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Ed Miliband vs Cat Smith

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


Voting alignment

Ed Miliband and Cat Smith voted the same way 100% of the time, based on 1,135 shared comparable votes.

1,131 same votes 4 different votes 1,135 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
104 Aye 63 No
Brexit / EU 100% aligned 167 shared votes
104 Aye 63 No
24 Aye 101 No
Migration 100% aligned 125 shared votes
24 Aye 101 No
71 Aye 41 No
Tax 100% aligned 112 shared votes
71 Aye 41 No
33 Aye 59 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 92 shared votes
33 Aye 59 No
23 Aye 26 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 49 shared votes
23 Aye 26 No
Most different by topic
21 Aye 18 No
Benefits 95% aligned 39 shared votes
21 Aye 18 No
104 Aye 63 No
Brexit / EU 100% aligned 167 shared votes
104 Aye 63 No
24 Aye 101 No
Migration 100% aligned 125 shared votes
24 Aye 101 No
71 Aye 41 No
Tax 100% aligned 112 shared votes
71 Aye 41 No
33 Aye 59 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 92 shared votes
33 Aye 59 No

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

Voting record

55.1 %
18 % below average
Rank 606 of 649
Participation
72.5 %
same as average
Rank 370 of 649
1,300
2,361 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,712
2,361 eligible divisions
720
55.4 % of votes cast
Aye votes
927
54.1 % of votes cast
580
44.6 % of votes cast
No votes
785
45.9 % of votes cast
1
0.1 % of votes cast
Against party
5
0.3 % of votes cast
21 years, 3 months
Since 5 May 2005
Commons service
11 years, 3 months
Since 7 May 2015

Debates

48
-29.9 vs Commons average
Rank 438 of 650
Appearances
18
-59.9 vs Commons average
Rank 592 of 650
442
+303.7 vs Commons average
Rank 26 of 650
Contributions
25
-113.3 vs Commons average
Rank 583 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
£2,077,786
all imported IPSA years
£221,136
2 % below average
Latest expenses
£260,697
15 % above average
0
0 registered categories
Registered interests
1
1 registered category
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
Foreign Affairs
63 of 69 votes
Migration
129 of 171 votes
#2
NHS / Health
48 of 56 votes
Environment / Climate
36 of 48 votes
#3
Migration
145 of 171 votes
NHS / Health
38 of 56 votes
#4
Brexit / EU
178 of 211 votes
Trade
60 of 91 votes
#5
Democracy / Parliament
35 of 43 votes
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API