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Jess Asato vs Patricia Ferguson

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

Photograph of Jess Asato
Jess Asato
Lab Lowestoft
vs
Photograph of Patricia Ferguson
Patricia Ferguson
Lab Glasgow West

Voting alignment

Jess Asato and Patricia Ferguson voted the same way 99% of the time, based on 396 shared comparable votes.

393 same votes 3 different votes 396 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
50 Aye 25 No
Tax 100% aligned 75 shared votes
50 Aye 25 No
11 Aye 16 No
Defence 100% aligned 27 shared votes
11 Aye 16 No
25 Aye 2 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 27 shared votes
25 Aye 2 No
11 Aye 14 No
Education 100% aligned 25 shared votes
11 Aye 14 No
15 Aye 9 No
Housing 100% aligned 24 shared votes
15 Aye 9 No
Most different by topic
20 Aye 28 No
Crime / Justice 96% aligned 48 shared votes
20 Aye 28 No
13 Aye 13 No
Benefits 96% aligned 26 shared votes
14 Aye 12 No
50 Aye 25 No
Tax 100% aligned 75 shared votes
50 Aye 25 No
11 Aye 16 No
Defence 100% aligned 27 shared votes
11 Aye 16 No
25 Aye 2 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 27 shared votes
25 Aye 2 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
78.9%
6% above average
Rank 222 of 650
488
620 eligible divisions
Total votes
489
620 eligible divisions
236
48.4% of votes cast
Aye votes
246
50.3% of votes cast
252
51.6% of votes cast
No votes
243
49.7% of votes cast
15
3.1% of votes cast
Against party
18
3.7% of votes cast
2 years, 3 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
2 years, 3 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

18
-75.0 vs Commons average
Rank 610 of 650
Appearances
105
+12.0 vs Commons average
Rank 193 of 650
26
-136.0 vs Commons average
Rank 600 of 650
Contributions
138
-24.0 vs Commons average
Rank 273 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
£151,093
all imported IPSA years
£194,965
14% below average
Latest expenses
£151,093
33% below average
5
2 registered categories
Registered interests
2
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

Work / Employment
42 of 42 votes
#1
Housing
32 of 32 votes
Benefits
30 of 30 votes
#2
Digital / Online Safety
11 of 11 votes
Devolution / Local Government
24 of 24 votes
#3
Foreign Affairs
16 of 17 votes
NHS / Health
11 of 11 votes
#4
Energy
18 of 20 votes
Digital / Online Safety
10 of 11 votes
#5
Defence
30 of 34 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No
Universal Credit and Personal Independence Payment Bill Committee: Amendment 38 9 Jul 2025
Benefits
Aye rebel
No
Crime and Policing Bill Report Stage: New Clause 106 17 Jun 2025
Crime / Justice
Aye rebel
Aye
Crime and Policing Bill Report Stage: New Clause 1 17 Jun 2025
Crime / Justice
No 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
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 32 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
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