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Ed Miliband vs Dame Siobhain McDonagh

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


Voting alignment

Ed Miliband and Dame Siobhain McDonagh voted the same way 98% of the time, based on 881 shared comparable votes.

862 same votes 19 different votes 881 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
90 Aye 49 No
Brexit / EU 100% aligned 139 shared votes
90 Aye 49 No
59 Aye 31 No
Tax 100% aligned 90 shared votes
59 Aye 31 No
36 Aye 46 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 82 shared votes
36 Aye 46 No
14 Aye 37 No
Migration 100% aligned 51 shared votes
14 Aye 37 No
21 Aye 20 No
Transport 100% aligned 41 shared votes
21 Aye 20 No
Most different by topic
21 Aye 27 No
Trade 96% aligned 48 shared votes
19 Aye 29 No
14 Aye 13 No
Foreign Affairs 96% aligned 27 shared votes
13 Aye 14 No
90 Aye 49 No
Brexit / EU 100% aligned 139 shared votes
90 Aye 49 No
59 Aye 31 No
Tax 100% aligned 90 shared votes
59 Aye 31 No
36 Aye 46 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 82 shared votes
36 Aye 46 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
55.4%
17% below average
Rank 603 of 650
1,308
2,417 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,338
2,417 eligible divisions
725
55.4% of votes cast
Aye votes
759
56.7% of votes cast
583
44.6% of votes cast
No votes
579
43.3% of votes cast
1
0.1% of votes cast
Against party
21
1.6% of votes cast
21 years, 6 months
Since 5 May 2005
Commons service
29 years, 6 months
Since 1 May 1997

Debates

70
-24.5 vs Commons average
Rank 370 of 650
Appearances
44
-50.5 vs Commons average
Rank 517 of 650
785
+620.4 vs Commons average
Rank 7 of 650
Contributions
50
-114.6 vs Commons average
Rank 533 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
£2,918,854
all imported IPSA years
£221,136
2% below average
Latest expenses
£292,669
29% above average
0
0 registered categories
Registered interests
0
0 registered categories
2
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
9
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
147 of 212 votes
Migration
129 of 171 votes
#2
Transport
66 of 98 votes
Environment / Climate
36 of 49 votes
#3
Foreign Affairs
55 of 82 votes
NHS / Health
38 of 56 votes
#4
Education
64 of 96 votes
Energy
45 of 70 votes
#5
Democracy / Parliament
30 of 47 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