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James Asser vs Dawn Butler

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

Photograph of James Asser
James Asser
Lab West Ham and Beckton
vs
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Dawn Butler
Lab Brent East

Voting alignment

James Asser and Dawn Butler voted the same way 99% of the time, based on 364 shared comparable votes.

361 same votes 3 different votes 364 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
34 Aye 37 No
Tax 100% aligned 71 shared votes
34 Aye 37 No
27 Aye 20 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 47 shared votes
27 Aye 20 No
17 Aye 11 No
Education 100% aligned 28 shared votes
17 Aye 11 No
20 Aye 1 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 21 shared votes
20 Aye 1 No
6 Aye 14 No
Transport 100% aligned 20 shared votes
6 Aye 14 No
Most different by topic
11 Aye 10 No
Benefits 90% aligned 21 shared votes
11 Aye 10 No
34 Aye 37 No
Tax 100% aligned 71 shared votes
34 Aye 37 No
27 Aye 20 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 47 shared votes
27 Aye 20 No
17 Aye 11 No
Education 100% aligned 28 shared votes
17 Aye 11 No
20 Aye 1 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 21 shared votes
20 Aye 1 No

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

Voting record

85.6%
13% above average
Rank 75 of 650
Participation
63.5%
9% below average
Rank 535 of 650
540
631 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,536
2,417 eligible divisions
272
50.4% of votes cast
Aye votes
849
55.3% of votes cast
268
49.6% of votes cast
No votes
687
44.7% of votes cast
14
2.6% of votes cast
Against party
25
1.6% of votes cast
2 years, 4 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
11 years, 5 months
Since 7 May 2015

Debates

57
-37.5 vs Commons average
Rank 445 of 650
Appearances
59
-35.5 vs Commons average
Rank 434 of 650
72
-92.5 vs Commons average
Rank 467 of 650
Contributions
63
-101.5 vs Commons average
Rank 497 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
£2,182,360
all imported IPSA years
£173,878
23% below average
Latest expenses
£287,721
27% above average
2
2 registered categories
Registered interests
10
4 registered categories
0
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
4
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
Brexit / EU
173 of 212 votes
Energy
20 of 20 votes
#2
Education
72 of 96 votes
Democracy / Parliament
14 of 14 votes
#3
Transport
73 of 98 votes
Digital / Online Safety
11 of 11 votes
#4
Trade
68 of 94 votes
Environment / Climate
10 of 10 votes
#5
Work / Employment
56 of 80 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Universal Credit and Personal Independence Payment Bill: Third Reading 9 Jul 2025
Benefits
No rebel
No
Universal Credit and Personal Independence Payment Bill Committee: Amendment 38 9 Jul 2025
Benefits
Aye rebel
Aye
Draft Windsor Framework (Non-Commercial Movement of Pet Animals) Regulations 2024 13 Nov 2024
No rebel
Where they voted the same
Aye
Draft Town and Country Planning (Fees for Applications, Deemed Applications, Requests and Site Visits) (England) (Amendment and Transitional Provision) Regulations 2026 27 Oct 2026
Aye
No
Opposition day motion: Support for British farmers 21 Oct 2026
No
Aye
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill: Third Reading 20 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
Aye
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: New Clause 12 20 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: New Clause 7 20 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: Amendment 32 20 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: Amendment 51 20 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
Aye
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill: Programme Motion 19 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
Aye
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading 11 Sept 2026
No
No
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
No
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