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Rushanara Ali vs Jesse Norman

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

Photograph of Rushanara Ali
Rushanara Ali
Lab Bethnal Green and Stepney
vs
Photograph of Jesse Norman
Jesse Norman
Con Hereford and South Herefordshire

Voting alignment

Rushanara Ali and Jesse Norman voted the same way 4% of the time, based on 1,360 shared comparable votes.

60 same votes 1,300 different votes 1,360 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
15 Aye 6 No
NHS / Health 10% aligned 21 shared votes
8 Aye 13 No
30 Aye 17 No
Benefits 4% aligned 47 shared votes
15 Aye 32 No
31 Aye 16 No
Energy 4% aligned 47 shared votes
18 Aye 29 No
10 Aye 17 No
Democracy / Parliament 4% aligned 27 shared votes
16 Aye 11 No
77 Aye 70 No
Crime / Justice 3% aligned 147 shared votes
70 Aye 77 No
Most different by topic
30 Aye 32 No
Transport 0% aligned 62 shared votes
32 Aye 30 No
19 Aye 25 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 44 shared votes
25 Aye 19 No
26 Aye 18 No
Housing 0% aligned 44 shared votes
18 Aye 26 No
20 Aye 23 No
Migration 0% aligned 43 shared votes
23 Aye 20 No
23 Aye 16 No
Foreign Affairs 0% aligned 39 shared votes
16 Aye 23 No

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

Voting record

76.3%
4% above average
Rank 280 of 649
Participation
72.1%
1% below average
Rank 377 of 649
1,812
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,713
2,376 eligible divisions
1,025
56.6% of votes cast
Aye votes
791
46.2% of votes cast
787
43.4% of votes cast
No votes
922
53.8% of votes cast
20
1.1% 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

47
-36.7 vs Commons average
Rank 473 of 649
Appearances
52
-31.7 vs Commons average
Rank 439 of 649
44
-101.9 vs Commons average
Rank 534 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

£2,943,041
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£1,812,464
all imported IPSA years
£325,502
44% above average
Latest expenses
£134,182
41% below average
5
3 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

Foreign Affairs
66 of 69 votes
#1
Trade
87 of 91 votes
Environment / Climate
44 of 48 votes
#2
Brexit / EU
199 of 211 votes
Brexit / EU
186 of 211 votes
#3
Environment / Climate
42 of 48 votes
Housing
59 of 67 votes
#4
Devolution / Local Government
56 of 66 votes
Trade
80 of 91 votes
#5
Democracy / Parliament
39 of 47 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
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
Aye
Draft Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Act 2026 (Establishment of Schools) (Consequential Amendments) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
Education
No
Aye
Draft Supply of Machinery (Safety) (Amendment etc.) and the EU Machinery Regulation (Enforcement etc. in Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
No
Aye
Draft Town and Country Planning (Discharge of Local Planning Authority Functions) (England) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
No
Where they voted the same
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading 11 Sept 2026
No
No
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
No
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
Aye
Terrorism Act 2000 (Proscribed Organisations) (Amendment) Order 2025 2 Jul 2025
Crime / Justice
Aye
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Third Reading 20 Jun 2025
No
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