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Matt Bishop vs Jesse Norman

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


Voting alignment

Matt Bishop and Jesse Norman voted the same way 3% of the time, based on 208 shared comparable votes.

6 same votes 202 different votes 208 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
4 Aye 7 No
Benefits 18% aligned 11 shared votes
5 Aye 6 No
4 Aye 5 No
Democracy / Parliament 11% aligned 9 shared votes
4 Aye 5 No
6 Aye 8 No
Defence 7% aligned 14 shared votes
7 Aye 7 No
11 Aye 15 No
Crime / Justice 4% aligned 26 shared votes
14 Aye 12 No
32 Aye 22 No
Tax 0% aligned 54 shared votes
22 Aye 32 No
Most different by topic
32 Aye 22 No
Tax 0% aligned 54 shared votes
22 Aye 32 No
16 Aye 5 No
Education 0% aligned 21 shared votes
5 Aye 16 No
10 Aye 3 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 13 shared votes
3 Aye 10 No
9 Aye 3 No
Energy 0% aligned 12 shared votes
3 Aye 9 No
2 Aye 7 No
Housing 0% aligned 9 shared votes
7 Aye 2 No

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

Voting record

52.9%
20% below average
Rank 615 of 649
Participation
72.1%
1% below average
Rank 377 of 649
312
590 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,713
2,376 eligible divisions
145
46.5% of votes cast
Aye votes
791
46.2% of votes cast
167
53.5% of votes cast
No votes
922
53.8% of votes cast
1
0.3% of votes cast
Against party
5
0.3% of votes cast
2 years, 3 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
16 years, 5 months
Since 6 May 2010

Debates

34
-49.7 vs Commons average
Rank 535 of 649
Appearances
52
-31.7 vs Commons average
Rank 439 of 649
45
-100.9 vs Commons average
Rank 529 of 649
Contributions
101
-44.9 vs Commons average
Rank 335 of 649

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

Financials and interests

£157,583
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£1,812,464
all imported IPSA years
£157,583
30% below average
Latest expenses
£134,182
41% below average
6
2 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

Tax
77 of 112 votes
#1
Trade
87 of 91 votes
Energy
13 of 20 votes
#2
Brexit / EU
199 of 211 votes
Democracy / Parliament
9 of 14 votes
#3
Environment / Climate
42 of 48 votes
Digital / Online Safety
7 of 11 votes
#4
NHS / Health
7 of 11 votes
#5
Democracy / Parliament
39 of 47 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
No
Where they voted the same
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API