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James Asser vs Kit Malthouse

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 Kit Malthouse
Kit Malthouse
Con North West Hampshire

Voting alignment

James Asser and Kit Malthouse voted the same way 2% of the time, based on 376 shared comparable votes.

8 same votes 368 different votes 376 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 5 No
Benefits 10% aligned 20 shared votes
3 Aye 17 No
25 Aye 18 No
Crime / Justice 9% aligned 43 shared votes
16 Aye 27 No
40 Aye 38 No
Tax 0% aligned 78 shared votes
38 Aye 40 No
25 Aye 8 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 33 shared votes
8 Aye 25 No
Most different by topic
40 Aye 38 No
Tax 0% aligned 78 shared votes
38 Aye 40 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 7 No
Housing 0% aligned 26 shared votes
7 Aye 19 No
8 Aye 12 No
Defence 0% aligned 20 shared votes
12 Aye 8 No

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

Voting record

85.4 %
13 % above average
Rank 88 of 649
Participation
86.1 %
13 % above average
Rank 71 of 649
491
575 eligible divisions
Total votes
2,033
2,361 eligible divisions
254
51.7 % of votes cast
Aye votes
970
47.7 % of votes cast
237
48.3 % of votes cast
No votes
1,063
52.3 % of votes cast
12
2.4 % of votes cast
Against party
20
1.0 % of votes cast
2 years, 1 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
11 years, 3 months
Since 7 May 2015

Debates

51
-26.9 vs Commons average
Rank 419 of 650
Appearances
77
-0.9 vs Commons average
Rank 257 of 650
66
-72.3 vs Commons average
Rank 433 of 650
Contributions
118
-20.3 vs Commons average
Rank 243 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
£2,190,913
all imported IPSA years
£173,878
23 % below average
Latest expenses
£293,019
30 % above average
1
1 registered category
Registered interests
5
4 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
Trade
88 of 91 votes
Energy
20 of 20 votes
#2
Migration
163 of 171 votes
Digital / Online Safety
11 of 11 votes
#3
Brexit / EU
200 of 211 votes
Democracy / Parliament
10 of 10 votes
#4
Devolution / Local Government
61 of 66 votes
Environment / Climate
9 of 9 votes
#5
Work / Employment
69 of 77 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Draft Trade Unions (Permissible Means of Voting) and Employment Rights (Unfair Dismissal) (Amendment) Order 2026 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
No
Aye
Draft Code of Practice on Electronic and Workplace Ballots for Statutory Trade Union Ballots 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
No
No
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 19 14 Jul 2026
Aye
No
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 199 14 Jul 2026
Aye
No
Immigration and Asylum Bill: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 13 Jul 2026
Migration
Aye
Aye
Draft Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Act 2026 (Establishment of Schools) (Consequential Amendments) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
Education
No
Aye
Draft Supply of Machinery (Safety) (Amendment etc.) and the EU Machinery Regulation (Enforcement etc. in Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
No
Aye
Draft Town and Country Planning (Discharge of Local Planning Authority Functions) (England) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
No
Aye
National Security (State Threats) Bill: motion to agree to Lords Amendment 1 6 Jul 2026
Defence
No
No
Taxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill Committee: New Clause 5 1 Jul 2026
Energy Tax Transport
Aye
Where they voted the same
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
Crime and Policing Bill Report Stage: New Clause 106 17 Jun 2025
Crime / Justice
No
Aye
Crime and Policing Bill Report Stage: New Clause 1 17 Jun 2025
Crime / Justice
Aye
No
Crime and Policing Bill Report Stage: Amendment 160 17 Jun 2025
Crime / Justice
No
No
Border Security, Asylum and Immigration Bill Report Stage: New Clause 21 12 May 2025
Migration
No
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