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Ed Miliband vs Charlie Dewhirst

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 Charlie Dewhirst
Charlie Dewhirst
Con Bridlington and The Wolds

Voting alignment

Ed Miliband and Charlie Dewhirst voted the same way 3% of the time, based on 111 shared comparable votes.

3 same votes 108 different votes 111 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
5 Aye 4 No
Benefits 22% aligned 9 shared votes
2 Aye 7 No
22 Aye 11 No
Tax 0% aligned 33 shared votes
11 Aye 22 No
7 Aye 3 No
Energy 0% aligned 10 shared votes
3 Aye 7 No
8 Aye 0 No
Education 0% aligned 8 shared votes
0 Aye 8 No
4 Aye 4 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 8 shared votes
4 Aye 4 No
Most different by topic
22 Aye 11 No
Tax 0% aligned 33 shared votes
11 Aye 22 No
7 Aye 3 No
Energy 0% aligned 10 shared votes
3 Aye 7 No
8 Aye 0 No
Education 0% aligned 8 shared votes
0 Aye 8 No
4 Aye 4 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 8 shared votes
4 Aye 4 No
5 Aye 1 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 6 shared votes
1 Aye 5 No

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

Voting record

55.8 %
17 % below average
Rank 603 of 648
Participation
69.6 %
4 % below average
Rank 446 of 648
1,291
2,312 eligible divisions
Total votes
366
526 eligible divisions
714
55.3 % of votes cast
Aye votes
160
43.7 % of votes cast
577
44.7 % of votes cast
No votes
206
56.3 % of votes cast
1
0.1 % of votes cast
Against party
1
0.3 % of votes cast
21 years, 1 months
Since 5 May 2005
Commons service
1 years, 11 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

43
-16.9 vs Commons average
Rank 383 of 648
Appearances
81
+21.1 vs Commons average
Rank 133 of 648
495
+387.1 vs Commons average
Rank 13 of 648
Contributions
107
-0.9 vs Commons average
Rank 208 of 648

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

Financials and interests

£2,453,042
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£184,765
all imported IPSA years
£221,136
2 % below average
Latest expenses
£184,765
18 % below average
0
0 registered categories
Registered interests
5
3 registered categories
1
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
0
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
4 of 4 votes
Migration
127 of 169 votes
#2
Tax
95 of 108 votes
Environment / Climate
33 of 45 votes
#3
Devolution / Local Government
20 of 23 votes
NHS / Health
38 of 56 votes
#4
Democracy / Parliament
8 of 10 votes
Energy
45 of 67 votes
#5
Education
39 of 49 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
King's Speech Motion for an Address 20 May 2026
No
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (p) 20 May 2026
Aye
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (o) 20 May 2026
Aye
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (i) 19 May 2026
Aye
Aye
Pension Schemes Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendments 15 to 24, 27, 30 to 34, 36, 38 to 42, 83 and 88, insist on Amendments 88C, 88E to 88P, 88R, 88S and 88W, and propose Amendments (a) to (j) in lieu of Amendments 88A, 88T, 88U and 88V 28 Apr 2026
Benefits
No
No
Privilege 28 Apr 2026
Aye
Aye
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill: Carry-over motion 27 Apr 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
Aye
Pension Schemes Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendments 15 to 24, 27, 30 to 34, 36, 38 to 42, 83 and 88, insist on its Amendments 88A, 88C and 88E to 88P and propose Amendments (a) to (f) 27 Apr 2026
Benefits
No
Aye
English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill: Amendments (a) to (h) in lieu of Lords Amendments 85 and 86, 97 to 116, 120, 121 and 123 27 Apr 2026
Devolution / Local Government
No
Aye
English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendments 94B and 94C 27 Apr 2026
Devolution / Local Government
No
Where they voted the same
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (l) 20 May 2026
No
No
Universal Credit and Personal Independence Payment Bill Committee: New Clause 8 9 Jul 2025
Benefits
No
No
Universal Credit and Personal Independent Payment Bill Committee: Amendment 39 9 Jul 2025
Benefits
No
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Voting source Commons Votes API