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Brian Mathew vs Ed Miliband

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


Voting alignment

Brian Mathew and Ed Miliband voted the same way 17% of the time, based on 119 shared comparable votes.

20 same votes 99 different votes 119 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
4 Aye 0 No
Environment / Climate 100% aligned 4 shared votes
4 Aye 0 No
3 Aye 0 No
Energy 67% aligned 3 shared votes
2 Aye 1 No
3 Aye 2 No
Democracy / Parliament 60% aligned 5 shared votes
1 Aye 4 No
2 Aye 3 No
Crime / Justice 40% aligned 5 shared votes
3 Aye 2 No
0 Aye 3 No
Migration 33% aligned 3 shared votes
2 Aye 1 No
Most different by topic
10 Aye 13 No
Tax 0% aligned 23 shared votes
13 Aye 10 No
5 Aye 5 No
Benefits 0% aligned 10 shared votes
5 Aye 5 No
1 Aye 5 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 6 shared votes
5 Aye 1 No
0 Aye 5 No
Education 0% aligned 5 shared votes
5 Aye 0 No
3 Aye 15 No
Work / Employment 11% aligned 18 shared votes
15 Aye 3 No

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

Voting record

65.3%
7% below average
Rank 510 of 649
Participation
55.1%
18% below average
Rank 607 of 649
379
580 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,304
2,366 eligible divisions
191
50.4% of votes cast
Aye votes
721
55.3% of votes cast
188
49.6% of votes cast
No votes
583
44.7% of votes cast
11
2.9% of votes cast
Against party
1
0.1% of votes cast
2 years, 2 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
21 years, 4 months
Since 5 May 2005

Debates

81
+2.3 vs Commons average
Rank 236 of 649
Appearances
52
-26.7 vs Commons average
Rank 414 of 649
91
-46.1 vs Commons average
Rank 347 of 649
Contributions
471
+333.9 vs Commons average
Rank 20 of 649

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

Financials and interests

£157,740
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,453,042
all imported IPSA years
£157,740
30% below average
Latest expenses
£221,136
2% below average
4
3 registered categories
Registered interests
0
0 registered categories
0
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
2
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

#1
Brexit / EU
171 of 211 votes
Digital / Online Safety
10 of 11 votes
#2
Migration
129 of 171 votes
NHS / Health
10 of 11 votes
#3
Environment / Climate
36 of 48 votes
Housing
27 of 31 votes
#4
NHS / Health
38 of 56 votes
Benefits
25 of 30 votes
#5
Trade
60 of 91 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Privilege 28 Apr 2026
No
Where they voted the same
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API