James Asser — Hear, Hear

Voting record

5

Voted for

2

Voted against

2

Didn’t vote

Based on 9 recorded Commons divisions at Second or Third Reading of bills tracked by Hear, Hear — not a full voting record. “Didn’t vote” means Parliament has no vote recorded for them in that division (absent, abstained, paired, or excused). See the All votes tab below for every division.

See James Asser’s full voting record on Parliament’s site →

Bill votes All votes Live bills

Whip meter Estimate 82%

How often James Asser voted the same way as most of the Labour party, across every recorded division. Parliament doesn’t publish whether a vote was officially whipped, so this is our best estimate from the public record — not a confirmed fact.

Recent votes

Representation of the People Bill — voted Aye at 3rd reading

Immigration and Asylum Bill — voted Aye at 2nd reading

Railways Bill — voted Aye at 3rd reading

Courts and Tribunals Bill — voted Aye at 2nd reading

Railways Bill — voted didn't vote at 2nd reading

Northern Ireland Troubles Bill — voted Aye at 2nd reading

Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill — voted No at 3rd reading

Government & opposition roles

No government or shadow front-bench post on file for James Asser — most MPs never hold one, so this is the normal state for a backbencher, not a gap in the data.

Declared financial interests

From Parliament’s Register of Members’ Financial Interests — Parliament’s official register for James Asser →. Topic tags below are our own automated, best-effort keyword match, not Parliament’s classification.

8. Miscellaneous

School Governor, Kingsford School, Beckton, Newham. This is an unpaid role.
(Registered 30 July 2024)

Education

Written questions to government

No written questions on file for James Asser yet — this only covers what Hear, Hear has fetched so far (see Written questions), not necessarily every question James Asser has ever tabled.

Business costs (IPSA)

£193,217.94 paid out to or for James Asser across 135 claims — combining every financial year on file, not just the current one — covering office costs, accommodation, travel, and bought-in/temporary staffing. This does not include James Asser’s permanent staff’s salaries — typically the biggest single share of an MP’s real costs — which IPSA only publishes once a year, after the year closes, as one aggregate figure, never as individual claims. Some categories (especially travel) are reported by IPSA as one whole-year total rather than itemised by date — marked “Aggregated” below. See MP expenses to filter this to a single year.

By category

Staffing — £149,357.97 (14 claims)

Office Costs — £43,859.97 (121 claims)

Most recent claims

Landline phone & internet - rental & usage — £119.52, 2026-03-23 — Landline

Bought-in services — £3,500.00, 2026-02-25 — Comms & Media

Landline phone & internet - rental & usage — £119.52, 2026-02-16 — Landline

Equipment - purchase — £71.42, 2026-02-03 — Printer, photocopier & scanner

Landline phone & internet - rental & usage — £143.52, 2026-01-23 — Landline

Landline phone & internet - rental & usage — £119.52, 2025-12-18 — Landline

Training - staff — £300.00, 2025-12-02 — Staff training day

Software & applications — £270.00, 2025-11-27 — CANVA [***]

Every claim on file for James Asser →

Early Day Motions

No Early Day Motions on file as tabled by James Asser — this only covers motions tabled within Hear, Hear’s current tracking window (see Early Day Motions), not necessarily James Asser’s full record.

All-Party Parliamentary Groups

James Asser is a listed officer of 5 All-Party Parliamentary Groups on file. See APPGs for the full register and the biggest funders overall.

All-Party Parliamentary Group for Bulgaria — Chair & Registered Contact

No declared funding on file.

All-Party Parliamentary Group for Events — Officer

Declared funding: Davies Tanner (£22,501-24,000).

All-Party Parliamentary Group for Global Tuberculosis — Vice Chair

Declared funding: Results UK (£3,001-4,500).

All-Party Parliamentary Group for Thames Estuary Fair Economic Growth — Officer

Declared funding: The Shaw Business Partnership Ltd (£21,001-22,500).

All-Party Parliamentary Group on Lithuania — Officer

No declared funding on file.

Who funds these groups

Biggest declared funder across these groups: Davies Tanner — about £23,250.50 across 1 group (All-Party Parliamentary Group for Events).

Davies Tanner — about £23,250.50, 1 group

The Shaw Business Partnership Ltd — about £21,750.50, 1 group

Results UK — about £3,750.50, 1 group

Read this carefully: funding is declared by the group (often to pay for a secretariat that runs it), not paid to James Asser personally, and declaring it is a legal requirement rather than a sign of wrongdoing. This only covers groups James Asser is a listed officer of — ordinary members aren’t published. Amounts are Parliament’s own figures; where it gave a banded range the midpoint is used, so totals are approximate. Funders are grouped by name, so the same organisation spelled very differently may appear twice.