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James Asser vs Jeff Smith

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


Voting alignment

James Asser and Jeff Smith voted the same way 98% of the time, based on 482 shared comparable votes.

470 same votes 12 different votes 482 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
47 Aye 40 No
Tax 100% aligned 87 shared votes
47 Aye 40 No
30 Aye 24 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 54 shared votes
30 Aye 24 No
26 Aye 9 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 35 shared votes
26 Aye 9 No
16 Aye 14 No
Benefits 100% aligned 30 shared votes
16 Aye 14 No
17 Aye 13 No
Education 100% aligned 30 shared votes
17 Aye 13 No
Most different by topic
47 Aye 40 No
Tax 100% aligned 87 shared votes
47 Aye 40 No
30 Aye 24 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 54 shared votes
30 Aye 24 No
26 Aye 9 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 35 shared votes
26 Aye 9 No
16 Aye 14 No
Benefits 100% aligned 30 shared votes
16 Aye 14 No
17 Aye 13 No
Education 100% aligned 30 shared votes
17 Aye 13 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
79.5%
7% above average
Rank 210 of 650
540
631 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,922
2,417 eligible divisions
272
50.4% of votes cast
Aye votes
1,047
54.5% of votes cast
268
49.6% of votes cast
No votes
875
45.5% of votes cast
14
2.6% of votes cast
Against party
8
0.4% of votes cast
2 years, 4 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
11 years, 6 months
Since 7 May 2015

Debates

57
-37.5 vs Commons average
Rank 445 of 650
Appearances
56
-38.5 vs Commons average
Rank 454 of 650
72
-92.6 vs Commons average
Rank 467 of 650
Contributions
72
-92.6 vs Commons average
Rank 469 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
£2,112,426
all imported IPSA years
£173,878
23% below average
Latest expenses
£284,126
26% above average
2
2 registered categories
Registered interests
4
2 registered categories
0
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
1
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
Housing
62 of 67 votes
Energy
20 of 20 votes
#2
Democracy / Parliament
43 of 47 votes
Democracy / Parliament
14 of 14 votes
#3
NHS / Health
51 of 56 votes
Digital / Online Safety
11 of 11 votes
#4
Foreign Affairs
74 of 82 votes
Environment / Climate
10 of 10 votes
#5
Environment / Climate
43 of 49 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Where they voted the same
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API