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Sarah Smith vs Jesse Norman

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

Photograph of Sarah Smith
Sarah Smith
Lab Hyndburn
vs
Photograph of Jesse Norman
Jesse Norman
Con Hereford and South Herefordshire

Voting alignment

Sarah Smith and Jesse Norman voted the same way 4% of the time, based on 248 shared comparable votes.

11 same votes 237 different votes 248 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
7 Aye 5 No
Benefits 17% aligned 12 shared votes
3 Aye 9 No
1 Aye 5 No
Democracy / Parliament 17% aligned 6 shared votes
4 Aye 2 No
21 Aye 13 No
Crime / Justice 6% aligned 34 shared votes
13 Aye 21 No
8 Aye 9 No
Defence 6% aligned 17 shared votes
8 Aye 9 No
35 Aye 25 No
Tax 0% aligned 60 shared votes
25 Aye 35 No
Most different by topic
35 Aye 25 No
Tax 0% aligned 60 shared votes
25 Aye 35 No
19 Aye 6 No
Education 0% aligned 25 shared votes
6 Aye 19 No
18 Aye 2 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 20 shared votes
2 Aye 18 No
9 Aye 7 No
Housing 0% aligned 16 shared votes
7 Aye 9 No
8 Aye 4 No
Energy 0% aligned 12 shared votes
4 Aye 8 No

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

Voting record

62.4%
10% below average
Rank 551 of 649
Participation
72.1%
1% below average
Rank 377 of 649
368
590 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,713
2,376 eligible divisions
194
52.7% of votes cast
Aye votes
791
46.2% of votes cast
174
47.3% of votes cast
No votes
922
53.8% of votes cast
14
3.8% of votes cast
Against party
5
0.3% of votes cast
2 years, 3 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
16 years, 4 months
Since 6 May 2010

Debates

64
-19.7 vs Commons average
Rank 350 of 649
Appearances
52
-31.7 vs Commons average
Rank 439 of 649
83
-62.9 vs Commons average
Rank 393 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

£195,060
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£1,812,464
all imported IPSA years
£195,060
14% below average
Latest expenses
£134,182
41% below average
2
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

Trade
6 of 7 votes
#1
Trade
87 of 91 votes
Migration
10 of 13 votes
#2
Brexit / EU
199 of 211 votes
Defence
25 of 34 votes
#3
Environment / Climate
42 of 48 votes
Benefits
22 of 30 votes
#4
Devolution / Local Government
56 of 66 votes
Education
36 of 50 votes
#5
Democracy / Parliament
39 of 47 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
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
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
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
No
Elections (proportional representation): Ten Minute Rule Motion 3 Dec 2024
No
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