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James Asser vs Alistair Strathern

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


Voting alignment

James Asser and Alistair Strathern voted the same way 97% of the time, based on 485 shared comparable votes.

471 same votes 14 different votes 485 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
50 Aye 43 No
Tax 100% aligned 93 shared votes
50 Aye 43 No
30 Aye 28 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 58 shared votes
30 Aye 28 No
17 Aye 15 No
Benefits 100% aligned 32 shared votes
17 Aye 15 No
23 Aye 9 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 32 shared votes
23 Aye 9 No
21 Aye 10 No
Housing 100% aligned 31 shared votes
21 Aye 10 No
Most different by topic
50 Aye 43 No
Tax 100% aligned 93 shared votes
50 Aye 43 No
30 Aye 28 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 58 shared votes
30 Aye 28 No
17 Aye 15 No
Benefits 100% aligned 32 shared votes
17 Aye 15 No
23 Aye 9 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 32 shared votes
23 Aye 9 No
21 Aye 10 No
Housing 100% aligned 31 shared votes
21 Aye 10 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
79.6%
7% above average
Rank 206 of 650
545
636 eligible divisions
Total votes
641
805 eligible divisions
275
50.5% of votes cast
Aye votes
329
51.3% of votes cast
270
49.5% of votes cast
No votes
312
48.7% of votes cast
14
2.6% of votes cast
Against party
0
0.0% of votes cast
2 years, 4 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
3 years, 0 months
Since 19 Oct 2023

Debates

59
-37.9 vs Commons average
Rank 443 of 650
Appearances
95
-1.9 vs Commons average
Rank 251 of 650
77
-91.9 vs Commons average
Rank 461 of 650
Contributions
105
-63.9 vs Commons average
Rank 381 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
£379,404
all imported IPSA years
£173,878
23% below average
Latest expenses
£295,499
31% above average
2
2 registered categories
Registered interests
2
2 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
Benefits
33 of 33 votes
Energy
20 of 20 votes
#2
Environment / Climate
12 of 12 votes
Democracy / Parliament
14 of 14 votes
#3
Digital / Online Safety
11 of 11 votes
#4
Energy
24 of 25 votes
Environment / Climate
10 of 10 votes
#5
Foreign Affairs
16 of 17 votes

Recent voting overlap

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