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John McDonnell vs Jesse Norman

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

Photograph of John McDonnell
John McDonnell
Lab Hayes and Harlington
vs
Photograph of Jesse Norman
Jesse Norman
Con Hereford and South Herefordshire

Voting alignment

John McDonnell and Jesse Norman voted the same way 5% of the time, based on 1,375 shared comparable votes.

67 same votes 1,308 different votes 1,375 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
20 Aye 9 No
NHS / Health 10% aligned 29 shared votes
12 Aye 17 No
42 Aye 18 No
Education 10% aligned 60 shared votes
14 Aye 46 No
65 Aye 70 No
Crime / Justice 4% aligned 135 shared votes
74 Aye 61 No
105 Aye 66 No
Brexit / EU 4% aligned 171 shared votes
67 Aye 104 No
32 Aye 21 No
Benefits 4% aligned 53 shared votes
19 Aye 34 No
Most different by topic
33 Aye 24 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 57 shared votes
24 Aye 33 No
27 Aye 18 No
Energy 0% aligned 45 shared votes
18 Aye 27 No
17 Aye 27 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 44 shared votes
27 Aye 17 No
17 Aye 26 No
Migration 0% aligned 43 shared votes
26 Aye 17 No
22 Aye 17 No
Foreign Affairs 0% aligned 39 shared votes
17 Aye 22 No

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

Voting record

79.2%
7% above average
Rank 218 of 649
Participation
72.1%
1% below average
Rank 377 of 649
1,881
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,713
2,376 eligible divisions
1,021
54.3% of votes cast
Aye votes
791
46.2% of votes cast
860
45.7% of votes cast
No votes
922
53.8% of votes cast
24
1.3% of votes cast
Against party
5
0.3% of votes cast
29 years, 4 months
Since 1 May 1997
Commons service
16 years, 4 months
Since 6 May 2010

Debates

125
+42.7 vs Commons average
Rank 104 of 649
Appearances
52
-30.3 vs Commons average
Rank 434 of 649
158
+14.5 vs Commons average
Rank 184 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

£2,684,777
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£1,812,464
all imported IPSA years
£269,647
19% above average
Latest expenses
£134,182
41% below average
4
1 registered category
Registered interests
8
4 registered categories
7
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

Foreign Affairs
63 of 69 votes
#1
Trade
87 of 91 votes
Work / Employment
70 of 77 votes
#2
Brexit / EU
199 of 211 votes
Environment / Climate
43 of 48 votes
#3
Environment / Climate
42 of 48 votes
Migration
153 of 171 votes
#4
Devolution / Local Government
56 of 66 votes
Defence
63 of 71 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
Draft Town and Country Planning (Discharge of Local Planning Authority Functions) (England) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
No
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (l) 20 May 2026
No
Aye
Privilege 28 Apr 2026
Aye
No
Children's Wellbeing and Schools Bill: motion to insist on Amendment 38J and disagree with Lords Amendments 38V to 38X 22 Apr 2026
Education
No
No
Children's Wellbeing and Schools Bill: Amendments (a) to (c) in lieu of Lords Amendment 106 15 Apr 2026
Education
No
No
Children's Wellbeing and Schools Bill: Amendments (a) to (f) in lieu of Lords Amendment 38 15 Apr 2026
Education
No
No
Courts and Tribunals Bill: Second Reading 10 Mar 2026
Crime / Justice
No
Aye
Courts and Tribunals Bill: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 10 Mar 2026
Crime / Justice
Aye
No
Children's Wellbeing and Schools Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 106 9 Mar 2026
Education
No
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