Official portrait of Jesse Norman

Jesse Norman

Conservative MP for Hereford and South Herefordshire, since 6 May 2010

Shadow Leader of the House of Commons

The Rt Hon Jesse Norman is the Conservative MP for Hereford and South Herefordshire, and has been an MP continually since 6 May 2010. He currently undertakes the role of Shadow Leader of the House of Commons.

Scorecard

64.5% Attendance Below the median of MPs who vote
371 Votes cast out of 575 divisions
204 No vote recorded absent, abstaining, paired or unable to attend
0 Against their own party divisions where they voted the other way to most Conservative MPs
17 Interests declared 1 at £5,000 or more
638 Debates spoken in 70 written questions tabled

Ranked 454 of 638 MPs for attendance. The median of MPs who vote is 72.3%. Ministers and front-benchers vote less often than backbenchers for reasons of office rather than absenteeism, and Parliament does not publish reasons for any absence — the ranking is a starting point for a question, not an answer to one.

Voting record

575 divisions since they took their seat, newest first.

DateQuestionTheir voteResult
18 Mar 2026 Draft Employment Rights Act 2025 (Investigatory Powers) (Consequential Amendments) Regulations 2026 deferred division No 368–107
11 Mar 2026 Finance (No. 2) Bill: Third Reading No 292–161
11 Mar 2026 Finance (No. 2) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 6 Aye 175–292
11 Mar 2026 Finance (No. 2) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 5 Aye 172–283
11 Mar 2026 Finance (No. 2) Bill Report Stage: New Clause 11 Aye 174–292
10 Mar 2026 Courts and Tribunals Bill: Second Reading No 304–203
10 Mar 2026 Courts and Tribunals Bill: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading Aye 203–311
9 Mar 2026 Children's Wellbeing and Schools Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 106 No 304–177
9 Mar 2026 Children's Wellbeing and Schools Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 102 No 315–163
9 Mar 2026 Children's Wellbeing and Schools Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 44 No 315–109
9 Mar 2026 Children's Wellbeing and Schools Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 41 No 316–171
9 Mar 2026 Children's Wellbeing and Schools Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 38 No 307–173
9 Mar 2026 Children's Wellbeing and Schools Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 37 No 321–106
9 Mar 2026 Children's Wellbeing and Schools Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 17 No 306–182
9 Mar 2026 Children's Wellbeing and Schools Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 16 No 309–181
2 Mar 2026 Representation of the People Bill: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading Aye 105–410
24 Feb 2026 Opposition Day: Protections for children from online harms No vote 69–279
23 Feb 2026 Universal Credit (Removal of Two Child Limit) Bill: Third Reading No 361–84
23 Feb 2026 Universal Credit (Removal of Two Child Limit) Bill Committee: New Clause 3 No vote 73–256
23 Feb 2026 Industry and Exports (Financial Assistance) Bill Committee: New Clause 3 No vote 77–280
23 Feb 2026 Industry and Exports (Financial Assistance) Bill Committee: New Clause 2 Aye 156–273
23 Feb 2026 Industry and Exports (Financial Assistance) Bill Committee: Amendment 1 Aye 161–272
11 Feb 2026 Referendums Relating to Council Tax Increases (Principles) (England) Report 2026-27 No 279–90
11 Feb 2026 Local Government Finance Report (England) 2026-27 No 277–143
11 Feb 2026 Draft Greenhouse Gas Emissions Trading Scheme (Amendment) (Extension to Maritime Activities) Order 2026 deferred division No 362–107

Declared financial interests

Quoted in full from the Register of Members' Financial Interests. Entries where the largest figure is £5,000 or more are marked. A declaration is not a wrongdoing — the register exists precisely so that these things are visible.

1. Employment and earnings

Payment: £679.71
Received on: 23 June 2026. Hours: 20 hrs Estimated 20-30 hours.
(Registered 29 June 2026)

On the register since 30 Jun 2026

Payment: £178.35
Received on: 30 April 2026. Hours: no hours entered.
Ultimate payer: HarperCollins Publishers Ltd, The News Building, 1 London Bridge Street, London SE1 9GF
(Registered 14 May 2026)

On the register since 19 May 2026

Payment: £159.87
Received on: 23 April 2026. Hours: no hours entered.
Ultimate payer: Penguin Books Ltd, One Embassy Gardens, 8 Viaduct Gardens, London, SW11 7BW, UK
(Registered 27 April 2026)

On the register since 29 Apr 2026

Payment: £675.49
Received on: 30 September 2025. Hours: 10 hrs.
Donated to: a charity
(Registered 22 October 2025)

On the register since 4 Nov 2025

Payment: £66.55
Received on: 9 October 2025. Hours: no hours entered.
Ultimate payer: HarperCollins Publishers Ltd, The News Building, 1 London Bridge St, London SE1 9GF
(Registered 20 October 2025)

On the register since 21 Oct 2025

Payment: £98.40
Received on: 16 October 2025. Hours: no hours entered.
Ultimate payer: Everyman's Library, Everyman's Library, 50 Albemarle Street, London, W1S 4BD
(Registered 20 October 2025)

On the register since 21 Oct 2025

Payment: £253.31
Received on: 3 October 2025. Hours: no hours entered.
Ultimate payer: Penguin Books Ltd, Embassy Gardens. One Embassy Gardens, 8 Viaduct Gardens, London, SW11 7BW
(Registered 20 October 2025)

On the register since 21 Oct 2025

Payment: £1,667
Received on: 18 September 2025. Hours: no hours entered.
Ultimate payer: Hayakawa Publishing Inc, 2-2 Kanda-tacho, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo, 101-0046 Japan
(Registered 24 September 2025)

On the register since 8 Oct 2025

Role, work or services: Writing Books
Payer: Peters Fraser & Dunlop Ltd (Book Publisher), 55 New Oxford Street, London WC1A 1BS

On the register since 26 Sep 2025

Payment: £84.48
Received on: 3 July 2025. Hours: no hours entered.
Ultimate payer: Ulverscroft - Isis Publishing, The Green, Bradgate Road, Anstey, Leicester, Leicestershire LE7 7FU
(Registered 8 July 2025)

On the register since 15 Jul 2025

Role, work or services: Academic Work
Payer: Liberty Fund Inc (private educational foundation), 11301 N. Meridian Street, Carmel, IN 46032-4564, USA

On the register since 18 Apr 2024

4. Visits outside the UK

Name of donor: The Political Thinker Ltd
Address of donor: 71 Queen Victoria Street, London EC4V 4BE
Estimate of the probable value (or amount of any donation): Hotel accommodation (£963.57), meals, etc (£439.57), value £1,403.52
Destination of visit: Spain
Dates of visit: 26 March 2026 to 29 March 2026
Purpose of visit: Attending and speaking at a conference.
(Registered 20 April 2026)

On the register since 29 Apr 2026

Name of donor: Franco-British Colloque Ltd
Address of donor: Station House, Station Approach, East Horsley, Surrey KT24 6QX
Estimate of the probable value (or amount of any donation): Food, transfer, and accommodation, value £1,125
Destination of visit: France
Dates of visit: 15 January 2026 to 17 January 2026
Purpose of visit: To attend the Franco-British Colloque 2026.
(Registered 2 February 2026)

On the register since 3 Feb 2026

£5,012

Name of donor: Istituto Bruno Leoni
Address of donor: Piazza Castello 23, 20121 Milan
Estimate of the probable value (or amount of any donation): Travel (£543) and accommodation (£4,469), value £5,012
Destination of visit: France
Dates of visit: 5 September 2025 to 7 September 2025
Purpose of visit: Travel, accommodation and subsistence at a conference on Liberalism sponsored by the Istituto Bruno Leoni
(Registered 22 September 2025)

On the register since 8 Oct 2025

7. (ii) Other shareholdings, valued at more than £70,000

Name of company or organisation: Genie International Toys
Nature of business: Toy design and manufacture
Additional information: Previously trading as Genie Toys PLC until 17 December 2017.
(Updated 31 January 2022)

On the register since 18 Apr 2024

8. Miscellaneous

Chair of NMITE. This is an unpaid role.
Date interest arose: 17 January 2025
(Registered 12 March 2025)

On the register since 25 Mar 2025

Member of the Town Board for Hereford. This is an unpaid role.
Date interest arose: 23 January 2020
(Registered 5 February 2020)

On the register since 18 Apr 2024

The same register on parliament.uk →

Debates

638 debates contributed to in total. The ten most recent:


Sources: Commons Votes API, Members API and the Register of Members' Financial Interests, all published by Parliament under the Open Parliament Licence. This member's register and debate record were last refreshed 3 Aug 2026. How every figure is worked out →

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