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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 443 shared comparable votes.

443 same votes 0 different votes 443 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 30 No
Tax 100% aligned 84 shared votes
54 Aye 30 No
31 Aye 18 No
Education 100% aligned 49 shared votes
31 Aye 18 No
23 Aye 24 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 47 shared votes
23 Aye 24 No
27 Aye 9 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 36 shared votes
27 Aye 9 No
16 Aye 14 No
Benefits 100% aligned 30 shared votes
16 Aye 14 No
Most different by topic
54 Aye 30 No
Tax 100% aligned 84 shared votes
54 Aye 30 No
31 Aye 18 No
Education 100% aligned 49 shared votes
31 Aye 18 No
23 Aye 24 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 47 shared votes
23 Aye 24 No
27 Aye 9 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 36 shared votes
27 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

86.3 %
13 % above average
Rank 78 of 647
Participation
93.4 %
20 % above average
Rank 9 of 647
460
533 eligible divisions
Total votes
498
533 eligible divisions
242
52.6 % of votes cast
Aye votes
257
51.6 % of votes cast
218
47.4 % of votes cast
No votes
241
48.4 % of votes cast
13
2.8 % of votes cast
Against party
12
2.4 % of votes cast
1 years, 11 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
1 years, 11 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

49
-13.7 vs Commons average
Rank 343 of 647
Appearances
59
-3.7 vs Commons average
Rank 265 of 647
60
-52.7 vs Commons average
Rank 409 of 647
Contributions
74
-38.7 vs Commons average
Rank 343 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
£158,669
all imported IPSA years
£176,534
22 % below average
Latest expenses
£158,669
30 % below average
2
2 registered categories
Registered interests
4
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
Education
49 of 49 votes
Work / Employment
37 of 37 votes
#2
Benefits
30 of 30 votes
Housing
31 of 31 votes
#3
Devolution / Local Government
24 of 24 votes
Benefits
30 of 30 votes
#4
Defence
22 of 22 votes
Devolution / Local Government
24 of 24 votes
#5
Transport
21 of 21 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 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
No
Steel Industry (Nationalisation) Bill Committee: Amendment 12 8 Jun 2026
No
Aye
Draft Agriculture (Delinked Payments) (Reductions) (England) Regulations 2026 3 Jun 2026
Aye
No
Armed Forces Bill Committee: New Clause 13 2 Jun 2026
Defence
No
No
Armed Forces Bill Committee: New Clause 6 2 Jun 2026
Defence
No
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Voting source Commons Votes API