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David Williams vs Lucy Powell

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


Voting alignment

David Williams and Lucy Powell voted the same way 98% of the time, based on 377 shared comparable votes.

368 same votes 9 different votes 377 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
40 Aye 29 No
Tax 100% aligned 69 shared votes
40 Aye 29 No
28 Aye 17 No
Education 100% aligned 45 shared votes
28 Aye 17 No
32 Aye 7 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 39 shared votes
32 Aye 7 No
13 Aye 23 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 36 shared votes
13 Aye 23 No
11 Aye 10 No
Housing 100% aligned 21 shared votes
11 Aye 10 No
Most different by topic
40 Aye 29 No
Tax 100% aligned 69 shared votes
40 Aye 29 No
28 Aye 17 No
Education 100% aligned 45 shared votes
28 Aye 17 No
32 Aye 7 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 39 shared votes
32 Aye 7 No
13 Aye 23 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 36 shared votes
13 Aye 23 No
11 Aye 10 No
Housing 100% aligned 21 shared votes
11 Aye 10 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
66.2%
6% below average
Rank 495 of 650
530
636 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,603
2,422 eligible divisions
269
50.8% of votes cast
Aye votes
900
56.1% of votes cast
261
49.2% of votes cast
No votes
703
43.9% of votes cast
15
2.8% of votes cast
Against party
0
0.0% of votes cast
2 years, 4 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
13 years, 11 months
Since 15 Nov 2012

Debates

70
-26.1 vs Commons average
Rank 370 of 650
Appearances
26
-70.1 vs Commons average
Rank 592 of 650
89
-78.2 vs Commons average
Rank 420 of 650
Contributions
257
+89.8 vs Commons average
Rank 111 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
£2,427,436
all imported IPSA years
£176,534
22% below average
Latest expenses
£250,940
11% above average
2
2 registered categories
Registered interests
13
5 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
Work / Employment
70 of 80 votes
Work / Employment
42 of 42 votes
#2
Education
82 of 96 votes
Benefits
30 of 30 votes
#3
Brexit / EU
173 of 212 votes
#4
Foreign Affairs
65 of 82 votes
Democracy / Parliament
14 of 14 votes
#5
Trade
68 of 94 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
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API