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James Asser vs Christian Wakeford

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


Voting alignment

James Asser and Christian Wakeford 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
42 Aye 37 No
Tax 100% aligned 79 shared votes
42 Aye 37 No
31 Aye 28 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 59 shared votes
31 Aye 28 No
27 Aye 9 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 36 shared votes
27 Aye 9 No
17 Aye 15 No
Benefits 100% aligned 32 shared votes
17 Aye 15 No
20 Aye 9 No
Education 100% aligned 29 shared votes
20 Aye 9 No
Most different by topic
42 Aye 37 No
Tax 100% aligned 79 shared votes
42 Aye 37 No
31 Aye 28 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 59 shared votes
31 Aye 28 No
27 Aye 9 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 36 shared votes
27 Aye 9 No
17 Aye 15 No
Benefits 100% aligned 32 shared votes
17 Aye 15 No
20 Aye 9 No
Education 100% aligned 29 shared votes
20 Aye 9 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
86.6%
14% above average
Rank 63 of 650
545
636 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,475
1,704 eligible divisions
275
50.5% of votes cast
Aye votes
707
47.9% of votes cast
270
49.5% of votes cast
No votes
768
52.1% of votes cast
14
2.6% of votes cast
Against party
9
0.6% of votes cast
2 years, 4 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
6 years, 11 months
Since 12 Dec 2019

Debates

59
-37.9 vs Commons average
Rank 443 of 650
Appearances
1
-95.9 vs Commons average
Rank 637 of 650
77
-91.9 vs Commons average
Rank 461 of 650
Contributions
1
-167.9 vs Commons average
Rank 634 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
£1,415,566
all imported IPSA years
£173,878
23% below average
Latest expenses
£335,718
48% above average
2
2 registered categories
Registered interests
0
0 registered categories
0
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
0
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
63 of 63 votes
Energy
20 of 20 votes
#2
Defence
69 of 70 votes
Democracy / Parliament
14 of 14 votes
#3
Work / Employment
66 of 70 votes
Digital / Online Safety
11 of 11 votes
#4
Environment / Climate
42 of 45 votes
Environment / Climate
10 of 10 votes
#5
Democracy / Parliament
38 of 41 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