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David Williams vs Jeff Smith

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


Voting alignment

David Williams and Jeff Smith voted the same way 97% of the time, based on 476 shared comparable votes.

464 same votes 12 different votes 476 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
52 Aye 33 No
Tax 100% aligned 85 shared votes
52 Aye 33 No
22 Aye 23 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 45 shared votes
22 Aye 23 No
28 Aye 17 No
Education 100% aligned 45 shared votes
28 Aye 17 No
26 Aye 9 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 35 shared votes
26 Aye 9 No
19 Aye 12 No
Housing 100% aligned 31 shared votes
19 Aye 12 No
Most different by topic
52 Aye 33 No
Tax 100% aligned 85 shared votes
52 Aye 33 No
22 Aye 23 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 45 shared votes
22 Aye 23 No
28 Aye 17 No
Education 100% aligned 45 shared votes
28 Aye 17 No
26 Aye 9 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 35 shared votes
26 Aye 9 No
19 Aye 12 No
Housing 100% aligned 31 shared votes
19 Aye 12 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
79.4%
7% above average
Rank 214 of 650
530
636 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,922
2,422 eligible divisions
269
50.8% of votes cast
Aye votes
1,047
54.5% of votes cast
261
49.2% of votes cast
No votes
875
45.5% 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

73
-23.9 vs Commons average
Rank 363 of 650
Appearances
54
-42.9 vs Commons average
Rank 465 of 650
93
-75.9 vs Commons average
Rank 415 of 650
Contributions
70
-98.9 vs Commons average
Rank 484 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
£2,112,426
all imported IPSA years
£176,534
22% below average
Latest expenses
£284,126
26% above average
2
2 registered categories
Registered interests
4
2 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
Democracy / Parliament
43 of 47 votes
Work / Employment
42 of 42 votes
#2
Housing
62 of 68 votes
Benefits
32 of 32 votes
#3
NHS / Health
51 of 56 votes
#4
Foreign Affairs
74 of 82 votes
Democracy / Parliament
14 of 14 votes
#5
Environment / Climate
43 of 49 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Where they voted the same
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API