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James Asser vs Ms Polly Billington

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


Voting alignment

James Asser and Ms Polly Billington voted the same way 100% of the time, based on 433 shared comparable votes.

433 same votes 0 different votes 433 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
43 Aye 41 No
Tax 100% aligned 84 shared votes
43 Aye 41 No
29 Aye 21 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 50 shared votes
29 Aye 21 No
19 Aye 12 No
Education 100% aligned 31 shared votes
19 Aye 12 No
20 Aye 10 No
Housing 100% aligned 30 shared votes
20 Aye 10 No
22 Aye 6 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 28 shared votes
22 Aye 6 No
Most different by topic
43 Aye 41 No
Tax 100% aligned 84 shared votes
43 Aye 41 No
29 Aye 21 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 50 shared votes
29 Aye 21 No
19 Aye 12 No
Education 100% aligned 31 shared votes
19 Aye 12 No
20 Aye 10 No
Housing 100% aligned 30 shared votes
20 Aye 10 No
22 Aye 6 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 28 shared votes
22 Aye 6 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
79.7%
7% above average
Rank 205 of 649
505
590 eligible divisions
Total votes
470
590 eligible divisions
256
50.7% of votes cast
Aye votes
242
51.5% of votes cast
249
49.3% of votes cast
No votes
228
48.5% of votes cast
14
2.8% of votes cast
Against party
14
3.0% of votes cast
2 years, 2 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
2 years, 2 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

52
-30.3 vs Commons average
Rank 431 of 649
Appearances
82
-0.3 vs Commons average
Rank 248 of 649
67
-76.5 vs Commons average
Rank 453 of 649
Contributions
118
-25.5 vs Commons average
Rank 272 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
£162,742
all imported IPSA years
£173,878
23% below average
Latest expenses
£162,742
28% below average
1
1 registered category
Registered interests
2
1 registered category
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
Democracy / Parliament
14 of 14 votes
Energy
20 of 20 votes
#2
NHS / Health
11 of 11 votes
Democracy / Parliament
14 of 14 votes
#3
Digital / Online Safety
11 of 11 votes
#4
Housing
30 of 32 votes
Environment / Climate
9 of 9 votes
#5
Tax
98 of 112 votes
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API