Stoke-on-Trent North / data
David Williams · Labour Party · sitting since 04 Jul 2024 · every division, speech and committee appearance.
Since election
659days
from 04 Jul 2024
Divisions
432
of 504 possible
Attendance
86%
72 absent / paired
Whip alignment
97%
vs party majority
Speeches
273
54 debates
Written Qs
55
51 answered
Committees
0
memberships
Expenses
£177k paid
FY 2024–2025 · 129 claims
Interests
2
2 categories
A · Overview
Issue volume
Top issues by total divisions voted — engagement only, not direction.
| Issue | Volume | Votes |
|---|---|---|
| Taxation | 81 | |
| Economy | 74 | |
| Employment | 52 | |
| Education | 41 | |
| Crime & Policing | 33 | |
| Welfare and Benefits | 30 | |
| Housing | 24 | |
| Constitution and Democracy | 22 |
Speech topics
Words spoken, by topic. Source: Hansard.
| Topic | Debates | Words |
|---|---|---|
| Local Government | 24 | 3,370 |
| Social Care | 8 | 2,352 |
| Economy Jobs | 21 | 2,178 |
| Cost Of Living | 11 | 2,055 |
| Transport | 7 | 1,900 |
| Crime | 6 | 1,829 |
| Education | 6 | 1,284 |
| Defence | 8 | 1,220 |
B · Notable divisions
Free votes, rebellions and high-salience whipped votes — the moments that distinguish this MP from the party machine. The full division-by-division record will follow once the per-MP archive is wired.
| Date | Division | Whip | MP voted |
|---|---|---|---|
| 20 Jun 2025 | Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Amendment 77Vote on an amendment to the Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill that would prevent someone from qualifying as 'terminally ill' under th… | Free vote | No |
| 20 Jun 2025 | Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Amendment 12Vote on whether to add a provision to the Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill ensuring that if an independent doctor dies or becomes to… | Free vote | Aye |
| 20 Jun 2025 | Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: New Clause 16A procedural vote on whether to allow New Clause 16 to be formally considered as part of the Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill at Rep… | Free vote | Aye |
C · Speeches
| Date | Contribution | Words |
|---|---|---|
| 23 Apr 2026 | Business of the HouseI recently walked around Ball Green with Sharon Rospendowski, a local champion who helps to keep the fabric of her community together. Residents in Ball Green and places like Norto… Local GovernmentEconomy JobsEnergy | 114 |
| 21 Apr 2026 | Defence Committee — Oral Evidence (HC 1304)Yes. | 1 |
| 21 Apr 2026 | Defence Committee — Oral Evidence (HC 1304)Mr Bailey and Chair, thank you. I appreciate that we are tight for time, but if I may, I have two very brief points of contact before I come to the specific question. First, Mr Bai… | 872 |
| 21 Apr 2026 | Defence Committee — Oral Evidence (HC 1304)As an example of how Paul and I worked during this period, if the policy responsibility and response to the breach sat with Mr Lincoln, I retained the accounting officer responsibi… | 50 |
| 21 Apr 2026 | Defence Committee — Oral Evidence (HC 1304)The question of super-injunctions and parliamentary transparency, as I said previously—I stand by this—is unprecedented. Of course, there is a point about what level of knowledge a… | 252 |
| 21 Apr 2026 | Defence Committee — Oral Evidence (HC 1304)But if you are asking about others in the system, in the immediate investigations we did, we engaged with the Metropolitan police. There was no evidence of malicious intent or crim… | 78 |
| 21 Apr 2026 | Defence Committee — Oral Evidence (HC 1304)There were 39 recommendations from McIvor and the majority of those were implemented pretty quickly— | 15 |
| 21 Apr 2026 | Defence Committee — Oral Evidence (HC 1304)Yes, I think that is fair—but it is a fact of life. | 12 |
| 21 Apr 2026 | Defence Committee — Oral Evidence (HC 1304)I do not think that the handover between Ben Wallace and Grant Shapps particularly had a material impact on timeliness. As you will have heard from those former Ministers, we sough… | 193 |
| 21 Apr 2026 | Defence Committee — Oral Evidence (HC 1304)The initial focus, in terms of relocations and resettlement immediately after the breach, was to ensure that we were running the pipeline of ARAP-eligible individuals as well as we… | 230 |
| 21 Apr 2026 | Defence Committee — Oral Evidence (HC 1304)If I broaden it out from the Triples—I will come back to the Triples at the end—part of the reason I am sitting before you today as the former permanent secretary of the Ministry o… | 205 |
| 21 Apr 2026 | Defence Committee — Oral Evidence (HC 1304)Within central Government, in the end, the key people in other Departments who needed to be engaged were within the circle of knowledge of the super-injunction anyway. This can be … | 161 |
| 21 Apr 2026 | Defence Committee — Oral Evidence (HC 1304)My direct responsibility was around whether the security culture and the system of data protection and information security were adequate to the task that we took on, as we discuss… | 159 |
| 21 Apr 2026 | Defence Committee — Oral Evidence (HC 1304)Let me come back to another topic that we have discussed. When you think about data protection and information security, there is a point for me in the lesson about how the MOD is … | 293 |
| 21 Apr 2026 | Defence Committee — Oral Evidence (HC 1304)I said this to the PAC in the autumn: I do not think that when the super-injunction was granted in early September 2023 anyone expected that it would still be in place in the summe… | 76 |
D · Written questions
Top departments
| Department | Questions | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Department for Education | 17 | 30.9% |
| Department for Culture, Media and Sport | 9 | 16.4% |
| Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government | 7 | 12.7% |
| Department of Health and Social Care | 5 | 9.1% |
| Home Office | 4 | 7.3% |
| Department for Business and Trade | 3 | 5.5% |
| Department for Transport | 3 | 5.5% |
| Department for Work and Pensions | 3 | 5.5% |
Most recent
| Date | Department | Question | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| 22 Apr 2026 | Department for Transport | To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether she has made an assessment of the adequacy of the condition of local roads in Staffordshire. | Pending |
| 22 Apr 2026 | Treasury | To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if she will take steps to bring back into use the vacant Duke of Bridgewater pub on the Crown Estate in Stoke-on-Trent North constituency. | Pending |
| 14 Apr 2026 | Department for Culture, Media and Sport | To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what steps her Department are taking to address the deteriorating condition and poor maintenance of national heritage buildings in and around Stoke-on-Trent North and Kidsgrove. | Pending |
| 14 Apr 2026 | Department of Health and Social Care | To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to help ensure the health and care needs of young people with SEND in Stoke-on-Trent North and Kidsgrove are identified and met in a timely and ef… | Pending |
| 14 Apr 2026 | Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government | To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what mechanisms his Department has put in place to help ensure that communities are consulted on the use of Pride in Place funding in Stoke-on-Trent North and Kids… | Answered |
| 25 Mar 2026 | Department for Business and Trade | To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what steps he is taking to ensure Royal Mail improves first- and second-class delivery performance following Ofcom’s recent findings and fines. | Answered |
| 25 Mar 2026 | Department for Business and Trade | To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what safeguards are being put in place to ensure that forthcoming changes to the Universal Service Obligation do not further disadvantage constituents who rely on the timely delivery of… | Answered |
| 25 Mar 2026 | Department for Business and Trade | To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what assessment his Department has made of Royal Mail’s failure to meet its Universal Service Obligation delivery targets in each of the past three years. | Answered |
| 04 Nov 2025 | Department for Work and Pensions | To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps his Department is taking to make it easier for people who cannot use the telephone to communicate changes in their circumstances online. | Answered |
| 21 Oct 2025 | Department for Work and Pensions | To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether his Department will make an assessment of the potential impact of allowing private sector organisations to access the Tell Us Once service on (a) the administrative burden on bere… | Answered |
| 29 Aug 2025 | Department for Education | To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what recent estimate her Department has made of the cost of the provision of a hot meal at (a) primary and (b) secondary schools. | Answered |
| 29 Aug 2025 | Department of Health and Social Care | To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the potential implications for his policies of the report by the Royal College of Speech and Language Therapists entitled A Profession Under Pressure,… | Answered |
| 29 Aug 2025 | Department for Education | To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether she plans to have discussions with the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care on the the findings of the Royal College of Speech and Language Therapists' report entitled, A Profess… | Answered |
| 12 Jun 2025 | Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs | To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps he is taking to help prevent financial rewards for water company executives who oversee poor performance. | Answered |
| 04 Jun 2025 | Department for Energy Security and Net Zero | To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what discussions he has had with energy companies on reforming the energy market. | Answered |
E · Committees
No committee memberships recorded for this MP.
F · Expenses
Every business-cost claim reimbursed by IPSA in the current financial year, grouped by category. “Aggregated” rows are IPSA’s own year-end totals for cost types like payroll and rent that aren’t itemised claim-by-claim.
Category breakdown
| Category | Claims | Paid (£) | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Accommodation | 15 | 18,234 | 10.3% |
| Office Costs | 107 | 17,077 | 9.7% |
| MP Travel | 0 | 4,204 | 2.4% |
| Staff Travel | 0 | 2,784 | 1.6% |
| Staffing | 0 | 134,235 | 76.0% |
Top itemised cost types
| Cost type | Category | Claims | Paid (£) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rent | Accommodation | 8 | 16,263 |
| Stationery & printing | Office Costs | 81 | 6,918 |
| Rent | Office Costs | 7 | 3,250 |
| Pooled staffing services | Office Costs | 1 | 3,000 |
| Software & applications | Office Costs | 3 | 2,056 |
| Hotel - London | Accommodation | 7 | 1,970 |
| Equipment - purchase | Office Costs | 9 | 1,501 |
| Landline phone & internet - rental & usage | Office Costs | 6 | 352 |
Most recent
| Date | Category | Description | Paid (£) | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 01 Apr 2025 | Office Costs Rent | Rent | 650 | Paid |
| 31 Mar 2025 | Office Costs Stationery & printing | Banner March 2025 | 97 | Paid |
| 31 Mar 2025 | Office Costs Stationery & printing | Banner March 2025 | 65 | Paid |
| 31 Mar 2025 | Accommodation Rent | 2024-25 [***] rent pro-rata | -187 | Paid |
| 31 Mar 2025 | Office Costs Rent | 2024-25 [***] rent pro-rata | -650 | Paid |
| 20 Mar 2025 | Office Costs Stationery & printing | Banner March 2025 | 686 | Paid |
| 20 Mar 2025 | Office Costs Stationery & printing | Banner March 2025 | 686 | Paid |
| 20 Mar 2025 | Office Costs Stationery & printing | Banner March 2025 | 686 | Paid |
| 20 Mar 2025 | Office Costs Stationery & printing | Banner March 2025 | 559 | Paid |
| 20 Mar 2025 | Office Costs Stationery & printing | Banner March 2025 | 458 | Paid |
| 20 Mar 2025 | Office Costs Stationery & printing | Banner March 2025 | 458 | Paid |
| 20 Mar 2025 | Office Costs Stationery & printing | Banner March 2025 | 458 | Paid |
| 20 Mar 2025 | Office Costs Stationery & printing | Banner March 2025 | 372 | Paid |
| 20 Mar 2025 | Office Costs Stationery & printing | Banner March 2025 | 248 | Paid |
| 20 Mar 2025 | Office Costs Stationery & printing | Banner March 2025 | 128 | Paid |
| 20 Mar 2025 | Office Costs Stationery & printing | Banner March 2025 | 123 | Paid |
| 20 Mar 2025 | Office Costs Stationery & printing | Banner March 2025 | 111 | Paid |
| 20 Mar 2025 | Office Costs Stationery & printing | Banner March 2025 | 88 | Paid |
| 20 Mar 2025 | Office Costs Stationery & printing | Banner March 2025 | 88 | Paid |
| 20 Mar 2025 | Office Costs Stationery & printing | Banner March 2025 | 85 | Paid |
G · Register of interests
Every financial interest declared by the MP, grouped under the Register’s official categories. Retracted entries are hidden but counted above.
6. Land and property portfolio with a value over £100,000 and where indicated, the portfolio provides a rental income of over £10,000 a year1 entry
01 Aug 2025
Type of land/property: Residential property (Flat)
Number of properties: 1
Location: Mojacar, Spain
(Registered 30 July 2024; updated 29 October 2025)
8. Miscellaneous1 entry
04 Nov 2025
Stoke-on-Trent City Councillor, (unpaid since August 2024 and previously registered under Category 1)
(Registered 30 July 2024; updated 29 October 2025)
H · Ward results
Most recent winning councillor in each ward — 14 wards, 23 councillor seats.
| Ward | Councillor | Party | Votes | Election |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Baddeley Milton Norton | Carl Edwards | Conservative and Unionist Party | 1,581 | 04 May 2023 |
| Baddeley Milton Norton | Dave Evans | Conservative and Unionist Party | 1,743 | 04 May 2023 |
| Baddeley Milton Norton | Duncan Walker | Labour Party | 1,508 | 04 May 2023 |
| Bradeley Chell Heath | Gurmeet Singh Kallar | Labour Party | 787 | 04 May 2023 |
| Burslem | Jane Ashworth | Labour Party | 700 | 04 May 2023 |
| Burslem Park | Glen Watson | Labour Party | 676 | 04 May 2023 |
| Etruria Hanley | Majid Khan | Labour Party | 803 | 04 May 2023 |
| Ford Green Smallthorne | Diane Williams | Labour Party | 755 | 04 May 2023 |
| Goldenhill Sandyford | Chandra Kanneganti | Conservative and Unionist Party | 860 | 04 May 2023 |
| Great Chell Packmoor | David Mountford | Labour Party | 710 | 04 May 2023 |
| Great Chell Packmoor | Sue Akkurt | Labour Party | 774 | 04 May 2023 |
| Kidsgrove Ravenscliffe | Craig Skelding | Conservative and Unionist Party | 1,012 | 05 May 2022 |
| Kidsgrove Ravenscliffe | Gill Burnett | Conservative and Unionist Party | 1,090 | 05 May 2022 |
| Kidsgrove Ravenscliffe | Simon Jones | Conservative and Unionist Party | 961 | 05 May 2022 |
| Little Chell Stanfield | David Williams | Labour Party | 676 | 04 May 2023 |
| Moorcroft Sneyd Green | Javid Iqbal Najmi | Labour Party | 1,198 | 04 May 2023 |
| Moorcroft Sneyd Green | Laura Anne Carter | Labour Party | 1,157 | 04 May 2023 |
| Newchapel Mow Cop | Jill Waring | Conservative and Unionist Party | 771 | 05 May 2022 |
| Newchapel Mow Cop | Paul Waring | Conservative and Unionist Party | 713 | 05 May 2022 |
| Talke Butt Lane | David Allport | Labour Party | 1,012 | 05 May 2022 |
| Talke Butt Lane | Michael Robert Stubbs | Labour Party | 952 | 05 May 2022 |
| Talke Butt Lane | Sylvia Norma Dymond | Labour Party | 1,096 | 05 May 2022 |
| Tunstall | Tabrase Din | Conservative and Unionist Party | 650 | 04 May 2023 |
I · Demographics
| Indicator | Value | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Population (2021 Census) | 104,570 | Electorate 69,854 (2024) |
| Median age | 39 | years |
| Degree-educated | 20.9% | level 4 or above |
| Ethnicity (White) | 86.3% | 2021 Census ethnic group |
| Owner-occupied | 61.7% | households |
| Private-rented | 18.5% | households |
| Social-rented | 19.5% | households |
| Employment rate | 55.2% | 16-64 in work |
J · Public spending
HMT publishes headline spending identifiable by region in PESA. Constituency-level capital allocations (Levelling-Up Fund, Towns Fund, UKSPF, transport capital, BEIS R&D) are published as separate departmental datasets. We are evaluating the cleanest reconciliation for a per-constituency view.