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James Asser vs Cat Smith

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


Voting alignment

James Asser and Cat Smith voted the same way 98% of the time, based on 361 shared comparable votes.

353 same votes 8 different votes 361 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
31 Aye 30 No
Tax 100% aligned 61 shared votes
31 Aye 30 No
28 Aye 27 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 55 shared votes
28 Aye 27 No
21 Aye 6 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 27 shared votes
21 Aye 6 No
7 Aye 14 No
Transport 100% aligned 21 shared votes
7 Aye 14 No
8 Aye 12 No
Education 100% aligned 20 shared votes
8 Aye 12 No
Most different by topic
15 Aye 13 No
Benefits 93% aligned 28 shared votes
15 Aye 13 No
31 Aye 30 No
Tax 100% aligned 61 shared votes
31 Aye 30 No
28 Aye 27 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 55 shared votes
28 Aye 27 No
21 Aye 6 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 27 shared votes
21 Aye 6 No
7 Aye 14 No
Transport 100% aligned 21 shared votes
7 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
72.2%
same as average
Rank 369 of 650
545
636 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,749
2,422 eligible divisions
275
50.5% of votes cast
Aye votes
947
54.1% of votes cast
270
49.5% of votes cast
No votes
802
45.9% of votes cast
14
2.6% of votes cast
Against party
5
0.3% of votes cast
2 years, 4 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
11 years, 6 months
Since 7 May 2015

Debates

57
-38.6 vs Commons average
Rank 452 of 650
Appearances
37
-58.6 vs Commons average
Rank 554 of 650
72
-94.5 vs Commons average
Rank 471 of 650
Contributions
44
-122.5 vs Commons average
Rank 556 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
£2,077,786
all imported IPSA years
£173,878
23% below average
Latest expenses
£260,697
15% above average
2
2 registered categories
Registered interests
1
1 registered category
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
30 of 30 votes
#1
NHS / Health
48 of 56 votes
Energy
20 of 20 votes
#2
Migration
145 of 171 votes
Democracy / Parliament
14 of 14 votes
#3
Brexit / EU
179 of 212 votes
Digital / Online Safety
11 of 11 votes
#4
Foreign Affairs
69 of 82 votes
Environment / Climate
10 of 10 votes
#5
Democracy / Parliament
39 of 47 votes
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API