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James Asser vs Greg Smith

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
Photograph of Greg Smith
Greg Smith
Con Mid Buckinghamshire

Voting alignment

James Asser and Greg Smith voted the same way 5% of the time, based on 404 shared comparable votes.

21 same votes 383 different votes 404 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
3 Aye 5 No
Migration 13% aligned 8 shared votes
4 Aye 4 No
15 Aye 8 No
Benefits 9% aligned 23 shared votes
6 Aye 17 No
5 Aye 7 No
Democracy / Parliament 8% aligned 12 shared votes
6 Aye 6 No
27 Aye 27 No
Crime / Justice 4% aligned 54 shared votes
25 Aye 29 No
39 Aye 36 No
Tax 0% aligned 75 shared votes
36 Aye 39 No
Most different by topic
39 Aye 36 No
Tax 0% aligned 75 shared votes
36 Aye 39 No
24 Aye 7 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 31 shared votes
7 Aye 24 No
16 Aye 8 No
Education 0% aligned 24 shared votes
8 Aye 16 No
11 Aye 10 No
Defence 0% aligned 21 shared votes
10 Aye 11 No
9 Aye 12 No
Transport 0% aligned 21 shared votes
12 Aye 9 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
88.7%
16% above average
Rank 31 of 649
505
590 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,471
1,658 eligible divisions
256
50.7% of votes cast
Aye votes
717
48.7% of votes cast
249
49.3% of votes cast
No votes
754
51.3% of votes cast
14
2.8% of votes cast
Against party
21
1.4% of votes cast
2 years, 3 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
6 years, 9 months
Since 12 Dec 2019

Debates

52
-31.7 vs Commons average
Rank 435 of 649
Appearances
217
+133.3 vs Commons average
Rank 15 of 649
67
-78.9 vs Commons average
Rank 456 of 649
Contributions
259
+113.1 vs Commons average
Rank 84 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
£1,059,267
all imported IPSA years
£173,878
23% below average
Latest expenses
£286,530
27% above average
1
1 registered category
Registered interests
11
4 registered categories
0
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
3
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
63 of 63 votes
Energy
20 of 20 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
50 of 50 votes
Democracy / Parliament
14 of 14 votes
#3
Trade
52 of 53 votes
Digital / Online Safety
11 of 11 votes
#4
Migration
149 of 154 votes
Environment / Climate
9 of 9 votes
#5
Environment / Climate
42 of 44 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No
Social Housing Bill [Lords]: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 10 Sept 2026
Housing
Aye
Aye
Draft Plant Health, Seeds, Seed Potatoes and Plant Propagating Material (Amendment) (Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026 9 Sept 2026
No
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: Amendment 1 8 Sept 2026
Aye
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 143 8 Sept 2026
Aye
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 142 8 Sept 2026
Aye
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 145 7 Sept 2026
Aye
Aye
Representation of the People Bill: Third Reading 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 67 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
Aye
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 65 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
Aye
Aye
Draft Code of Practice on Electronic and Workplace Ballots for Statutory Trade Union Ballots 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
No
Where they voted the same
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading 11 Sept 2026
No
No
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
No
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 88 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (l) 20 May 2026
No
No
Sentencing Bill Committee: New Clause 30 21 Oct 2025
Crime / Justice
No
No
Universal Credit and Personal Independence Payment Bill Committee: New Clause 8 9 Jul 2025
Benefits
No
No
Universal Credit and Personal Independent Payment Bill Committee: Amendment 39 9 Jul 2025
Benefits
No
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Third Reading 20 Jun 2025
No
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Amendment 94 20 Jun 2025
No
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Amendment 77 20 Jun 2025
No
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