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David Williams vs Alan Strickland

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

Photograph of David Williams
David Williams
Lab Stoke-on-Trent North
vs
Photograph of Alan Strickland
Alan Strickland
Lab Newton Aycliffe and Spennymoor

Voting alignment

David Williams and Alan Strickland voted the same way 100% of the time, based on 426 shared comparable votes.

426 same votes 0 different votes 426 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
54 Aye 30 No
Tax 100% aligned 84 shared votes
54 Aye 30 No
23 Aye 25 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 48 shared votes
23 Aye 25 No
30 Aye 18 No
Education 100% aligned 48 shared votes
30 Aye 18 No
20 Aye 11 No
Housing 100% aligned 31 shared votes
20 Aye 11 No
15 Aye 13 No
Benefits 100% aligned 28 shared votes
15 Aye 13 No
Most different by topic
54 Aye 30 No
Tax 100% aligned 84 shared votes
54 Aye 30 No
23 Aye 25 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 48 shared votes
23 Aye 25 No
30 Aye 18 No
Education 100% aligned 48 shared votes
30 Aye 18 No
20 Aye 11 No
Housing 100% aligned 31 shared votes
20 Aye 11 No
15 Aye 13 No
Benefits 100% aligned 28 shared votes
15 Aye 13 No

Topic alignment uses local topic tags, so a division can count towards more than one topic.

Voting record

86.4 %
13 % above average
Rank 76 of 647
Participation
87.7 %
15 % above average
Rank 59 of 647
464
537 eligible divisions
Total votes
471
537 eligible divisions
243
52.4 % of votes cast
Aye votes
243
51.6 % of votes cast
221
47.6 % of votes cast
No votes
228
48.4 % of votes cast
13
2.8 % of votes cast
Against party
10
2.1 % of votes cast
1 years, 11 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
1 years, 11 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

48
-14.9 vs Commons average
Rank 356 of 647
Appearances
26
-36.9 vs Commons average
Rank 535 of 647
59
-53.7 vs Commons average
Rank 416 of 647
Contributions
30
-82.7 vs Commons average
Rank 549 of 647

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

Financials and interests

£176,534
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£174,611
all imported IPSA years
£176,534
22 % below average
Latest expenses
£174,611
23 % below average
2
2 registered categories
Registered interests
0
0 registered categories
0
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
0
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

Education
49 of 49 votes
#1
Housing
31 of 31 votes
Work / Employment
37 of 37 votes
#2
Transport
25 of 25 votes
Housing
31 of 31 votes
#3
Energy
17 of 17 votes
Benefits
30 of 30 votes
#4
NHS / Health
11 of 11 votes
Devolution / Local Government
24 of 24 votes
#5
Environment / Climate
6 of 6 votes

Recent voting overlap

These MPs agreed on every division where both voted in the current comparison sample.

Where they voted the same
Aye
Railways Bill: Third Reading 10 Jun 2026
Transport
Aye
No
Railways Bill Remaining Stages: Amendment 148 10 Jun 2026
Transport
No
No
Railways Bill Remaining Stages: Amendment 143 10 Jun 2026
Transport
No
No
Railways Bill Remaining Stages: New Clause 1 10 Jun 2026
Transport
No
Aye
Draft Combined Authorities (Mayoral Elections) (Amendment) Order 2026 9 Jun 2026
Devolution / Local Government
Aye
No
Steel Industry (Nationalisation) Bill Committee: New Clause 4 9 Jun 2026
No
No
Steel Industry (Nationalisation) Bill Committee: New Clause 12 9 Jun 2026
No
No
Steel Industry (Nationalisation) Bill Committee: Amendment 20 9 Jun 2026
No
No
Steel Industry (Nationalisation) Bill Committee: New Clause 8 8 Jun 2026
No
No
Steel Industry (Nationalisation) Bill Committee: New Clause 2 8 Jun 2026
No
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API