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Linsey Farnsworth vs Jesse Norman

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

Photograph of Linsey Farnsworth
Linsey Farnsworth
Lab Amber Valley
vs
Photograph of Jesse Norman
Jesse Norman
Con Hereford and South Herefordshire

Voting alignment

Linsey Farnsworth and Jesse Norman voted the same way 2% of the time, based on 331 shared comparable votes.

7 same votes 324 different votes 331 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
24 Aye 23 No
Crime / Justice 9% aligned 47 shared votes
21 Aye 26 No
9 Aye 4 No
Benefits 8% aligned 13 shared votes
3 Aye 10 No
8 Aye 15 No
Defence 4% aligned 23 shared votes
14 Aye 9 No
41 Aye 30 No
Tax 0% aligned 71 shared votes
30 Aye 41 No
24 Aye 10 No
Education 0% aligned 34 shared votes
10 Aye 24 No
Most different by topic
41 Aye 30 No
Tax 0% aligned 71 shared votes
30 Aye 41 No
24 Aye 10 No
Education 0% aligned 34 shared votes
10 Aye 24 No
27 Aye 5 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 32 shared votes
5 Aye 27 No
15 Aye 5 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 20 shared votes
5 Aye 15 No
12 Aye 7 No
Housing 0% aligned 19 shared votes
7 Aye 12 No

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

Voting record

87.8 %
15 % above average
Rank 53 of 650
Participation
72.3 %
same as average
Rank 377 of 650
490
558 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,694
2,344 eligible divisions
255
52.0 % of votes cast
Aye votes
783
46.2 % of votes cast
235
48.0 % of votes cast
No votes
911
53.8 % of votes cast
1
0.2 % of votes cast
Against party
5
0.3 % of votes cast
1 years, 11 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
16 years, 1 months
Since 6 May 2010

Debates

65
-4.8 vs Commons average
Rank 274 of 650
Appearances
38
-31.8 vs Commons average
Rank 477 of 650
119
-4.9 vs Commons average
Rank 215 of 650
Contributions
76
-47.9 vs Commons average
Rank 368 of 650

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

Financials and interests

£216,552
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£1,812,464
all imported IPSA years
£216,552
4 % below average
Latest expenses
£134,182
41 % below average
2
1 registered category
Registered interests
8
4 registered categories
1
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

Housing
31 of 31 votes
#1
Trade
85 of 89 votes
Devolution / Local Government
24 of 24 votes
#2
Brexit / EU
199 of 211 votes
Energy
17 of 17 votes
#3
Environment / Climate
42 of 48 votes
Digital / Online Safety
11 of 11 votes
#4
Devolution / Local Government
56 of 66 votes
NHS / Health
11 of 11 votes
#5
Energy
56 of 67 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No
Armed Forces Bill Report Stage: Amendment 11 22 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
No
Armed Forces Bill Report Stage: New Clause 11 22 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
No
Armed Forces Bill Report Stage: New Clause 4 22 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
No
National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: New Clause 3 17 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
No
National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: Amendment 13 17 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
No
National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: Amendment 8 17 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
No
National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: Amendment 3 17 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
Aye
National Security (State Threats) Bill: Allocation of Time motion 17 Jun 2026
Defence
No
Aye
Draft Clean Air Zones Central Services (Fees) (England) (Amendment) Regulations 2026 16 Jun 2026
No
No
Cyber Security and Resilience (Network and Information Systems) Bill Remaining Stages: Amendment 3 16 Jun 2026
Aye
Where they voted the same
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 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
Crime and Policing Bill Report Stage: New Clause 1 17 Jun 2025
Crime / Justice
No
No
Crime and Policing Bill Report Stage: Amendment 160 17 Jun 2025
Crime / Justice
No
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