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Ed Davey vs Ed Miliband

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


Voting alignment

Ed Davey and Ed Miliband voted the same way 89% of the time, based on 856 shared comparable votes.

763 same votes 93 different votes 856 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
89 Aye 57 No
Brexit / EU 100% aligned 146 shared votes
89 Aye 57 No
17 Aye 10 No
NHS / Health 100% aligned 27 shared votes
17 Aye 10 No
15 Aye 9 No
Environment / Climate 100% aligned 24 shared votes
15 Aye 9 No
7 Aye 1 No
Digital / Online Safety 100% aligned 8 shared votes
7 Aye 1 No
5 Aye 1 No
Housing 100% aligned 6 shared votes
5 Aye 1 No
Most different by topic
7 Aye 19 No
Work / Employment 46% aligned 26 shared votes
17 Aye 9 No
12 Aye 7 No
Education 68% aligned 19 shared votes
18 Aye 1 No
21 Aye 15 No
Benefits 75% aligned 36 shared votes
20 Aye 16 No
56 Aye 24 No
Tax 78% aligned 80 shared votes
56 Aye 24 No
4 Aye 6 No
Democracy / Parliament 80% aligned 10 shared votes
2 Aye 8 No

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

Voting record

59.6%
13% below average
Rank 575 of 650
Participation
54.1%
18% below average
Rank 609 of 650
1,288
2,162 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,308
2,417 eligible divisions
720
55.9% of votes cast
Aye votes
725
55.4% of votes cast
568
44.1% of votes cast
No votes
583
44.6% of votes cast
8
0.6% of votes cast
Against party
1
0.1% of votes cast
9 years, 5 months
Since 8 Jun 2017
Commons service
21 years, 6 months
Since 5 May 2005

Debates

74
-20.5 vs Commons average
Rank 345 of 650
Appearances
70
-24.5 vs Commons average
Rank 370 of 650
125
-39.6 vs Commons average
Rank 309 of 650
Contributions
785
+620.4 vs Commons average
Rank 7 of 650

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

Financials and interests

£2,538,367
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,453,042
all imported IPSA years
£294,578
30% above average
Latest expenses
£221,136
2% below average
10
4 registered categories
Registered interests
0
0 registered categories
11
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
170 of 189 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
171 of 212 votes
#2
Migration
129 of 171 votes
Migration
113 of 163 votes
#3
Environment / Climate
36 of 49 votes
NHS / Health
36 of 52 votes
#4
NHS / Health
38 of 56 votes
Crime / Justice
126 of 198 votes
#5
Energy
45 of 70 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No rebel
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
Aye
Aye
Privilege 28 Apr 2026
No
Where they voted the same
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API