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David Williams vs Catherine West

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


Voting alignment

David Williams and Catherine West voted the same way 98% of the time, based on 335 shared comparable votes.

327 same votes 8 different votes 335 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
25 Aye 26 No
Tax 100% aligned 51 shared votes
25 Aye 26 No
30 Aye 17 No
Education 100% aligned 47 shared votes
30 Aye 17 No
17 Aye 11 No
Benefits 100% aligned 28 shared votes
17 Aye 11 No
8 Aye 18 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 26 shared votes
8 Aye 18 No
10 Aye 9 No
Housing 100% aligned 19 shared votes
10 Aye 9 No
Most different by topic
25 Aye 26 No
Tax 100% aligned 51 shared votes
25 Aye 26 No
30 Aye 17 No
Education 100% aligned 47 shared votes
30 Aye 17 No
17 Aye 11 No
Benefits 100% aligned 28 shared votes
17 Aye 11 No
8 Aye 18 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 26 shared votes
8 Aye 18 No
10 Aye 9 No
Housing 100% aligned 19 shared votes
10 Aye 9 No

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

Voting record

83.3%
11% above average
Rank 123 of 650
Participation
74.0%
2% above average
Rank 330 of 650
530
636 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,792
2,422 eligible divisions
269
50.8% of votes cast
Aye votes
970
54.1% of votes cast
261
49.2% of votes cast
No votes
822
45.9% of votes cast
15
2.8% of votes cast
Against party
8
0.4% of votes cast
2 years, 4 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
11 years, 6 months
Since 7 May 2015

Debates

70
-25.9 vs Commons average
Rank 371 of 650
Appearances
58
-37.9 vs Commons average
Rank 452 of 650
89
-78.1 vs Commons average
Rank 430 of 650
Contributions
69
-98.1 vs Commons average
Rank 485 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
£2,012,777
all imported IPSA years
£176,534
22% below average
Latest expenses
£264,778
17% above average
2
2 registered categories
Registered interests
3
3 registered categories
0
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
1
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
Education
86 of 96 votes
Work / Employment
42 of 42 votes
#2
Migration
153 of 171 votes
Benefits
32 of 32 votes
#3
Brexit / EU
187 of 212 votes
#4
Environment / Climate
42 of 49 votes
Democracy / Parliament
14 of 14 votes
#5
Foreign Affairs
70 of 82 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No rebel
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
Aye
No rebel
Closure motion 16 May 2025
Aye
Where they voted the same
No
No
No
No
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API