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Julia Buckley vs David Williams

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

Photograph of Julia Buckley
Julia Buckley
Lab Shrewsbury
vs
Photograph of David Williams
David Williams
Lab Stoke-on-Trent North

Voting alignment

Julia Buckley and David Williams voted the same way 98% of the time, based on 413 shared comparable votes.

405 same votes 8 different votes 413 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
30 Aye 29 No
Tax 100% aligned 59 shared votes
30 Aye 29 No
20 Aye 23 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 43 shared votes
20 Aye 23 No
30 Aye 9 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 39 shared votes
30 Aye 9 No
19 Aye 12 No
Housing 100% aligned 31 shared votes
19 Aye 12 No
8 Aye 16 No
Defence 100% aligned 24 shared votes
8 Aye 16 No
Most different by topic
19 Aye 9 No
Education 96% aligned 28 shared votes
20 Aye 8 No
30 Aye 29 No
Tax 100% aligned 59 shared votes
30 Aye 29 No
20 Aye 23 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 43 shared votes
20 Aye 23 No
30 Aye 9 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 39 shared votes
30 Aye 9 No
19 Aye 12 No
Housing 100% aligned 31 shared votes
19 Aye 12 No

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

Voting record

78.0%
6% above average
Rank 241 of 650
Participation
83.3%
11% above average
Rank 123 of 650
494
633 eligible divisions
Total votes
527
633 eligible divisions
243
49.2% of votes cast
Aye votes
268
50.9% of votes cast
251
50.8% of votes cast
No votes
259
49.1% of votes cast
7
1.4% of votes cast
Against party
15
2.8% of votes cast
2 years, 4 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
2 years, 4 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

33
-63.1 vs Commons average
Rank 574 of 650
Appearances
71
-25.1 vs Commons average
Rank 370 of 650
34
-133.2 vs Commons average
Rank 588 of 650
Contributions
90
-77.2 vs Commons average
Rank 420 of 650

Debate figures cover imported Hansard debate appearances from the last 12 months.

Financials and interests

£246,317
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£176,534
all imported IPSA years
£246,317
9% above average
Latest expenses
£176,534
22% below average
3
2 registered categories
Registered interests
2
2 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

Democracy / Parliament
14 of 14 votes
#1
Education
50 of 50 votes
NHS / Health
11 of 11 votes
#2
Work / Employment
42 of 42 votes
Housing
32 of 33 votes
#3
Benefits
30 of 30 votes
Work / Employment
39 of 42 votes
#4
Devolution / Local Government
24 of 24 votes
Defence
31 of 34 votes
#5
Democracy / Parliament
14 of 14 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading 11 Sept 2026
No rebel
Aye
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
No rebel
No rebel
Draft Higher Education (Fee Limits and Fee Limit Condition) (England) (Amendment) Regulations 2026 18 Mar 2026
Education
Aye
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Third Reading 20 Jun 2025
No rebel
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Amendment 94 20 Jun 2025
No rebel
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Amendment 77 20 Jun 2025
No rebel
Aye
Closure motion 16 May 2025
No rebel
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading 29 Nov 2024
No rebel
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
Social Housing Bill [Lords]: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 10 Sept 2026
Housing
No
Aye
Draft Plant Health, Seeds, Seed Potatoes and Plant Propagating Material (Amendment) (Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026 9 Sept 2026
Aye
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: Amendment 1 8 Sept 2026
No
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