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Ed Miliband vs Alistair Strathern

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

Photograph of Ed Miliband
Ed Miliband
Lab Doncaster North
vs
Photograph of Alistair Strathern
Alistair Strathern
Lab Hitchin

Voting alignment

Ed Miliband and Alistair Strathern voted the same way 100% of the time, based on 222 shared comparable votes.

222 same votes 0 different votes 222 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
23 Aye 13 No
Tax 100% aligned 36 shared votes
23 Aye 13 No
6 Aye 23 No
Migration 100% aligned 29 shared votes
6 Aye 23 No
18 Aye 8 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 26 shared votes
18 Aye 8 No
10 Aye 6 No
Energy 100% aligned 16 shared votes
10 Aye 6 No
6 Aye 7 No
Benefits 100% aligned 13 shared votes
6 Aye 7 No
Most different by topic
23 Aye 13 No
Tax 100% aligned 36 shared votes
23 Aye 13 No
6 Aye 23 No
Migration 100% aligned 29 shared votes
6 Aye 23 No
18 Aye 8 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 26 shared votes
18 Aye 8 No
10 Aye 6 No
Energy 100% aligned 16 shared votes
10 Aye 6 No
6 Aye 7 No
Benefits 100% aligned 13 shared votes
6 Aye 7 No

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

Voting record

55.0%
18% below average
Rank 607 of 649
Participation
79.3%
7% above average
Rank 217 of 649
1,307
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
602
759 eligible divisions
724
55.4% of votes cast
Aye votes
308
51.2% of votes cast
583
44.6% of votes cast
No votes
294
48.8% of votes cast
1
0.1% of votes cast
Against party
0
0.0% of votes cast
21 years, 5 months
Since 5 May 2005
Commons service
2 years, 11 months
Since 19 Oct 2023

Debates

58
-26.3 vs Commons average
Rank 397 of 650
Appearances
67
-17.3 vs Commons average
Rank 337 of 650
662
+515.1 vs Commons average
Rank 9 of 650
Contributions
76
-70.9 vs Commons average
Rank 429 of 650

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

Financials and interests

£2,453,042
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£379,404
all imported IPSA years
£221,136
2% below average
Latest expenses
£295,499
31% above average
0
0 registered categories
Registered interests
2
2 registered categories
2
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
171 of 211 votes
#1
Benefits
31 of 31 votes
Migration
129 of 171 votes
#2
Environment / Climate
11 of 11 votes
Environment / Climate
36 of 48 votes
#3
Foreign Affairs
4 of 4 votes
NHS / Health
38 of 56 votes
#4
Devolution / Local Government
25 of 26 votes
Trade
60 of 91 votes
#5
Energy
24 of 25 votes

Recent voting overlap

These MPs agreed on every division where both voted in the current comparison sample.

Where they voted the same
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading 11 Sept 2026
Aye
Aye
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
Aye
Aye
Draft Plant Health, Seeds, Seed Potatoes and Plant Propagating Material (Amendment) (Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026 9 Sept 2026
Aye
Aye
Representation of the People Bill: Third Reading 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
Aye
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 88 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 67 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 65 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
Aye
Draft Trade Unions (Permissible Means of Voting) and Employment Rights (Unfair Dismissal) (Amendment) Order 2026 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
Aye
Aye
Draft Code of Practice on Electronic and Workplace Ballots for Statutory Trade Union Ballots 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
Aye
No
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 19 14 Jul 2026
No
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