Rt Hon Jesse Norman, MP for Hereford and South Herefordshire
Jesse Norman has been an MP since 2010. Currently: Shadow Leader of the House of Commons; Speaker's Committee for the Independent Parliamentary Standards Authority; Modernisation Committee; House of Commons Commission.
Roles and committees
Posts held in government or opposition, and committee seats, as Parliament records them.
In government
| Post | When | |
|---|---|---|
| Minister of State (Department for Transport) (Department for Transport) | 2022 to 2023 | |
| Minister of State (Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office) (Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office) | 2022 | |
| Financial Secretary to the Treasury and Paymaster General (HM Treasury) | 2019 | |
| Financial Secretary (HM Treasury) (HM Treasury) | 2019 to 2021 | |
| Minister of State (Department for Transport) (Department for Transport) | 2018 to 2019 | |
| Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department for Transport) (Department for Transport) | 2017 to 2018 | |
| Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy) (Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy) | 2016 to 2017 |
In opposition
| Post | When | |
|---|---|---|
| Shadow Leader of the House of Commons (Office of the Leader of the House of Commons) | 2024 to now | Now |
Committees
| Post | When | |
|---|---|---|
| Speaker's Committee for the Independent Parliamentary Standards Authority | 2024 to now | Now |
| Modernisation Committee | 2024 to now | Now |
| House of Commons Commission | 2024 to now | Now |
| Restoration and Renewal Client Board | 2024 to now | Now |
| Restoration and Renewal Programme Board | 2024 to now | Now |
| Members Estimate Committee | 2024 to now | Now |
| Defence Committee | 2024 to now | Now |
| Defence Committee | 2023 to 2024 |
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| Post | When | |
|---|---|---|
| Defence Sub-Committee | 2023 to 2024 | |
| National Insurance Contributions Bill | 2021 | |
| Liaison Committee (Commons) | 2015 to 2016 | |
| House of Commons Governance Committee | 2014 | |
| Consolidation, &c., Bills (Joint Committee) | 2010 to 2015 | |
| Treasury Committee | 2010 to 2015 |
Political Interests
Source: UK Parliament Members API · Parliament’s own page
Declared interests
MPs must publish certain paid work, gifts, donations and other interests. This is a record of what they declared, not a suggestion that anything is wrong.
Jesse Norman has 17 interests currently registered.
| Type | What was registered | Registered |
|---|---|---|
| Employment and earnings - Ad hoc payments | Payment received on 11 August 2026 - £739.15 | 12 Aug 2026 |
| Employment and earnings - Ad hoc payments | Payment received on 23 June 2026 - £679.71 | 29 Jun 2026 |
| Employment and earnings - Ad hoc payments | Payment received on 30 April 2026 - £178.35 | 14 May 2026 |
| Employment and earnings - Ad hoc payments | Payment received on 23 April 2026 - £159.87 | 27 Apr 2026 |
| Visits outside the UK | International visit to Spain between 26 March 2026 and 29 March 2026 | 20 Apr 2026 |
| Visits outside the UK | International visit to France between 15 January 2026 and 17 January 2026 | 2 Feb 2026 |
| Employment and earnings - Ad hoc payments | Payment received on 30 September 2025 - £675.49 | 22 Oct 2025 |
| Employment and earnings - Ad hoc payments | Payment received on 03 October 2025 - £253.31 | 20 Oct 2025 |
| Employment and earnings - Ad hoc payments | Payment received on 09 October 2025 - £66.55 | 20 Oct 2025 |
| Employment and earnings - Ad hoc payments | Payment received on 16 October 2025 - £98.40 | 20 Oct 2025 |
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| Type | What was registered | Registered |
|---|---|---|
| Employment and earnings - Ad hoc payments | Payment received on 18 September 2025 - £1,667.00 | 24 Sep 2025 |
| Visits outside the UK | International visit to France between 05 September 2025 and 07 September 2025 | 22 Sep 2025 |
| Miscellaneous | Chair of NMITE. This is an unpaid role. | 12 Mar 2025 |
| Miscellaneous | Member of the Town Board for Hereford. This is an unpaid role. | 5 Feb 2020 |
| Employment and earnings | Writing Books - Peters Fraser & Dunlop Ltd | – |
| Employment and earnings | Academic Work - Liberty Fund Inc | – |
| Shareholdings | Shares in Genie International Toys | – |
Source: Register of Members’ Financial Interests · Parliament’s own page
Questions
MPs can ask ministers questions in writing. The questions show what an MP is working on, which votes cannot.
Jesse Norman asked 3 written questions in the last 12 months.
Who they asked
Latest questions
Source: Written Questions API · Updated 4 Oct 2026
Expenses
MPs claim back money for running an office and working in two places. An independent body, IPSA, publishes every claim. This is what was paid in 2025-26.
40 claims. For comparison, across the 657 MPs in IPSA’s file the middle MP was paid £18,469 and the average was £19,699.
Source: IPSA, individual business costs data · About this data
Election result and area
Jesse Norman represents Hereford and South Herefordshire. Here is who won there at the last general election, and a few numbers about the area.
Conservative
votes ahead of second place
of people who could vote did
Jesse Norman won with 33% of the votes, and Joe Emmett (Labour) came second with 30%.
Votes for each party
Every candidate
| Candidate | Party | Votes | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jesse Norman | Conservative | 14,871 | 32.6% |
| Joe Emmett | Labour | 13,592 | 29.8% |
| Nigel Ely | Reform UK | 8,395 | 18.4% |
| Dan Powell | Liberal Democrat | 5,325 | 11.7% |
| Diana Toynbee | Green Party | 3,175 | 7.0% |
| Mark Weaden | Independent | 214 | 0.5% |
2024 General Election, on today’s boundaries. Source: House of Commons Library via the Members API.
Your area at a glance
Median gross weekly pay, 2025. Source: ONS, Annual Survey of Hours and Earnings.
Share of people aged 16 to 64, August 2026. Source: ONS and DWP claimant count.
How they vote
In the last 12 months Jesse Norman took part in 202 Commons votes.
More detail on how they vote
Jesse Norman voted the same way as their party in 199 of the 200 votes where parties gave instructions (100%), and went the other way in 1.
What does this mean?
Parties tell their MPs how to vote. Most MPs usually follow that. A high or low count says nothing on its own about whether an MP is good or bad, and we do not rank MPs by it. We only count votes where parties gave instructions, not free votes. How we count it
Recent votes
| Date | Vote | They voted | Compared with party |
|---|---|---|---|
| 11 Sep | End of life for terminally ill adults: the first main vote | Against | Free vote |
| 11 Sep | A vote to end a debate | Against | Free vote |
| 2 Sep | Voting and elections: the final vote | Against | Same as party |
| 2 Sep | Voting and elections: a proposed change | Against | Same as party |
| 2 Sep | Voting and elections: a proposed change | For | Same as party |
| 2 Sep | Voting and elections: a proposed change | For | Same as party |
See every vote on Parliament’s site
Times they voted against their party (1)
| Date | Vote | They voted | Most of their party |
|---|---|---|---|
| 20 Oct | Diego Garcia military base and the British Indian Ocean Territory: a proposed change | Against | For |
Has this changed over time?
View data table
| Month | This MP | Party average |
|---|---|---|
| Oct 25 | 96% | 100% |
| Nov 25 | 100% | 100% |
| Dec 25 | 100% | 100% |
| Jan 26 | 100% | 100% |
| Feb 26 | 100% | 100% |
| Mar 26 | 100% | 100% |
| Apr 26 | 100% | 100% |
| May 26 | 100% | 100% |
| Jun 26 | 100% | 100% |
| Jul 26 | 100% | 100% |
| Sep 26 | 100% | 100% |
Source: Commons Votes API
This page states what the record shows. It does not say why an MP voted as they did. How we calculate this