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David Williams vs Emma Hardy

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 Emma Hardy
Emma Hardy
Lab Kingston upon Hull West and Haltemprice

Voting alignment

David Williams and Emma Hardy voted the same way 100% of the time, based on 338 shared comparable votes.

338 same votes 0 different votes 338 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
36 Aye 23 No
Tax 100% aligned 59 shared votes
36 Aye 23 No
20 Aye 23 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 43 shared votes
20 Aye 23 No
16 Aye 16 No
Education 100% aligned 32 shared votes
16 Aye 16 No
22 Aye 2 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 24 shared votes
22 Aye 2 No
5 Aye 16 No
Defence 100% aligned 21 shared votes
5 Aye 16 No
Most different by topic
36 Aye 23 No
Tax 100% aligned 59 shared votes
36 Aye 23 No
20 Aye 23 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 43 shared votes
20 Aye 23 No
16 Aye 16 No
Education 100% aligned 32 shared votes
16 Aye 16 No
22 Aye 2 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 24 shared votes
22 Aye 2 No
5 Aye 16 No
Defence 100% aligned 21 shared votes
5 Aye 16 No

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

Voting record

86.1 %
13 % above average
Rank 72 of 649
Participation
70.6 %
2 % below average
Rank 415 of 649
495
575 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,487
2,106 eligible divisions
258
52.1 % of votes cast
Aye votes
805
54.1 % of votes cast
237
47.9 % of votes cast
No votes
682
45.9 % of votes cast
13
2.6 % of votes cast
Against party
8
0.5 % of votes cast
2 years, 0 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
9 years, 1 months
Since 8 Jun 2017

Debates

59
-19.1 vs Commons average
Rank 371 of 649
Appearances
75
-3.1 vs Commons average
Rank 267 of 649
76
-62.6 vs Commons average
Rank 402 of 649
Contributions
393
+254.4 vs Commons average
Rank 37 of 649

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

Financials and interests

£176,534
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£1,996,509
all imported IPSA years
£176,534
22 % below average
Latest expenses
£312,134
38 % above average
2
2 registered categories
Registered interests
0
0 registered categories
0
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
6
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
Foreign Affairs
63 of 69 votes
Work / Employment
39 of 39 votes
#2
Democracy / Parliament
35 of 40 votes
Housing
31 of 31 votes
#3
NHS / Health
45 of 52 votes
Benefits
30 of 30 votes
#4
Brexit / EU
160 of 188 votes
Devolution / Local Government
24 of 24 votes
#5
Environment / Climate
37 of 46 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 Trade Unions (Permissible Means of Voting) and Employment Rights (Unfair Dismissal) (Amendment) Order 2026 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
Aye
Aye
Draft Code of Practice on Electronic and Workplace Ballots for Statutory Trade Union Ballots 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
Aye
No
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 19 14 Jul 2026
No
No
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 199 14 Jul 2026
No
No
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 3 14 Jul 2026
No
Aye
Immigration and Asylum Bill: Second Reading 13 Jul 2026
Migration
Aye
No
Immigration and Asylum Bill: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 13 Jul 2026
Migration
No
Aye
Draft Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Act 2026 (Establishment of Schools) (Consequential Amendments) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
Education
Aye
Aye
Draft Supply of Machinery (Safety) (Amendment etc.) and the EU Machinery Regulation (Enforcement etc. in Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
Aye
Aye
Draft Town and Country Planning (Discharge of Local Planning Authority Functions) (England) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
Aye
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