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Ed Miliband vs Barry Gardiner

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


Voting alignment

Ed Miliband and Barry Gardiner voted the same way 99% of the time, based on 1,082 shared comparable votes.

1,070 same votes 12 different votes 1,082 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
97 Aye 62 No
Brexit / EU 100% aligned 159 shared votes
97 Aye 62 No
90 Aye 43 No
Tax 100% aligned 133 shared votes
90 Aye 43 No
32 Aye 49 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 81 shared votes
32 Aye 49 No
11 Aye 68 No
Migration 100% aligned 79 shared votes
11 Aye 68 No
25 Aye 32 No
Trade 100% aligned 57 shared votes
25 Aye 32 No
Most different by topic
17 Aye 16 No
Benefits 91% aligned 33 shared votes
16 Aye 17 No
97 Aye 62 No
Brexit / EU 100% aligned 159 shared votes
97 Aye 62 No
90 Aye 43 No
Tax 100% aligned 133 shared votes
90 Aye 43 No
32 Aye 49 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 81 shared votes
32 Aye 49 No
11 Aye 68 No
Migration 100% aligned 79 shared votes
11 Aye 68 No

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

Voting record

54.3%
18% below average
Rank 607 of 650
Participation
66.6%
6% below average
Rank 484 of 650
1,307
2,405 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,601
2,405 eligible divisions
724
55.4% of votes cast
Aye votes
891
55.7% of votes cast
583
44.6% of votes cast
No votes
710
44.3% of votes cast
1
0.1% of votes cast
Against party
18
1.1% of votes cast
21 years, 5 months
Since 5 May 2005
Commons service
29 years, 5 months
Since 1 May 1997

Debates

54
-34.8 vs Commons average
Rank 447 of 650
Appearances
55
-33.8 vs Commons average
Rank 444 of 650
637
+482.4 vs Commons average
Rank 11 of 650
Contributions
91
-63.6 vs Commons average
Rank 390 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
£2,795,864
all imported IPSA years
£221,136
2% below average
Latest expenses
£268,850
19% above average
0
0 registered categories
Registered interests
13
5 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 212 votes
#1
Trade
77 of 94 votes
Migration
129 of 171 votes
#2
Transport
78 of 96 votes
Environment / Climate
36 of 49 votes
#3
Defence
57 of 71 votes
NHS / Health
38 of 56 votes
#4
Brexit / EU
166 of 212 votes
Energy
45 of 70 votes
#5
Environment / Climate
37 of 49 votes

Recent voting overlap

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