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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 99% of the time, based on 432 shared comparable votes.

429 same votes 3 different votes 432 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
32 Aye 18 No
Education 100% aligned 50 shared votes
32 Aye 18 No
23 Aye 22 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 45 shared votes
23 Aye 22 No
30 Aye 9 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 39 shared votes
30 Aye 9 No
20 Aye 11 No
Housing 100% aligned 31 shared votes
20 Aye 11 No
Most different by topic
47 Aye 27 No
Tax 100% aligned 74 shared votes
47 Aye 27 No
32 Aye 18 No
Education 100% aligned 50 shared votes
32 Aye 18 No
23 Aye 22 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 45 shared votes
23 Aye 22 No
30 Aye 9 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 39 shared votes
30 Aye 9 No
20 Aye 11 No
Housing 100% aligned 31 shared votes
20 Aye 11 No

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

Voting record

85.0%
13% above average
Rank 89 of 650
Participation
74.8%
2% above average
Rank 316 of 650
527
620 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,799
2,406 eligible divisions
268
50.9% of votes cast
Aye votes
1,024
56.9% of votes cast
259
49.1% of votes cast
No votes
775
43.1% of votes cast
15
2.8% of votes cast
Against party
5
0.3% of votes cast
2 years, 3 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
16 years, 5 months
Since 6 May 2010

Debates

65
-26.8 vs Commons average
Rank 388 of 650
Appearances
93
+1.2 vs Commons average
Rank 238 of 650
82
-77.5 vs Commons average
Rank 438 of 650
Contributions
121
-38.5 vs Commons average
Rank 311 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
50 of 50 votes
#1
Education
89 of 96 votes
Work / Employment
42 of 42 votes
#2
Work / Employment
71 of 80 votes
Housing
32 of 32 votes
#3
Housing
59 of 67 votes
Benefits
30 of 30 votes
#4
Foreign Affairs
71 of 82 votes
#5
Brexit / EU
178 of 212 votes
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API