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Chris Law vs Ed Miliband

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


Voting alignment

Chris Law and Ed Miliband voted the same way 92% of the time, based on 827 shared comparable votes.

764 same votes 63 different votes 827 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
17 Aye 29 No
Trade 100% aligned 46 shared votes
17 Aye 29 No
18 Aye 14 No
Foreign Affairs 100% aligned 32 shared votes
18 Aye 14 No
13 Aye 12 No
Defence 100% aligned 25 shared votes
13 Aye 12 No
9 Aye 1 No
Education 100% aligned 10 shared votes
9 Aye 1 No
8 Aye 2 No
NHS / Health 100% aligned 10 shared votes
8 Aye 2 No
Most different by topic
10 Aye 11 No
Energy 67% aligned 21 shared votes
13 Aye 8 No
18 Aye 13 No
Benefits 74% aligned 31 shared votes
16 Aye 15 No
69 Aye 36 No
Tax 82% aligned 105 shared votes
72 Aye 33 No
12 Aye 22 No
Work / Employment 85% aligned 34 shared votes
13 Aye 21 No
9 Aye 3 No
Digital / Online Safety 92% aligned 12 shared votes
10 Aye 2 No

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

Voting record

51.6%
21% below average
Rank 620 of 649
Participation
55.0%
18% below average
Rank 607 of 649
1,223
2,372 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,304
2,372 eligible divisions
674
55.1% of votes cast
Aye votes
721
55.3% of votes cast
549
44.9% of votes cast
No votes
583
44.7% of votes cast
1
0.1% of votes cast
Against party
1
0.1% of votes cast
11 years, 4 months
Since 7 May 2015
Commons service
21 years, 4 months
Since 5 May 2005

Debates

56
-24.6 vs Commons average
Rank 396 of 649
Appearances
53
-27.6 vs Commons average
Rank 418 of 649
65
-75.5 vs Commons average
Rank 446 of 649
Contributions
552
+411.5 vs Commons average
Rank 15 of 649

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

Financials and interests

£2,467,498
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,453,042
all imported IPSA years
£345,624
53% above average
Latest expenses
£221,136
2% below average
8
4 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

Brexit / EU
196 of 211 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
171 of 211 votes
Foreign Affairs
57 of 69 votes
#2
Migration
129 of 171 votes
Migration
138 of 171 votes
#3
Environment / Climate
36 of 48 votes
Democracy / Parliament
37 of 47 votes
#4
NHS / Health
38 of 56 votes
Trade
61 of 91 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