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James Asser vs Sarah Pochin

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 Sarah Pochin
Sarah Pochin
RUK Runcorn and Helsby

Voting alignment

James Asser and Sarah Pochin voted the same way 7% of the time, based on 218 shared comparable votes.

15 same votes 203 different votes 218 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
2 Aye 5 No
Migration 29% aligned 7 shared votes
3 Aye 4 No
1 Aye 3 No
Democracy / Parliament 25% aligned 4 shared votes
2 Aye 2 No
4 Aye 10 No
Benefits 14% aligned 14 shared votes
8 Aye 6 No
1 Aye 6 No
Devolution / Local Government 14% aligned 7 shared votes
5 Aye 2 No
16 Aye 6 No
Housing 5% aligned 22 shared votes
5 Aye 17 No
Most different by topic
19 Aye 15 No
Crime / Justice 0% aligned 34 shared votes
15 Aye 19 No
17 Aye 10 No
Tax 0% aligned 27 shared votes
10 Aye 17 No
10 Aye 7 No
Defence 0% aligned 17 shared votes
7 Aye 10 No
16 Aye 0 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 16 shared votes
0 Aye 16 No
1 Aye 9 No
Transport 0% aligned 10 shared votes
9 Aye 1 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
57.4%
15% below average
Rank 593 of 649
505
590 eligible divisions
Total votes
232
404 eligible divisions
256
50.7% of votes cast
Aye votes
105
45.3% of votes cast
249
49.3% of votes cast
No votes
127
54.7% of votes cast
14
2.8% of votes cast
Against party
7
3.0% of votes cast
2 years, 2 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
1 years, 4 months
Since 1 May 2025

Debates

52
-30.3 vs Commons average
Rank 431 of 649
Appearances
98
+15.7 vs Commons average
Rank 173 of 649
67
-76.5 vs Commons average
Rank 453 of 649
Contributions
118
-25.5 vs Commons average
Rank 270 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
£0
all imported IPSA years
£173,878
23% below average
Latest expenses
n/a
average unavailable
1
1 registered category
Registered interests
7
5 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
7 of 7 votes
Energy
20 of 20 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
4 of 4 votes
Democracy / Parliament
14 of 14 votes
#3
Digital / Online Safety
9 of 10 votes
Digital / Online Safety
11 of 11 votes
#4
Housing
22 of 25 votes
Environment / Climate
9 of 9 votes
#5
Energy
6 of 8 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Draft Plant Health, Seeds, Seed Potatoes and Plant Propagating Material (Amendment) (Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026 9 Sept 2026
No
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: Amendment 1 8 Sept 2026
Aye
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 143 8 Sept 2026
Aye
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 142 8 Sept 2026
Aye
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 140 8 Sept 2026
Aye
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 145 7 Sept 2026
Aye
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 6 7 Sept 2026
Aye
Aye
Representation of the People Bill: Third Reading 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 67 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
Aye
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 65 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
Aye
Where they voted the same
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 88 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
No
Steel Industry (Nationalisation) Bill: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 21 May 2026
No
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (l) 20 May 2026
No
No
English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill Report Stage: New Clause 29 24 Nov 2025
Devolution / Local Government
No
Aye
Draft Enterprise Act 2002 (Definition of Newspaper) Order 2025 16 Jul 2025
Aye
Aye
Enterprise Act 2002 (Amendment of Section 58 Considerations) Order 2025 (SI, 2025, No. 737) 16 Jul 2025
Aye
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
Aye
Draft Enterprise Act 2002 (Mergers Involving Newspaper Enterprises and Foreign Powers) Regulations 2025 2 Jul 2025
Aye
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Amendment 24 20 Jun 2025
Aye
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