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Jess Asato vs Nick Smith

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


Voting alignment

Jess Asato and Nick Smith voted the same way 99% of the time, based on 391 shared comparable votes.

388 same votes 3 different votes 391 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
47 Aye 35 No
Tax 100% aligned 82 shared votes
47 Aye 35 No
30 Aye 9 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 39 shared votes
30 Aye 9 No
14 Aye 21 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 35 shared votes
14 Aye 21 No
14 Aye 15 No
Education 100% aligned 29 shared votes
14 Aye 15 No
16 Aye 10 No
Benefits 100% aligned 26 shared votes
16 Aye 10 No
Most different by topic
47 Aye 35 No
Tax 100% aligned 82 shared votes
47 Aye 35 No
30 Aye 9 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 39 shared votes
30 Aye 9 No
14 Aye 21 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 35 shared votes
14 Aye 21 No
14 Aye 15 No
Education 100% aligned 29 shared votes
14 Aye 15 No
16 Aye 10 No
Benefits 100% aligned 26 shared votes
16 Aye 10 No

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

Voting record

78.7%
6% above average
Rank 223 of 650
Participation
74.8%
2% above average
Rank 316 of 650
488
620 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,799
2,406 eligible divisions
236
48.4% of votes cast
Aye votes
1,024
56.9% of votes cast
252
51.6% of votes cast
No votes
775
43.1% of votes cast
15
3.1% of votes cast
Against party
5
0.3% of votes cast
2 years, 3 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
16 years, 5 months
Since 6 May 2010

Debates

18
-75.0 vs Commons average
Rank 610 of 650
Appearances
94
+1.0 vs Commons average
Rank 240 of 650
26
-136.0 vs Commons average
Rank 600 of 650
Contributions
122
-40.0 vs Commons average
Rank 316 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
£2,595,067
all imported IPSA years
£194,965
14% below average
Latest expenses
£251,492
11% above average
5
2 registered categories
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

Work / Employment
42 of 42 votes
#1
Education
89 of 96 votes
Benefits
30 of 30 votes
#2
Work / Employment
71 of 80 votes
#3
Housing
59 of 67 votes
NHS / Health
11 of 11 votes
#4
Foreign Affairs
71 of 82 votes
Digital / Online Safety
10 of 11 votes
#5
Brexit / EU
178 of 212 votes
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API