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James Asser

Labour West Ham and Beckton

Voting record

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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 →

Every Commons division on file for James Asser — amendments, motions and opposition-day votes as well as bills. Took part in 505 of 590 (86%).

2 Sep 2026 Representation of the People Bill: Third Reading Ayes 411, Noes 102 Aye
13 Jul 2026 Immigration and Asylum Bill: Second Reading Ayes 264, Noes 90 Aye
24 Jun 2026 Draft Carbon Budget Order 2026 Ayes 332, Noes 94 Aye
10 Jun 2026 Railways Bill: Third Reading Ayes 278, Noes 149 Aye
20 May 2026 King's Speech Motion for an Address Ayes 307, Noes 171 Aye
27 Apr 2026 Northern Ireland Troubles Bill: Carry-over motion Ayes 279, Noes 176 Aye
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Covers 9 Mar 2016 to 11 Sep 2026 — Parliament’s votes data doesn’t go back further. “No vote recorded” is Parliament’s own list of members with nothing recorded for that division: it can mean absent, deliberately abstaining, paired, or excused, and the data doesn’t say which. Click a division title for Parliament’s own page for it.

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.

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