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James Asser vs Nick Smith

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


Voting alignment

James Asser and Nick Smith voted the same way 100% of the time, based on 387 shared comparable votes.

386 same votes 1 different votes 387 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
39 Aye 38 No
Tax 100% aligned 77 shared votes
39 Aye 38 No
25 Aye 21 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 46 shared votes
25 Aye 21 No
20 Aye 13 No
Education 100% aligned 33 shared votes
20 Aye 13 No
23 Aye 9 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 32 shared votes
23 Aye 9 No
20 Aye 10 No
Housing 100% aligned 30 shared votes
20 Aye 10 No
Most different by topic
39 Aye 38 No
Tax 100% aligned 77 shared votes
39 Aye 38 No
25 Aye 21 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 46 shared votes
25 Aye 21 No
20 Aye 13 No
Education 100% aligned 33 shared votes
20 Aye 13 No
23 Aye 9 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 32 shared votes
23 Aye 9 No
20 Aye 10 No
Housing 100% aligned 30 shared votes
20 Aye 10 No

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

Voting record

85.3 %
13 % above average
Rank 95 of 650
Participation
74.8 %
2 % above average
Rank 326 of 650
481
564 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,757
2,350 eligible divisions
248
51.6 % of votes cast
Aye votes
1,006
57.3 % of votes cast
233
48.4 % of votes cast
No votes
751
42.7 % of votes cast
12
2.5 % of votes cast
Against party
5
0.3 % of votes cast
2 years, 0 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
16 years, 2 months
Since 6 May 2010

Debates

36
-35.9 vs Commons average
Rank 491 of 650
Appearances
80
+8.1 vs Commons average
Rank 191 of 650
46
-81.6 vs Commons average
Rank 501 of 650
Contributions
109
-18.6 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
£2,595,067
all imported IPSA years
£173,878
23 % below average
Latest expenses
£251,492
11 % above average
1
1 registered category
Registered interests
0
0 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
Education
88 of 95 votes
Energy
20 of 20 votes
#2
Work / Employment
69 of 75 votes
Digital / Online Safety
11 of 11 votes
#3
Housing
58 of 66 votes
Democracy / Parliament
10 of 10 votes
#4
Foreign Affairs
58 of 69 votes
Environment / Climate
9 of 9 votes
#5
Brexit / EU
177 of 211 votes
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API