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James Asser vs Dr Neil Shastri-Hurst

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


Voting alignment

James Asser and Dr Neil Shastri-Hurst voted the same way 2% of the time, based on 398 shared comparable votes.

8 same votes 390 different votes 398 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
1 Aye 2 No
NHS / Health 33% aligned 3 shared votes
3 Aye 0 No
14 Aye 6 No
Benefits 10% aligned 20 shared votes
4 Aye 16 No
5 Aye 7 No
Democracy / Parliament 8% aligned 12 shared votes
6 Aye 6 No
25 Aye 27 No
Crime / Justice 6% aligned 52 shared votes
24 Aye 28 No
42 Aye 38 No
Tax 0% aligned 80 shared votes
38 Aye 42 No
Most different by topic
42 Aye 38 No
Tax 0% aligned 80 shared votes
38 Aye 42 No
25 Aye 8 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 33 shared votes
8 Aye 25 No
18 Aye 9 No
Education 0% aligned 27 shared votes
9 Aye 18 No
19 Aye 8 No
Housing 0% aligned 27 shared votes
8 Aye 19 No
12 Aye 12 No
Defence 0% aligned 24 shared votes
12 Aye 12 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 81 of 649
Participation
78.1%
6% above average
Rank 239 of 649
505
590 eligible divisions
Total votes
461
590 eligible divisions
256
50.7% of votes cast
Aye votes
206
44.7% of votes cast
249
49.3% of votes cast
No votes
255
55.3% of votes cast
14
2.8% of votes cast
Against party
17
3.7% of votes cast
2 years, 3 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
2 years, 3 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

52
-31.7 vs Commons average
Rank 435 of 649
Appearances
115
+31.3 vs Commons average
Rank 129 of 649
67
-78.9 vs Commons average
Rank 456 of 649
Contributions
145
-0.9 vs Commons average
Rank 217 of 649

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

Financials and interests

£173,878
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£202,248
all imported IPSA years
£173,878
23% below average
Latest expenses
£202,248
11% below average
1
1 registered category
Registered interests
13
5 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
30 of 30 votes
#1
Foreign Affairs
4 of 4 votes
Energy
20 of 20 votes
#2
Work / Employment
38 of 39 votes
Democracy / Parliament
14 of 14 votes
#3
Defence
30 of 34 votes
Digital / Online Safety
11 of 11 votes
#4
Tax
98 of 112 votes
Environment / Climate
9 of 9 votes
#5
Housing
28 of 32 votes

Recent voting overlap

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