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Jess Asato vs Jeff Smith

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


Voting alignment

Jess Asato and Jeff Smith voted the same way 97% of the time, based on 439 shared comparable votes.

427 same votes 12 different votes 439 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
57 Aye 37 No
Tax 100% aligned 94 shared votes
57 Aye 37 No
18 Aye 22 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 40 shared votes
18 Aye 22 No
26 Aye 9 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 35 shared votes
26 Aye 9 No
16 Aye 14 No
Benefits 100% aligned 30 shared votes
16 Aye 14 No
14 Aye 14 No
Education 100% aligned 28 shared votes
14 Aye 14 No
Most different by topic
57 Aye 37 No
Tax 100% aligned 94 shared votes
57 Aye 37 No
18 Aye 22 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 40 shared votes
18 Aye 22 No
26 Aye 9 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 35 shared votes
26 Aye 9 No
16 Aye 14 No
Benefits 100% aligned 30 shared votes
16 Aye 14 No
14 Aye 14 No
Education 100% aligned 28 shared votes
14 Aye 14 No

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

Voting record

78.8%
6% above average
Rank 221 of 650
Participation
79.4%
7% above average
Rank 214 of 650
501
636 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,922
2,422 eligible divisions
246
49.1% of votes cast
Aye votes
1,047
54.5% of votes cast
255
50.9% of votes cast
No votes
875
45.5% of votes cast
15
3.0% of votes cast
Against party
8
0.4% of votes cast
2 years, 4 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
11 years, 6 months
Since 7 May 2015

Debates

19
-77.9 vs Commons average
Rank 612 of 650
Appearances
54
-42.9 vs Commons average
Rank 465 of 650
27
-141.9 vs Commons average
Rank 604 of 650
Contributions
70
-98.9 vs Commons average
Rank 484 of 650

Debate figures cover imported Hansard debate appearances from the last 12 months.

Financials and interests

£194,965
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,112,426
all imported IPSA years
£194,965
14% below average
Latest expenses
£284,126
26% above average
5
2 registered categories
Registered interests
4
2 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

Work / Employment
42 of 42 votes
#1
Democracy / Parliament
43 of 47 votes
#2
Housing
62 of 68 votes
NHS / Health
11 of 11 votes
#3
NHS / Health
51 of 56 votes
Benefits
30 of 32 votes
#4
Foreign Affairs
74 of 82 votes
Digital / Online Safety
10 of 11 votes
#5
Environment / Climate
43 of 49 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Where they voted the same
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API