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Wera Hobhouse vs Alex Norris

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

Photograph of Wera Hobhouse
Wera Hobhouse
LD Bath
vs
Photograph of Alex Norris
Alex Norris
Lab Nottingham North and Kimberley

Voting alignment

Wera Hobhouse and Alex Norris voted the same way 82% of the time, based on 1,259 shared comparable votes.

1,034 same votes 225 different votes 1,259 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
91 Aye 60 No
Brexit / EU 100% aligned 151 shared votes
91 Aye 60 No
16 Aye 14 No
Environment / Climate 100% aligned 30 shared votes
16 Aye 14 No
10 Aye 13 No
Democracy / Parliament 96% aligned 23 shared votes
9 Aye 14 No
26 Aye 88 No
Migration 96% aligned 114 shared votes
27 Aye 87 No
18 Aye 3 No
Digital / Online Safety 95% aligned 21 shared votes
19 Aye 2 No
Most different by topic
12 Aye 31 No
Work / Employment 44% aligned 43 shared votes
26 Aye 17 No
17 Aye 20 No
Devolution / Local Government 46% aligned 37 shared votes
23 Aye 14 No
18 Aye 18 No
Education 47% aligned 36 shared votes
31 Aye 5 No
26 Aye 19 No
Benefits 64% aligned 45 shared votes
22 Aye 23 No
75 Aye 53 No
Tax 67% aligned 128 shared votes
91 Aye 37 No

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

Voting record

73.0%
1% above average
Rank 353 of 650
Participation
75.5%
3% above average
Rank 296 of 650
1,571
2,151 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,623
2,151 eligible divisions
857
54.6% of votes cast
Aye votes
903
55.6% of votes cast
714
45.4% of votes cast
No votes
720
44.4% of votes cast
1
0.1% of votes cast
Against party
1
0.1% of votes cast
9 years, 4 months
Since 8 Jun 2017
Commons service
9 years, 4 months
Since 8 Jun 2017

Debates

155
+62.0 vs Commons average
Rank 83 of 650
Appearances
59
-34.0 vs Commons average
Rank 428 of 650
218
+56.0 vs Commons average
Rank 143 of 650
Contributions
479
+317.0 vs Commons average
Rank 29 of 650

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

Financials and interests

£1,835,401
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£1,827,073
all imported IPSA years
£306,189
35% above average
Latest expenses
£301,924
33% above average
7
5 registered categories
Registered interests
3
2 registered categories
12
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
3
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

Devolution / Local Government
60 of 63 votes
#1
Foreign Affairs
78 of 82 votes
Brexit / EU
171 of 189 votes
#2
Migration
144 of 163 votes
Foreign Affairs
72 of 82 votes
#3
Work / Employment
67 of 76 votes
Defence
60 of 71 votes
#4
Environment / Climate
41 of 47 votes
Trade
70 of 90 votes
#5
Brexit / EU
160 of 189 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Opposition day motion: Support for British farmers 21 Oct 2026
No
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill: Third Reading 20 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
Aye
Aye
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: New Clause 12 20 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
Aye
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: New Clause 7 20 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
Aye
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: Amendment 51 20 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
Aye
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: New Clause 21 19 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
Aye
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: Amendment 47 19 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
Aye
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: Amendment 4 19 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
Aye
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: Amendment 23 19 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill: Programme Motion 19 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
Aye
Where they voted the same
Aye
Withdrawal Agreement (Windsor Framework and Governance) (Amendment) Regulations 2026 21 Oct 2026
Brexit / EU Foreign Affairs
Aye
Aye
Draft Railways (Interoperability in Northern Ireland) (Convention on International Carriage by Rail) (Amendment) Regulations 2026 21 Oct 2026
Transport
Aye
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading 11 Sept 2026
Aye
Aye
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
Aye
No
Social Housing Bill [Lords]: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 10 Sept 2026
Housing
No
Aye
Draft Plant Health, Seeds, Seed Potatoes and Plant Propagating Material (Amendment) (Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026 9 Sept 2026
Aye
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 142 8 Sept 2026
No
No
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 19 14 Jul 2026
No
No
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 199 14 Jul 2026
No
No
Immigration and Asylum Bill: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 13 Jul 2026
Migration
No
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