Official portrait of Alex Norris

Alex Norris

Labour (Co-op) MP for Nottingham North and Kimberley, since 8 June 2017

Lord Chancellor and Secretary of State for Justice

Alex Norris is the Labour (Co-op) MP for Nottingham North and Kimberley, and has been an MP continually since 8 June 2017. He currently holds the Government post of Lord Chancellor and Secretary of State for Justice.

Scorecard

69.2% Attendance Below the median of MPs who vote
398 Votes cast out of 575 divisions
177 No vote recorded absent, abstaining, paired or unable to attend
0 Against their own party divisions where they voted the other way to most Labour (Co-op) MPs
3 Interests declared none at £5,000 or more
566 Debates spoken in 1169 written questions tabled

Ranked 379 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
2 Jul 2025 Draft Criminal Justice Act 2003 (Suitability for Fixed Term Recall) Order 2025 deferred division No vote 333–168
2 Jul 2025 Draft Enterprise Act 2002 (Mergers Involving Newspaper Enterprises and Foreign Powers) Regulations 2025 deferred division No vote 338–79
1 Jul 2025 Universal Credit and Personal Independent Payment Bill: Second Reading Aye 335–260
1 Jul 2025 Universal Credit and Personal Independent Payment Bill: Reasoned Amendment at Second Reading No 149–328
30 Jun 2025 Draft Marking of Retail Goods Regulations 2025 Aye 315–4
20 Jun 2025 Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Third Reading Aye 314–291
20 Jun 2025 Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Amendment 94 Aye 274–224
20 Jun 2025 Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Amendment 77 Aye 275–209
20 Jun 2025 Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Amendment 12 No 223–269
20 Jun 2025 Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Amendment 24 No 213–266
20 Jun 2025 Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: New Clause 16 No 208–261
18 Jun 2025 Crime and Policing Bill: Third Reading No vote 312–95
18 Jun 2025 Crime and Policing Bill Report Stage: New Clause 130 No vote 178–313
18 Jun 2025 Crime and Policing Bill Report Stage: New Clause 121 No vote 114–310
18 Jun 2025 Crime and Policing Bill Report Stage: New Clause 88 No vote 178–313
18 Jun 2025 Crime and Policing Bill Report Stage: New Clause 43 No vote 147–305
18 Jun 2025 Crime and Policing Bill Report Stage: New Clause 7 No vote 102–390
17 Jun 2025 Crime and Policing Bill Report Stage: New Clause 106 No 117–379
17 Jun 2025 Crime and Policing Bill Report Stage: New Clause 1 Aye 379–137
17 Jun 2025 Crime and Policing Bill Report Stage: Amendment 160 No 89–428
17 Jun 2025 Crime and Policing Bill Report Stage: Amendment 19 No 189–328
17 Jun 2025 Crime and Policing Bill Report Stage: Amendment 175 No 184–336
17 Jun 2025 Crime and Policing Bill Report Stage: Amendment 174 No 194–335
13 Jun 2025 Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: New Clause 2 No 259–216
13 Jun 2025 Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: New Clause 1 No 230–256

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.

3. Gifts, benefits and hospitality from UK sources

Name of donor: Nottingham Forest Football Club
Address of donor: The City Ground, Pavilion Road, Nottingham NG2 5FJ
Amount of donation or nature and value if donation in kind: Ticket and hospitality for Nottingham Forest vs Manchester United, value £250
Date received: 1 November 2025
Date accepted: 1 November 2025
Donor status: company, registration 1630402
(Registered 28 November 2025)

On the register since 2 Dec 2025

Name of donor: Nottingham Forest Football Club
Address of donor: The City Ground, Pavilion Road, Nottingham NG2 5FJ
Amount of donation or nature and value if donation in kind: Ticket and hospitality to Nottingham Forest vs. Brighton fixture at the City Ground, value £250
Date received: 1 February 2025
Date accepted: 1 February 2025
Donor status: company, registration 1630402
(Registered 28 November 2025)

On the register since 2 Dec 2025

8. Miscellaneous

Chair of Governors at Rosslyn Park Primary & Nursery School in Nottingham. This is an unpaid position.
(Registered 13 April 2023)

On the register since 18 Apr 2024

The same register on parliament.uk →

Debates

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

Money declared to them

No donations to this member appear on the Electoral Commission's register for this Parliament. Only donations above the statutory thresholds have to be declared, and the match is made on name — search the register directly if you are checking a specific one.

Where the public money goes — contracts and donations →


Sources: Commons Votes API, Members API and the Register of Members' Financial Interests, all published by Parliament under the Open Parliament Licence; donations from the Electoral Commission's register. This member's register and debate record were last refreshed 4 Aug 2026. How every figure is worked out →

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