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Jesse Norman vs Peter Dowd

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
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Peter Dowd
Lab Bootle

Voting alignment

Jesse Norman and Peter Dowd voted the same way 5% of the time, based on 1,261 shared comparable votes.

65 same votes 1,196 different votes 1,261 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
8 Aye 16 No
NHS / Health 8% aligned 24 shared votes
18 Aye 6 No
77 Aye 53 No
Crime / Justice 8% aligned 130 shared votes
59 Aye 71 No
14 Aye 22 No
Benefits 6% aligned 36 shared votes
20 Aye 16 No
17 Aye 29 No
Energy 4% aligned 46 shared votes
31 Aye 15 No
63 Aye 101 No
Brexit / EU 4% aligned 164 shared votes
102 Aye 62 No
Most different by topic
23 Aye 30 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 53 shared votes
30 Aye 23 No
14 Aye 22 No
Foreign Affairs 0% aligned 36 shared votes
22 Aye 14 No
26 Aye 3 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 29 shared votes
3 Aye 26 No
10 Aye 16 No
Housing 0% aligned 26 shared votes
16 Aye 10 No
3 Aye 18 No
Digital / Online Safety 0% aligned 21 shared votes
18 Aye 3 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
68.9%
4% below average
Rank 449 of 649
1,713
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,637
2,376 eligible divisions
791
46.2% of votes cast
Aye votes
916
56.0% of votes cast
922
53.8% of votes cast
No votes
721
44.0% of votes cast
5
0.3% of votes cast
Against party
5
0.3% of votes cast
16 years, 4 months
Since 6 May 2010
Commons service
11 years, 4 months
Since 7 May 2015

Debates

52
-30.3 vs Commons average
Rank 434 of 649
Appearances
40
-42.3 vs Commons average
Rank 503 of 649
101
-42.5 vs Commons average
Rank 331 of 649
Contributions
28
-115.5 vs Commons average
Rank 582 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
£2,122,879
all imported IPSA years
£134,182
41% below average
Latest expenses
£243,077
7% above average
8
4 registered categories
Registered interests
1
1 registered category
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
Defence
63 of 71 votes
Brexit / EU
199 of 211 votes
#2
Work / Employment
64 of 77 votes
Environment / Climate
42 of 48 votes
#3
Environment / Climate
39 of 48 votes
Devolution / Local Government
56 of 66 votes
#4
Brexit / EU
171 of 211 votes
Democracy / Parliament
39 of 47 votes
#5
Trade
72 of 91 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
Immigration and Asylum Bill: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 13 Jul 2026
Migration
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
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: Third Reading 9 Jul 2025
Benefits
No
Aye
Terrorism Act 2000 (Proscribed Organisations) (Amendment) Order 2025 2 Jul 2025
Crime / Justice
Aye
No
Universal Credit and Personal Independent Payment Bill: Second Reading 1 Jul 2025
Benefits
No
No
Crime and Policing Bill Report Stage: Amendment 160 17 Jun 2025
Crime / Justice
No
Aye
Draft Equality Act 2010 (Amendment) Regulations 2023 13 Dec 2023
Aye
Aye
Draft Vehicle Emissions Trading Schemes Order 2023 4 Dec 2023
Environment / Climate
Aye
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