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James Asser

Labour West Ham and Beckton

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 →

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%).

4 Sep 2026 Motion to sit in private Ayes 1, Noes 79 no vote recorded
7 Jul 2026 Opposition Day: Early release of prisoners Ayes 115, Noes 0 no vote recorded
17 Jun 2026 National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: New Clause 3 Ayes 144, Noes 244 no vote recorded
17 Jun 2026 National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: Amendment 13 Ayes 135, Noes 258 no vote recorded
17 Jun 2026 National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: Amendment 8 Ayes 143, Noes 249 no vote recorded
17 Jun 2026 National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: Amendment 3 Ayes 85, Noes 317 no vote recorded
17 Jun 2026 National Security (State Threats) Bill: Allocation of Time motion Ayes 233, Noes 94 no vote recorded
15 Jun 2026 Royal Albert Hall Bill [Lords]: Revival Ayes 24, Noes 37 no vote recorded
24 Mar 2026 Opposition Day: Defence Ayes 98, Noes 306 no vote recorded
24 Feb 2026 Opposition Day: Protections for children from online harms Ayes 69, Noes 279 no vote recorded
11 Feb 2026 Local Government Finance Report (England) 2026-27 Ayes 277, Noes 143 no vote recorded
7 Jan 2026 Opposition Day: Jury trials Ayes 182, Noes 290 no vote recorded
10 Dec 2025 Opposition day: Conduct of the Chancellor of the Exchequer Ayes 90, Noes 297 no vote recorded
9 Dec 2025 Railways Bill: Second Reading Ayes 329, Noes 173 no vote recorded
9 Dec 2025 Railways Bill: Opposition Reasoned Amendment Ayes 170, Noes 332 no vote recorded
9 Dec 2025 UK-EU customs union (duty to negotiate): Ten Minute Rule Motion Ayes 100, Noes 100 no vote recorded
11 Jul 2025 Unauthorised Entry to Football Matches Bill Report: Amendment 1 Ayes 0, Noes 47 no vote recorded
11 Jul 2025 Motion to sit in private Ayes 1, Noes 58 no vote recorded
8 Jul 2025 Football Governance Bill [HL]: Third Reading Ayes 415, Noes 98 no vote recorded
8 Jul 2025 Football Governance Bill [HL] Report Stage: Amendment 18 Ayes 178, Noes 338 no vote recorded
8 Jul 2025 Football Governance Bill [HL] Report Stage: New Clause 3 Ayes 86, Noes 340 no vote recorded
8 Jul 2025 Football Governance Bill [HL] Report Stage: New Clause 1 Ayes 167, Noes 346 no vote recorded
4 Jul 2025 Motion to sit in private Ayes 1, Noes 33 no vote recorded
2 Jul 2025 Terrorism Act 2000 (Proscribed Organisations) (Amendment) Order 2025 Ayes 385, Noes 26 no vote recorded
21 May 2025 Opposition Day: Immigration Ayes 83, Noes 267 no vote recorded
21 May 2025 Opposition Day: Business and the economy Ayes 88, Noes 253 no vote recorded
25 Apr 2025 Closure motion Ayes 12, Noes 50 no vote recorded
25 Apr 2025 Sit in private Ayes 1, Noes 73 no vote recorded
1 Apr 2025 Product Regulation and Metrology Bill [Lords]: Second Reading Ayes 303, Noes 110 no vote recorded
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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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