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James Asser vs Peter Lamb

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 Peter Lamb
Peter Lamb
Lab Crawley

Voting alignment

James Asser and Peter Lamb voted the same way 99% of the time, based on 496 shared comparable votes.

490 same votes 6 different votes 496 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
42 Aye 44 No
Tax 100% aligned 86 shared votes
42 Aye 44 No
28 Aye 9 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 37 shared votes
28 Aye 9 No
20 Aye 12 No
Education 100% aligned 32 shared votes
20 Aye 12 No
16 Aye 14 No
Benefits 100% aligned 30 shared votes
16 Aye 14 No
20 Aye 10 No
Housing 100% aligned 30 shared votes
20 Aye 10 No
Most different by topic
10 Aye 12 No
Defence 82% aligned 22 shared votes
6 Aye 16 No
29 Aye 30 No
Crime / Justice 98% aligned 59 shared votes
30 Aye 29 No
42 Aye 44 No
Tax 100% aligned 86 shared votes
42 Aye 44 No
28 Aye 9 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 37 shared votes
28 Aye 9 No
20 Aye 12 No
Education 100% aligned 32 shared votes
20 Aye 12 No

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

Voting record

85.5%
13% above average
Rank 76 of 650
Participation
92.3%
20% above average
Rank 9 of 650
530
620 eligible divisions
Total votes
572
620 eligible divisions
265
50.0% of votes cast
Aye votes
283
49.5% of votes cast
265
50.0% of votes cast
No votes
289
50.5% of votes cast
14
2.6% of votes cast
Against party
18
3.1% of votes cast
2 years, 3 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
2 years, 3 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

57
-33.0 vs Commons average
Rank 429 of 650
Appearances
31
-59.0 vs Commons average
Rank 568 of 650
72
-84.6 vs Commons average
Rank 460 of 650
Contributions
46
-110.6 vs Commons average
Rank 534 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
£133,437
all imported IPSA years
£173,878
23% below average
Latest expenses
£133,437
41% below average
1
1 registered category
Registered interests
1
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
Work / Employment
42 of 42 votes
Energy
20 of 20 votes
#2
Benefits
30 of 30 votes
Democracy / Parliament
14 of 14 votes
#3
Transport
30 of 30 votes
Digital / Online Safety
11 of 11 votes
#4
Democracy / Parliament
14 of 14 votes
Environment / Climate
10 of 10 votes
#5
NHS / Health
11 of 11 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No rebel
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
Aye
Aye
Diego Garcia Military Base and British Indian Ocean Territory Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 6 20 Jan 2026
Defence
No rebel
Aye
Diego Garcia Military Base and British Indian Ocean Territory Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 5 20 Jan 2026
Defence
No rebel
Aye
Diego Garcia Military Base and British Indian Ocean Territory Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 1 20 Jan 2026
Defence
No rebel
Aye
Diego Garcia Military Base and British Indian Ocean Territory Bill: Second Reading 9 Sept 2025
Defence
No rebel
No
Crime and Policing Bill Report Stage: New Clause 43 18 Jun 2025
Crime / Justice
Aye rebel
Where they voted the same
Aye
Draft Town and Country Planning (Fees for Applications, Deemed Applications, Requests and Site Visits) (England) (Amendment and Transitional Provision) Regulations 2026 27 Oct 2026
Aye
No
Opposition day motion: Support for British farmers 21 Oct 2026
No
Aye
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill: Third Reading 20 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
Aye
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: New Clause 12 20 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: New Clause 7 20 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: Amendment 51 20 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: New Clause 21 19 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: Amendment 47 19 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: Amendment 4 19 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: Amendment 52 19 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API