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David Williams vs Ruth Jones

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 Ruth Jones
Ruth Jones
Lab Newport West and Islwyn

Voting alignment

David Williams and Ruth Jones voted the same way 100% of the time, based on 412 shared comparable votes.

412 same votes 0 different votes 412 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
46 Aye 20 No
Tax 100% aligned 66 shared votes
46 Aye 20 No
30 Aye 18 No
Education 100% aligned 48 shared votes
30 Aye 18 No
21 Aye 24 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 45 shared votes
21 Aye 24 No
27 Aye 9 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 36 shared votes
27 Aye 9 No
20 Aye 11 No
Housing 100% aligned 31 shared votes
20 Aye 11 No
Most different by topic
46 Aye 20 No
Tax 100% aligned 66 shared votes
46 Aye 20 No
30 Aye 18 No
Education 100% aligned 48 shared votes
30 Aye 18 No
21 Aye 24 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 45 shared votes
21 Aye 24 No
27 Aye 9 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 36 shared votes
27 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

86.4 %
13 % above average
Rank 76 of 647
Participation
77.9 %
5 % above average
Rank 257 of 647
464
537 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,292
1,659 eligible divisions
243
52.4 % of votes cast
Aye votes
679
52.6 % of votes cast
221
47.6 % of votes cast
No votes
613
47.4 % of votes cast
13
2.8 % of votes cast
Against party
13
1.0 % of votes cast
1 years, 11 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
7 years, 2 months
Since 4 Apr 2019

Debates

47
-16.7 vs Commons average
Rank 375 of 647
Appearances
33
-30.7 vs Commons average
Rank 493 of 647
58
-55.8 vs Commons average
Rank 425 of 647
Contributions
43
-70.8 vs Commons average
Rank 499 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
£1,494,987
all imported IPSA years
£176,534
22 % below average
Latest expenses
£296,369
31 % above average
2
2 registered categories
Registered interests
4
3 registered categories
0
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
3
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
Devolution / Local Government
50 of 55 votes
Work / Employment
37 of 37 votes
#2
Democracy / Parliament
34 of 38 votes
Housing
31 of 31 votes
#3
Education
60 of 68 votes
Benefits
30 of 30 votes
#4
Migration
134 of 152 votes
Devolution / Local Government
24 of 24 votes
#5
Work / Employment
58 of 66 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
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Voting source Commons Votes API