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Ed Miliband vs Dame Meg Hillier

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


Voting alignment

Ed Miliband and Dame Meg Hillier voted the same way 98% of the time, based on 1,155 shared comparable votes.

1,136 same votes 19 different votes 1,155 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 42 No
Tax 100% aligned 131 shared votes
89 Aye 42 No
26 Aye 91 No
Migration 100% aligned 117 shared votes
26 Aye 91 No
34 Aye 53 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 87 shared votes
34 Aye 53 No
23 Aye 31 No
Trade 100% aligned 54 shared votes
23 Aye 31 No
31 Aye 13 No
Energy 100% aligned 44 shared votes
31 Aye 13 No
Most different by topic
20 Aye 13 No
NHS / Health 97% aligned 33 shared votes
19 Aye 14 No
23 Aye 21 No
Transport 98% aligned 44 shared votes
24 Aye 20 No
107 Aye 64 No
Brexit / EU 98% aligned 171 shared votes
104 Aye 67 No
89 Aye 42 No
Tax 100% aligned 131 shared votes
89 Aye 42 No
26 Aye 91 No
Migration 100% aligned 117 shared votes
26 Aye 91 No

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

Voting record

54.1%
18% below average
Rank 609 of 650
Participation
73.4%
1% above average
Rank 343 of 650
1,308
2,417 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,775
2,417 eligible divisions
725
55.4% of votes cast
Aye votes
994
56.0% of votes cast
583
44.6% of votes cast
No votes
781
44.0% of votes cast
1
0.1% of votes cast
Against party
21
1.2% of votes cast
21 years, 6 months
Since 5 May 2005
Commons service
21 years, 6 months
Since 5 May 2005

Debates

70
-24.5 vs Commons average
Rank 370 of 650
Appearances
157
+62.5 vs Commons average
Rank 84 of 650
785
+620.4 vs Commons average
Rank 7 of 650
Contributions
278
+113.4 vs Commons average
Rank 93 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
£2,571,517
all imported IPSA years
£221,136
2% below average
Latest expenses
£274,096
21% above average
0
0 registered categories
Registered interests
9
2 registered categories
2
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
1
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
Brexit / EU
190 of 212 votes
Migration
129 of 171 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
73 of 82 votes
Environment / Climate
36 of 49 votes
#3
Education
82 of 96 votes
NHS / Health
38 of 56 votes
#4
NHS / Health
47 of 56 votes
Energy
45 of 70 votes
#5
Benefits
66 of 81 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