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James Asser vs Zarah Sultana

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 Zarah Sultana
Zarah Sultana
YP Coventry South

Voting alignment

James Asser and Zarah Sultana voted the same way 72% of the time, based on 354 shared comparable votes.

254 same votes 100 different votes 354 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
1 Aye 2 No
Environment / Climate 100% aligned 3 shared votes
1 Aye 2 No
24 Aye 8 No
Work / Employment 94% aligned 32 shared votes
24 Aye 8 No
32 Aye 30 No
Tax 90% aligned 62 shared votes
34 Aye 28 No
8 Aye 7 No
Energy 87% aligned 15 shared votes
8 Aye 7 No
1 Aye 5 No
Democracy / Parliament 83% aligned 6 shared votes
2 Aye 4 No
Most different by topic
6 Aye 6 No
Devolution / Local Government 33% aligned 12 shared votes
6 Aye 6 No
2 Aye 3 No
Trade 40% aligned 5 shared votes
5 Aye 0 No
22 Aye 18 No
Crime / Justice 50% aligned 40 shared votes
16 Aye 24 No
12 Aye 12 No
Benefits 50% aligned 24 shared votes
14 Aye 10 No
4 Aye 6 No
Migration 50% aligned 10 shared votes
3 Aye 7 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
74.7%
2% above average
Rank 319 of 649
505
590 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,238
1,658 eligible divisions
256
50.7% of votes cast
Aye votes
639
51.6% of votes cast
249
49.3% of votes cast
No votes
599
48.4% of votes cast
14
2.8% of votes cast
Against party
4
0.3% of votes cast
2 years, 3 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
6 years, 9 months
Since 12 Dec 2019

Debates

52
-31.7 vs Commons average
Rank 435 of 649
Appearances
18
-65.7 vs Commons average
Rank 603 of 649
67
-78.9 vs Commons average
Rank 456 of 649
Contributions
20
-125.9 vs Commons average
Rank 606 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
£1,325,082
all imported IPSA years
£173,878
23% below average
Latest expenses
£293,732
30% above average
1
1 registered category
Registered interests
13
6 registered categories
0
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
3
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
62 of 67 votes
Energy
20 of 20 votes
#2
Migration
142 of 154 votes
Democracy / Parliament
14 of 14 votes
#3
Housing
46 of 54 votes
Digital / Online Safety
11 of 11 votes
#4
Trade
44 of 53 votes
Environment / Climate
9 of 9 votes
#5
NHS / Health
39 of 47 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
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
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 88 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
Aye
No
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 3 14 Jul 2026
Aye
Aye
Immigration and Asylum Bill: Second Reading 13 Jul 2026
Migration
No
Aye
Draft Town and Country Planning (Discharge of Local Planning Authority Functions) (England) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
No
No
Taxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill Committee: New Clause 2 1 Jul 2026
Energy Tax Transport
Aye
Aye
Opposition Day Motion: Defence spending and readiness - Prime Minister's Amendment 23 Jun 2026
Defence
No
No
Armed Forces Bill Report Stage: New Clause 4 22 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
Where they voted the same
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading 11 Sept 2026
No
No
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
No
No
Social Housing Bill [Lords]: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 10 Sept 2026
Housing
No
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: Amendment 1 8 Sept 2026
No
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 143 8 Sept 2026
No
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 142 8 Sept 2026
No
Aye
Representation of the People Bill: Third Reading 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
Aye
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 67 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 65 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
Aye
Draft Code of Practice on Electronic and Workplace Ballots for Statutory Trade Union Ballots 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
Aye
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