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David Williams vs Rushanara Ali

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 Rushanara Ali
Rushanara Ali
Lab Bethnal Green and Stepney

Voting alignment

David Williams and Rushanara Ali voted the same way 100% of the time, based on 407 shared comparable votes.

407 same votes 0 different votes 407 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
48 Aye 24 No
Tax 100% aligned 72 shared votes
48 Aye 24 No
23 Aye 25 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 48 shared votes
23 Aye 25 No
30 Aye 16 No
Education 100% aligned 46 shared votes
30 Aye 16 No
16 Aye 13 No
Benefits 100% aligned 29 shared votes
16 Aye 13 No
20 Aye 8 No
Housing 100% aligned 28 shared votes
20 Aye 8 No
Most different by topic
48 Aye 24 No
Tax 100% aligned 72 shared votes
48 Aye 24 No
23 Aye 25 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 48 shared votes
23 Aye 25 No
30 Aye 16 No
Education 100% aligned 46 shared votes
30 Aye 16 No
16 Aye 13 No
Benefits 100% aligned 29 shared votes
16 Aye 13 No
20 Aye 8 No
Housing 100% aligned 28 shared votes
20 Aye 8 No

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

Voting record

86.4 %
13 % above average
Rank 76 of 647
Participation
76.2 %
3 % above average
Rank 291 of 647
464
537 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,770
2,323 eligible divisions
243
52.4 % of votes cast
Aye votes
1,010
57.1 % of votes cast
221
47.6 % of votes cast
No votes
760
42.9 % of votes cast
13
2.8 % of votes cast
Against party
18
1.0 % of votes cast
1 years, 11 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
16 years, 1 months
Since 6 May 2010

Debates

47
-16.6 vs Commons average
Rank 375 of 647
Appearances
26
-37.6 vs Commons average
Rank 542 of 647
58
-55.6 vs Commons average
Rank 424 of 647
Contributions
63
-50.6 vs Commons average
Rank 404 of 647

Debate figures cover imported Hansard debate appearances from the last 12 months.

Financials and interests

£176,534
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,943,041
all imported IPSA years
£176,534
22 % below average
Latest expenses
£325,502
44 % above average
2
2 registered categories
Registered interests
5
3 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
49 of 49 votes
#1
Foreign Affairs
66 of 69 votes
Work / Employment
37 of 37 votes
#2
Environment / Climate
41 of 45 votes
Housing
31 of 31 votes
#3
Brexit / EU
186 of 211 votes
Benefits
30 of 30 votes
#4
Housing
58 of 66 votes
Devolution / Local Government
24 of 24 votes
#5
Trade
77 of 88 votes

Recent voting overlap

These MPs agreed on every division where both voted in the current comparison sample.

Where they voted the same
Aye
Railways Bill: Third Reading 10 Jun 2026
Transport
Aye
No
Railways Bill Remaining Stages: Amendment 148 10 Jun 2026
Transport
No
No
Railways Bill Remaining Stages: Amendment 143 10 Jun 2026
Transport
No
No
Railways Bill Remaining Stages: New Clause 1 10 Jun 2026
Transport
No
Aye
Draft Combined Authorities (Mayoral Elections) (Amendment) Order 2026 9 Jun 2026
Devolution / Local Government
Aye
No
Steel Industry (Nationalisation) Bill Committee: New Clause 4 9 Jun 2026
No
No
Steel Industry (Nationalisation) Bill Committee: New Clause 12 9 Jun 2026
No
No
Steel Industry (Nationalisation) Bill Committee: Amendment 20 9 Jun 2026
No
No
Steel Industry (Nationalisation) Bill Committee: New Clause 8 8 Jun 2026
No
No
Steel Industry (Nationalisation) Bill Committee: New Clause 2 8 Jun 2026
No
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API