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David Williams vs Tahir 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
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Tahir Ali
Lab Birmingham Hall Green and Moseley

Voting alignment

David Williams and Tahir Ali voted the same way 100% of the time, based on 403 shared comparable votes.

402 same votes 1 different votes 403 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
50 Aye 32 No
Tax 100% aligned 82 shared votes
50 Aye 32 No
24 Aye 14 No
Education 100% aligned 38 shared votes
24 Aye 14 No
22 Aye 9 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 31 shared votes
22 Aye 9 No
14 Aye 12 No
Benefits 100% aligned 26 shared votes
14 Aye 12 No
16 Aye 8 No
Devolution / Local Government 100% aligned 24 shared votes
16 Aye 8 No
Most different by topic
19 Aye 24 No
Crime / Justice 98% aligned 43 shared votes
18 Aye 25 No
50 Aye 32 No
Tax 100% aligned 82 shared votes
50 Aye 32 No
24 Aye 14 No
Education 100% aligned 38 shared votes
24 Aye 14 No
22 Aye 9 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 31 shared votes
22 Aye 9 No
14 Aye 12 No
Benefits 100% aligned 26 shared votes
14 Aye 12 No

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

Voting record

86.3%
14% above average
Rank 69 of 649
Participation
75.8%
3% above average
Rank 291 of 649
509
590 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,257
1,658 eligible divisions
260
51.1% of votes cast
Aye votes
664
52.8% of votes cast
249
48.9% of votes cast
No votes
593
47.2% of votes cast
15
2.9% of votes cast
Against party
6
0.5% of votes cast
2 years, 2 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
6 years, 9 months
Since 12 Dec 2019

Debates

60
-22.3 vs Commons average
Rank 370 of 649
Appearances
28
-54.3 vs Commons average
Rank 563 of 649
76
-67.5 vs Commons average
Rank 414 of 649
Contributions
39
-104.5 vs Commons average
Rank 545 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
£1,069,100
all imported IPSA years
£176,534
22% below average
Latest expenses
£269,557
19% above 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
50 of 50 votes
#1
Foreign Affairs
47 of 50 votes
Work / Employment
39 of 39 votes
#2
Devolution / Local Government
50 of 55 votes
Housing
32 of 32 votes
#3
Environment / Climate
38 of 44 votes
Benefits
30 of 30 votes
#4
Digital / Online Safety
38 of 44 votes
Devolution / Local Government
24 of 24 votes
#5
Crime / Justice
146 of 174 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Terrorism Act 2000 (Proscribed Organisations) (Amendment) Order 2025 2 Jul 2025
Crime / Justice
No rebel
Where they voted the same
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
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 143 8 Sept 2026
No
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 142 8 Sept 2026
No
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 140 8 Sept 2026
No
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 145 7 Sept 2026
No
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 6 7 Sept 2026
No
Aye
Representation of the People Bill: Third Reading 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
Aye
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 88 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
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