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David Williams | |
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![]() Official portrait, 2024 | |
Member of Parliament for Stoke-on-Trent North | |
Assumed office 4 July 2024 | |
Preceded by | Jonathan Gullis |
Majority | 5,082 (14.1%) |
Member of Stoke-on-Trent City Council for Little Chell and Stanfield | |
Assumed office 2 May 2019 | |
Preceded by | David Conway |
Personal details | |
Political party | Labour |
Alma mater | University of Keele |
David Williams is a British Labour Party politician serving as Member of Parliament for Stoke-on-Trent North since 2024. [1]
Williams studied at the University of Keele. [2] He was elected to Stoke-on-Trent City Council in 2019,representing Little Chell and Stanfield ward,a role which he continues to undertake whilst serving as a full-time Member of Parliament. [3]
Williams co-owns a residential property in Mojácar,Spain which he has listed on his Registered Interests as having "a value over £100,000" and which "provides a rental income of over £10,000 a year." [4]
Williams supported Remain in the 2016 European Union referendum,tweeting "If London and the South doesn't leap to the rescue this vote is looking like Brexit. We will see. :-(" [5] When this resurfaced during the 2024 general election campaign,Williams was criticised [6] for having backed a position at odds with the Stoke-on-Trent North electorate,73% of whom voted to Leave the European Union. [7]
Under Jeremy Corbyn's leadership of the Labour Party,Williams stood unsuccessfully in the Stafford constituency in the 2017 general election. [8]
Williams was elected as the Member of Parliament for Stoke-on-Trent North on 4 July 2024. [1]
In September 2024,Williams voted against the Conservative Party's opposition day motion which opposed the government's decision to scrap the Winter Fuel Allowance. [9] [10]
In October 2024,Williams faced heavy criticism from opposition Councillors after he left a full Council meeting of Stoke-on-Trent City Council prior to it voting on a motion to condemn the government's policy to scrap the Winter Fuel Allowance. [11]
In December 2024,Williams asked a question at a Treasury question time session in the House of Commons Chamber,stating that "many historic buildings that are lying dormant" in his constituency,failing to mention any of the buildings by name. [12]