.5 vs Commons average
Rank 331 of 649
Contributions
82
-61.5 vs Commons average
Rank 392 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
£1,383,596
all imported IPSA years
£134,182
41% below average
Latest expenses
£322,425
43% above average
8
4 registered categories
Registered interests
2
2 registered categories
8
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
2
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
52 of 54 votes
Brexit / EU
199 of 211 votes
#2
NHS / Health
45 of 47 votes
Environment / Climate
42 of 48 votes
#3
Defence
67 of 70 votes
#4
Environment / Climate
41 of 44 votes
Democracy / Parliament
39 of 47 votes
#5
Work / Employment
60 of 67 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