The House of Commons is not currently sitting. Next scheduled business: Monday 12 October 2026.

Compare

Joe Powell vs Jesse Norman

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

Photograph of Joe Powell
Joe Powell
Lab Kensington and Bayswater
vs
Photograph of Jesse Norman
Jesse Norman
Con Hereford and South Herefordshire

Voting alignment

Joe Powell and Jesse Norman voted the same way 2% of the time, based on 284 shared comparable votes.

7 same votes 277 different votes 284 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
6 Aye 5 No
Benefits 18% aligned 11 shared votes
3 Aye 8 No
4 Aye 5 No
Democracy / Parliament 11% aligned 9 shared votes
4 Aye 5 No
16 Aye 18 No
Crime / Justice 6% aligned 34 shared votes
16 Aye 18 No
9 Aye 16 No
Defence 4% aligned 25 shared votes
15 Aye 10 No
25 Aye 29 No
Tax 0% aligned 54 shared votes
29 Aye 25 No
Most different by topic
25 Aye 29 No
Tax 0% aligned 54 shared votes
29 Aye 25 No
29 Aye 5 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 34 shared votes
5 Aye 29 No
10 Aye 7 No
Education 0% aligned 17 shared votes
7 Aye 10 No
7 Aye 10 No
Transport 0% aligned 17 shared votes
10 Aye 7 No
8 Aye 6 No
Energy 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

75.3%
3% above average
Rank 304 of 649
Participation
72.1%
1% below average
Rank 377 of 649
444
590 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,713
2,376 eligible divisions
208
46.8% of votes cast
Aye votes
791
46.2% of votes cast
236
53.2% of votes cast
No votes
922
53.8% of votes cast
0
0.0% of votes cast
Against party
5
0.3% of votes cast
2 years, 2 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
16 years, 4 months
Since 6 May 2010

Debates

91
+8.7 vs Commons average
Rank 204 of 649
Appearances
52
-30.3 vs Commons average
Rank 434 of 649
120
-23.5 vs Commons average
Rank 266 of 649
Contributions
101
-42.5 vs Commons average
Rank 331 of 649

Debate figures cover imported Hansard debate appearances from the last 12 months.

Financials and interests

£214,410
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£1,812,464
all imported IPSA years
£214,410
5% below average
Latest expenses
£134,182
41% below average
6
4 registered categories
Registered interests
8
4 registered categories
0
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
8
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

Democracy / Parliament
14 of 14 votes
#1
Trade
87 of 91 votes
Defence
33 of 34 votes
#2
Brexit / EU
199 of 211 votes
Migration
12 of 13 votes
#3
Environment / Climate
42 of 48 votes
Energy
18 of 20 votes
#4
Devolution / Local Government
56 of 66 votes
Work / Employment
35 of 39 votes
#5
Democracy / Parliament
39 of 47 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading 11 Sept 2026
No
Aye
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
No
Aye
Representation of the People Bill: Third Reading 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 67 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
Aye
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 65 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
Aye
Aye
Draft Trade Unions (Permissible Means of Voting) and Employment Rights (Unfair Dismissal) (Amendment) Order 2026 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
No
Aye
Draft Code of Practice on Electronic and Workplace Ballots for Statutory Trade Union Ballots 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
No
No
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 19 14 Jul 2026
Aye
No
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 199 14 Jul 2026
Aye
No
Immigration and Asylum Bill: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 13 Jul 2026
Migration
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
No
Crime and Policing Bill Report Stage: Amendment 160 17 Jun 2025
Crime / Justice
No
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API