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David Williams vs Nick Smith

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


Voting alignment

David Williams and Nick Smith voted the same way 100% of the time, based on 398 shared comparable votes.

397 same votes 1 different votes 398 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
47 Aye 27 No
Tax 100% aligned 74 shared votes
47 Aye 27 No
31 Aye 18 No
Education 100% aligned 49 shared votes
31 Aye 18 No
22 Aye 20 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 42 shared votes
22 Aye 20 No
28 Aye 9 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 37 shared votes
28 Aye 9 No
20 Aye 10 No
Housing 100% aligned 30 shared votes
20 Aye 10 No
Most different by topic
47 Aye 27 No
Tax 100% aligned 74 shared votes
47 Aye 27 No
31 Aye 18 No
Education 100% aligned 49 shared votes
31 Aye 18 No
22 Aye 20 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 42 shared votes
22 Aye 20 No
28 Aye 9 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 37 shared votes
28 Aye 9 No
20 Aye 10 No
Housing 100% aligned 30 shared votes
20 Aye 10 No

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

Voting record

86.0 %
13 % above average
Rank 78 of 650
Participation
74.8 %
2 % above average
Rank 326 of 650
484
563 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,756
2,349 eligible divisions
251
51.9 % of votes cast
Aye votes
1,005
57.2 % of votes cast
233
48.1 % of votes cast
No votes
751
42.8 % of votes cast
13
2.7 % of votes cast
Against party
5
0.3 % of votes cast
2 years, 0 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
16 years, 1 months
Since 6 May 2010

Debates

48
-22.9 vs Commons average
Rank 401 of 650
Appearances
75
+4.1 vs Commons average
Rank 218 of 650
63
-62.8 vs Commons average
Rank 421 of 650
Contributions
104
-21.8 vs Commons average
Rank 261 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
£2,595,067
all imported IPSA years
£176,534
22 % below average
Latest expenses
£251,492
11 % above average
2
2 registered categories
Registered interests
0
0 registered categories
0
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
2
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
49 of 49 votes
#1
Education
88 of 95 votes
Work / Employment
37 of 37 votes
#2
Work / Employment
69 of 75 votes
Housing
31 of 31 votes
#3
Housing
58 of 66 votes
Benefits
30 of 30 votes
#4
Foreign Affairs
58 of 69 votes
#5
Brexit / EU
177 of 211 votes
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API