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David Williams vs Tim Farron

A side-by-side comparison of voting participation, party rebellion, topic focus, and recent voting overlap.


Voting alignment

David Williams and Tim Farron voted the same way 17% of the time, based on 280 shared comparable votes.

47 same votes 233 different votes 280 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
2 Aye 5 No
Democracy / Parliament 71% aligned 7 shared votes
4 Aye 3 No
5 Aye 4 No
Energy 44% aligned 9 shared votes
8 Aye 1 No
2 Aye 4 No
Migration 33% aligned 6 shared votes
2 Aye 4 No
3 Aye 0 No
Digital / Online Safety 33% aligned 3 shared votes
1 Aye 2 No
5 Aye 8 No
Housing 23% aligned 13 shared votes
9 Aye 4 No
Most different by topic
37 Aye 18 No
Tax 0% aligned 55 shared votes
18 Aye 37 No
3 Aye 4 No
Transport 0% aligned 7 shared votes
4 Aye 3 No
15 Aye 14 No
Education 3% aligned 29 shared votes
15 Aye 14 No
15 Aye 8 No
Devolution / Local Government 9% aligned 23 shared votes
8 Aye 15 No
5 Aye 14 No
Defence 11% aligned 19 shared votes
12 Aye 7 No

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

Voting record

86.2%
13% above average
Rank 73 of 649
Participation
62.8%
10% below average
Rank 547 of 649
499
579 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,485
2,365 eligible divisions
259
51.9% of votes cast
Aye votes
813
54.7% of votes cast
240
48.1% of votes cast
No votes
672
45.3% of votes cast
13
2.6% of votes cast
Against party
21
1.4% of votes cast
2 years, 1 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
21 years, 3 months
Since 5 May 2005

Debates

60
-18.4 vs Commons average
Rank 363 of 649
Appearances
144
+65.6 vs Commons average
Rank 66 of 649
77
-59.7 vs Commons average
Rank 398 of 649
Contributions
166
+29.3 vs Commons average
Rank 161 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
£3,132,365
all imported IPSA years
£176,534
22% below average
Latest expenses
£301,196
33% above average
2
2 registered categories
Registered interests
12
4 registered categories
0
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
24
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
Work / Employment
39 of 39 votes
#2
Brexit / EU
181 of 211 votes
Housing
31 of 31 votes
#3
Environment / Climate
40 of 48 votes
Benefits
30 of 30 votes
#4
Defence
57 of 71 votes
#5
Migration
133 of 171 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Where they voted the same
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API