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Jess Asato vs Rebecca Smith

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
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Rebecca Smith
Con South West Devon

Voting alignment

Jess Asato and Rebecca Smith voted the same way 7% of the time, based on 295 shared comparable votes.

20 same votes 275 different votes 295 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
6 Aye 4 No
Benefits 20% aligned 10 shared votes
2 Aye 8 No
2 Aye 5 No
Migration 14% aligned 7 shared votes
4 Aye 3 No
4 Aye 5 No
Democracy / Parliament 11% aligned 9 shared votes
4 Aye 5 No
16 Aye 21 No
Crime / Justice 5% aligned 37 shared votes
21 Aye 16 No
37 Aye 31 No
Tax 1% aligned 68 shared votes
30 Aye 38 No
Most different by topic
30 Aye 8 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 38 shared votes
8 Aye 30 No
8 Aye 10 No
Defence 0% aligned 18 shared votes
10 Aye 8 No
9 Aye 7 No
Education 0% aligned 16 shared votes
7 Aye 9 No
4 Aye 9 No
Transport 0% aligned 13 shared votes
9 Aye 4 No
7 Aye 5 No
Energy 0% aligned 12 shared votes
5 Aye 7 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 225 of 649
Participation
70.5%
2% below average
Rank 419 of 649
465
590 eligible divisions
Total votes
416
590 eligible divisions
227
48.8% of votes cast
Aye votes
196
47.1% of votes cast
238
51.2% of votes cast
No votes
220
52.9% of votes cast
15
3.2% of votes cast
Against party
0
0.0% of votes cast
2 years, 2 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
2 years, 2 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

21
-60.8 vs Commons average
Rank 588 of 649
Appearances
147
+65.2 vs Commons average
Rank 71 of 649
29
-113.7 vs Commons average
Rank 573 of 649
Contributions
265
+122.3 vs Commons average
Rank 75 of 649

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

Financials and interests

£194,965
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£213,132
all imported IPSA years
£194,965
14% below average
Latest expenses
£213,132
6% below average
4
2 registered categories
Registered interests
5
4 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
39 of 39 votes
#1
Foreign Affairs
4 of 4 votes
Benefits
30 of 30 votes
#2
Work / Employment
38 of 39 votes
Devolution / Local Government
24 of 24 votes
#3
Democracy / Parliament
13 of 14 votes
NHS / Health
11 of 11 votes
#4
Trade
6 of 7 votes
Digital / Online Safety
10 of 11 votes
#5
Tax
88 of 112 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
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
Aye
Draft Trade Unions (Permissible Means of Voting) and Employment Rights (Unfair Dismissal) (Amendment) Order 2026 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
No
Aye
Draft Code of Practice on Electronic and Workplace Ballots for Statutory Trade Union Ballots 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
No
No
Immigration and Asylum Bill: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 13 Jul 2026
Migration
Aye
Aye
National Security (State Threats) Bill: motion to agree to Lords Amendment 1 6 Jul 2026
Defence
No
No
Taxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill Committee: New Clause 5 1 Jul 2026
Energy Tax Transport
Aye
No
Taxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill Committee: New Clause 4 1 Jul 2026
Energy Tax Transport
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
Motion to sit in private 4 Sept 2026
Tax
No
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 88 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
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
Terrorism Act 2000 (Proscribed Organisations) (Amendment) Order 2025 2 Jul 2025
Crime / Justice
Aye
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Third Reading 20 Jun 2025
No
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Amendment 94 20 Jun 2025
No
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Amendment 24 20 Jun 2025
Aye
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