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James Asser vs Alison McGovern

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


Voting alignment

James Asser and Alison McGovern voted the same way 97% of the time, based on 378 shared comparable votes.

368 same votes 10 different votes 378 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
42 Aye 33 No
Tax 100% aligned 75 shared votes
42 Aye 33 No
18 Aye 14 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 32 shared votes
18 Aye 14 No
19 Aye 12 No
Education 100% aligned 31 shared votes
19 Aye 12 No
15 Aye 12 No
Benefits 100% aligned 27 shared votes
15 Aye 12 No
11 Aye 14 No
Defence 100% aligned 25 shared votes
11 Aye 14 No
Most different by topic
42 Aye 33 No
Tax 100% aligned 75 shared votes
42 Aye 33 No
18 Aye 14 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 32 shared votes
18 Aye 14 No
19 Aye 12 No
Education 100% aligned 31 shared votes
19 Aye 12 No
15 Aye 12 No
Benefits 100% aligned 27 shared votes
15 Aye 12 No
11 Aye 14 No
Defence 100% aligned 25 shared votes
11 Aye 14 No

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

Voting record

85.7%
13% above average
Rank 74 of 650
Participation
70.3%
2% below average
Rank 417 of 650
545
636 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,702
2,422 eligible divisions
275
50.5% of votes cast
Aye votes
943
55.4% of votes cast
270
49.5% of votes cast
No votes
759
44.6% of votes cast
14
2.6% of votes cast
Against party
1
0.1% of votes cast
2 years, 4 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
16 years, 6 months
Since 6 May 2010

Debates

58
-39.0 vs Commons average
Rank 449 of 650
Appearances
80
-17.0 vs Commons average
Rank 324 of 650
76
-93.2 vs Commons average
Rank 463 of 650
Contributions
573
+403.8 vs Commons average
Rank 19 of 650

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

Financials and interests

£173,878
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,989,850
all imported IPSA years
£173,878
23% below average
Latest expenses
£303,304
34% above average
2
2 registered categories
Registered interests
0
0 registered categories
0
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
2
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

Benefits
32 of 32 votes
#1
Foreign Affairs
71 of 82 votes
Energy
20 of 20 votes
#2
NHS / Health
48 of 56 votes
Democracy / Parliament
14 of 14 votes
#3
Environment / Climate
42 of 49 votes
Digital / Online Safety
11 of 11 votes
#4
Migration
145 of 171 votes
Environment / Climate
10 of 10 votes
#5
Brexit / EU
174 of 212 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No rebel
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
Aye
No rebel
Closure motion 16 May 2025
Aye
Where they voted the same
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API