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David Williams vs Nigel Farage

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 Nigel Farage
Nigel Farage
RUK Clacton

Voting alignment

David Williams and Nigel Farage voted the same way 13% of the time, based on 166 shared comparable votes.

22 same votes 144 different votes 166 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
2 Aye 5 No
Migration 29% aligned 7 shared votes
3 Aye 4 No
1 Aye 7 No
Democracy / Parliament 25% aligned 8 shared votes
5 Aye 3 No
2 Aye 10 No
Education 8% aligned 12 shared votes
9 Aye 3 No
4 Aye 12 No
Crime / Justice 6% aligned 16 shared votes
13 Aye 3 No
10 Aye 7 No
Housing 6% aligned 17 shared votes
6 Aye 11 No
Most different by topic
12 Aye 15 No
Tax 0% aligned 27 shared votes
15 Aye 12 No
22 Aye 5 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 27 shared votes
5 Aye 22 No
3 Aye 4 No
Defence 0% aligned 7 shared votes
4 Aye 3 No
5 Aye 2 No
Energy 0% aligned 7 shared votes
2 Aye 5 No
1 Aye 3 No
NHS / Health 0% aligned 4 shared votes
3 Aye 1 No

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

Voting record

86.2%
14% above average
Rank 71 of 649
Participation
50.0%
23% below average
Rank 623 of 649
506
587 eligible divisions
Total votes
6
12 eligible divisions
260
51.4% of votes cast
Aye votes
4
66.7% of votes cast
246
48.6% of votes cast
No votes
2
33.3% of votes cast
13
2.6% of votes cast
Against party
0
0.0% of votes cast
2 years, 2 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
0 months
Since 13 Aug 2026

Debates

61
-19.7 vs Commons average
Rank 357 of 649
Appearances
14
-66.7 vs Commons average
Rank 608 of 649
77
-63.6 vs Commons average
Rank 405 of 649
Contributions
16
-124.6 vs Commons average
Rank 610 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
£162,580
all imported IPSA years
£176,534
22% below average
Latest expenses
£162,580
28% below average
2
2 registered categories
Registered interests
35
7 registered categories
0
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
0
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
4 of 4 votes
Work / Employment
39 of 39 votes
#2
No topic data
Housing
31 of 31 votes
#3
No topic data
Benefits
30 of 30 votes
#4
No topic data
Devolution / Local Government
24 of 24 votes
#5
No topic data

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 145 7 Sept 2026
Aye
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 6 7 Sept 2026
Aye
Aye
Representation of the People Bill: Third Reading 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 67 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
Aye
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 65 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
Aye
Aye
Employment Tribunal (Extension of Time Limits) (Miscellaneous Amendments and Transitional Provisions) Regulations 2026 1 Jul 2026
No
Aye
Employment Tribunals Extension of Jurisdiction (England and Wales) (Amendment) Order 2026 1 Jul 2026
No
Aye
Customs (Tariff and Miscellaneous Amendments) (No. 4) Regulations 2026 24 Jun 2026
Trade
No
Aye
Draft Agriculture (Delinked Payments) (Reductions) (England) Regulations 2026 3 Jun 2026
No
Aye
Draft Higher Education (Fee Limits and Fee Limit Condition) (England) (Amendment) Regulations 2026 18 Mar 2026
Education
No
Where they voted the same
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 88 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
Aye
Draft Enterprise Act 2002 (Definition of Newspaper) Order 2025 16 Jul 2025
Aye
Aye
Enterprise Act 2002 (Amendment of Section 58 Considerations) Order 2025 (SI, 2025, No. 737) 16 Jul 2025
Aye
Aye
Terrorism Act 2000 (Proscribed Organisations) (Amendment) Order 2025 2 Jul 2025
Crime / Justice
Aye
Aye
Draft Enterprise Act 2002 (Mergers Involving Newspaper Enterprises and Foreign Powers) Regulations 2025 2 Jul 2025
Aye
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Third Reading 20 Jun 2025
No
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Amendment 94 20 Jun 2025
No
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Amendment 77 20 Jun 2025
No
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Amendment 12 20 Jun 2025
Aye
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Amendment 24 20 Jun 2025
Aye
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