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David Williams vs Sojan Joseph

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 Sojan Joseph
Sojan Joseph
Lab Ashford

Voting alignment

David Williams and Sojan Joseph voted the same way 100% of the time, based on 499 shared comparable votes.

499 same votes 0 different votes 499 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
54 Aye 33 No
Tax 100% aligned 87 shared votes
54 Aye 33 No
32 Aye 18 No
Education 100% aligned 50 shared votes
32 Aye 18 No
23 Aye 24 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 47 shared votes
23 Aye 24 No
29 Aye 9 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 38 shared votes
29 Aye 9 No
16 Aye 14 No
Benefits 100% aligned 30 shared votes
16 Aye 14 No
Most different by topic
54 Aye 33 No
Tax 100% aligned 87 shared votes
54 Aye 33 No
32 Aye 18 No
Education 100% aligned 50 shared votes
32 Aye 18 No
23 Aye 24 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 47 shared votes
23 Aye 24 No
29 Aye 9 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 38 shared votes
29 Aye 9 No
16 Aye 14 No
Benefits 100% aligned 30 shared votes
16 Aye 14 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
91.6%
19% above average
Rank 11 of 650
527
620 eligible divisions
Total votes
568
620 eligible divisions
268
50.9% of votes cast
Aye votes
282
49.6% of votes cast
259
49.1% of votes cast
No votes
286
50.4% of votes cast
15
2.8% of votes cast
Against party
14
2.5% of votes cast
2 years, 3 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
2 years, 3 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

68
-25.0 vs Commons average
Rank 376 of 650
Appearances
76
-17.0 vs Commons average
Rank 330 of 650
87
-75.0 vs Commons average
Rank 420 of 650
Contributions
90
-72.0 vs Commons average
Rank 407 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
£158,669
all imported IPSA years
£176,534
22% below average
Latest expenses
£158,669
30% below average
2
2 registered categories
Registered interests
6
4 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
Education
50 of 50 votes
Work / Employment
42 of 42 votes
#2
Defence
34 of 34 votes
Housing
32 of 32 votes
#3
Benefits
30 of 30 votes
Benefits
30 of 30 votes
#4
Transport
30 of 30 votes
Devolution / Local Government
24 of 24 votes
#5
Devolution / Local Government
24 of 24 votes

Recent voting overlap

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

Where they voted the same
Aye
Draft Town and Country Planning (Fees for Applications, Deemed Applications, Requests and Site Visits) (England) (Amendment and Transitional Provision) Regulations 2026 27 Oct 2026
Aye
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: New Clause 21 19 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: Amendment 47 19 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: Amendment 4 19 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: Amendment 52 19 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: Amendment 23 19 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
Aye
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill: Programme Motion 19 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
Aye
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading 11 Sept 2026
No
No
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
No
No
Social Housing Bill [Lords]: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 10 Sept 2026
Housing
No
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