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Nick Smith vs Jesse Norman

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


Voting alignment

Nick Smith and Jesse Norman voted the same way 5% of the time, based on 1,253 shared comparable votes.

68 same votes 1,185 different votes 1,253 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
14 Aye 10 No
NHS / Health 13% aligned 24 shared votes
13 Aye 11 No
28 Aye 15 No
Energy 7% aligned 43 shared votes
18 Aye 25 No
73 Aye 65 No
Crime / Justice 7% aligned 138 shared votes
72 Aye 66 No
29 Aye 16 No
Benefits 4% aligned 45 shared votes
14 Aye 31 No
10 Aye 16 No
Democracy / Parliament 4% aligned 26 shared votes
15 Aye 11 No
Most different by topic
34 Aye 25 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 59 shared votes
25 Aye 34 No
19 Aye 30 No
Transport 0% aligned 49 shared votes
30 Aye 19 No
21 Aye 24 No
Defence 0% aligned 45 shared votes
24 Aye 21 No
27 Aye 18 No
Housing 0% aligned 45 shared votes
18 Aye 27 No
14 Aye 19 No
Environment / Climate 0% aligned 33 shared votes
19 Aye 14 No

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

Voting record

74.9%
2% above average
Rank 313 of 649
Participation
72.1%
1% below average
Rank 377 of 649
1,779
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,713
2,376 eligible divisions
1,016
57.1% of votes cast
Aye votes
791
46.2% of votes cast
763
42.9% of votes cast
No votes
922
53.8% 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
16 years, 4 months
Since 6 May 2010

Debates

95
+12.7 vs Commons average
Rank 188 of 649
Appearances
52
-30.3 vs Commons average
Rank 434 of 649
125
-18.5 vs Commons average
Rank 251 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

£2,595,067
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£1,812,464
all imported IPSA years
£251,492
11% above average
Latest expenses
£134,182
41% below average
0
0 registered categories
Registered interests
8
4 registered categories
2
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

Education
89 of 96 votes
#1
Trade
87 of 91 votes
Work / Employment
71 of 77 votes
#2
Brexit / EU
199 of 211 votes
Housing
59 of 67 votes
#3
Environment / Climate
42 of 48 votes
Foreign Affairs
58 of 69 votes
#4
Brexit / EU
177 of 211 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