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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 488 shared comparable votes.

488 same votes 0 different votes 488 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 34 No
Tax 100% aligned 88 shared votes
54 Aye 34 No
24 Aye 28 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 52 shared votes
24 Aye 28 No
31 Aye 18 No
Education 100% aligned 49 shared votes
31 Aye 18 No
20 Aye 12 No
Housing 100% aligned 32 shared votes
20 Aye 12 No
21 Aye 9 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 30 shared votes
21 Aye 9 No
Most different by topic
54 Aye 34 No
Tax 100% aligned 88 shared votes
54 Aye 34 No
24 Aye 28 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 52 shared votes
24 Aye 28 No
31 Aye 18 No
Education 100% aligned 49 shared votes
31 Aye 18 No
20 Aye 12 No
Housing 100% aligned 32 shared votes
20 Aye 12 No
21 Aye 9 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 30 shared votes
21 Aye 9 No

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

Voting record

85.0%
13% above average
Rank 89 of 650
Participation
88.4%
16% above average
Rank 37 of 650
527
620 eligible divisions
Total votes
548
620 eligible divisions
268
50.9% of votes cast
Aye votes
272
49.6% of votes cast
259
49.1% of votes cast
No votes
276
50.4% of votes cast
15
2.8% of votes cast
Against party
12
2.2% of votes cast
2 years, 3 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
2 years, 3 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

70
-23.9 vs Commons average
Rank 364 of 650
Appearances
36
-57.9 vs Commons average
Rank 544 of 650
89
-74.5 vs Commons average
Rank 414 of 650
Contributions
37
-126.5 vs Commons average
Rank 578 of 650

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
1
1 registered category
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
50 of 50 votes
#1
Housing
32 of 32 votes
Work / Employment
42 of 42 votes
#2
Transport
30 of 30 votes
Housing
32 of 32 votes
#3
Energy
20 of 20 votes
Benefits
30 of 30 votes
#4
Foreign Affairs
17 of 17 votes
Devolution / Local Government
24 of 24 votes
#5
NHS / Health
11 of 11 votes

Recent voting overlap

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

Where they voted the same
Aye
Draft Town and Country Planning (Fees for Applications, Deemed Applications, Requests and Site Visits) (England) (Amendment and Transitional Provision) Regulations 2026 27 Oct 2026
Aye
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: New Clause 21 19 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: Amendment 47 19 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: Amendment 4 19 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: Amendment 52 19 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: Amendment 23 19 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
Aye
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill: Programme Motion 19 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
Aye
No
Opposition Day motion: Inheritance Tax 14 Oct 2026
Tax
No
No
Opposition Day motion: MoD Bicester and illegal migrants 14 Oct 2026
No
Aye
Draft Code of Practice on the Right of Trade Unions to Access Workplaces 14 Oct 2026
Trade Work / Employment
Aye
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