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Stephen Doughty vs Jesse Norman

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

Photograph of Stephen Doughty
Stephen Doughty
Lab Cardiff South and Penarth
vs
Photograph of Jesse Norman
Jesse Norman
Con Hereford and South Herefordshire

Voting alignment

Stephen Doughty and Jesse Norman voted the same way 6% of the time, based on 1,192 shared comparable votes.

68 same votes 1,124 different votes 1,192 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
12 Aye 10 No
NHS / Health 14% aligned 22 shared votes
13 Aye 9 No
64 Aye 51 No
Crime / Justice 7% aligned 115 shared votes
57 Aye 58 No
18 Aye 13 No
Energy 6% aligned 31 shared votes
15 Aye 16 No
19 Aye 15 No
Benefits 6% aligned 34 shared votes
13 Aye 21 No
13 Aye 17 No
Environment / Climate 3% aligned 30 shared votes
18 Aye 12 No
Most different by topic
32 Aye 32 No
Trade 0% aligned 64 shared votes
32 Aye 32 No
19 Aye 23 No
Migration 0% aligned 42 shared votes
23 Aye 19 No
20 Aye 20 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 40 shared votes
20 Aye 20 No
20 Aye 11 No
Housing 0% aligned 31 shared votes
11 Aye 20 No
11 Aye 18 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 29 shared votes
18 Aye 11 No

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

Voting record

66.5%
6% below average
Rank 490 of 649
Participation
72.1%
1% below average
Rank 377 of 649
1,581
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,713
2,376 eligible divisions
906
57.3% of votes cast
Aye votes
791
46.2% of votes cast
675
42.7% of votes cast
No votes
922
53.8% of votes cast
19
1.2% of votes cast
Against party
5
0.3% of votes cast
13 years, 10 months
Since 15 Nov 2012
Commons service
16 years, 4 months
Since 6 May 2010

Debates

79
-3.3 vs Commons average
Rank 266 of 649
Appearances
52
-30.3 vs Commons average
Rank 434 of 649
349
+205.5 vs Commons average
Rank 46 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

£2,632,101
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£1,812,464
all imported IPSA years
£294,894
30% above average
Latest expenses
£134,182
41% below average
0
0 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

Brexit / EU
177 of 211 votes
#1
Trade
87 of 91 votes
Foreign Affairs
57 of 69 votes
#2
Brexit / EU
199 of 211 votes
Defence
55 of 71 votes
#3
Environment / Climate
42 of 48 votes
Democracy / Parliament
36 of 47 votes
#4
Devolution / Local Government
56 of 66 votes
Environment / Climate
36 of 48 votes
#5
Democracy / Parliament
39 of 47 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
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
No
Taxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill Committee: New Clause 5 1 Jul 2026
Energy Tax Transport
Aye
No
Taxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill Committee: New Clause 4 1 Jul 2026
Energy Tax Transport
Aye
Aye
Employment Tribunals Extension of Jurisdiction (England and Wales) (Amendment) Order 2026 1 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
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
Crime and Policing Bill Report Stage: Amendment 160 17 Jun 2025
Crime / Justice
No
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading 29 Nov 2024
No
Aye
High Speed Rail (Crewe - Manchester) Bill: Instruction (No. 3) 21 May 2024
Transport
Aye
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