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Ed Miliband vs David Davis

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 David Davis
David Davis
Con Goole and Pocklington

Voting alignment

Ed Miliband and David Davis voted the same way 10% of the time, based on 954 shared comparable votes.

98 same votes 856 different votes 954 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
15 Aye 12 No
Defence 19% aligned 27 shared votes
17 Aye 10 No
22 Aye 76 No
Migration 16% aligned 98 shared votes
64 Aye 34 No
25 Aye 25 No
Trade 16% aligned 50 shared votes
21 Aye 29 No
27 Aye 38 No
Crime / Justice 15% aligned 65 shared votes
38 Aye 27 No
5 Aye 2 No
Housing 14% aligned 7 shared votes
3 Aye 4 No
Most different by topic
19 Aye 19 No
Transport 0% aligned 38 shared votes
19 Aye 19 No
19 Aye 12 No
Foreign Affairs 0% aligned 31 shared votes
12 Aye 19 No
8 Aye 21 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 29 shared votes
21 Aye 8 No
12 Aye 13 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 25 shared votes
13 Aye 12 No
5 Aye 9 No
Democracy / Parliament 0% aligned 14 shared votes
9 Aye 5 No

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

Voting record

55.0%
18% below average
Rank 607 of 649
Participation
64.8%
8% below average
Rank 521 of 649
1,307
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,539
2,376 eligible divisions
724
55.4% of votes cast
Aye votes
720
46.8% of votes cast
583
44.6% of votes cast
No votes
819
53.2% of votes cast
1
0.1% of votes cast
Against party
93
6.0% of votes cast
21 years, 4 months
Since 5 May 2005
Commons service
18 years, 2 months
Since 10 Jul 2008

Debates

54
-27.7 vs Commons average
Rank 419 of 649
Appearances
53
-28.7 vs Commons average
Rank 422 of 649
633
+490.7 vs Commons average
Rank 10 of 649
Contributions
82
-60.3 vs Commons average
Rank 388 of 649

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

Financials and interests

£2,453,042
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,621,658
all imported IPSA years
£221,136
2% below average
Latest expenses
£277,187
23% above average
0
0 registered categories
Registered interests
8
3 registered categories
2
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
7
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
Brexit / EU
198 of 211 votes
Migration
129 of 171 votes
#2
Environment / Climate
41 of 48 votes
Environment / Climate
36 of 48 votes
#3
Trade
72 of 91 votes
NHS / Health
38 of 56 votes
#4
Defence
53 of 71 votes
Trade
60 of 91 votes
#5
Migration
126 of 171 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Draft Trade Unions (Permissible Means of Voting) and Employment Rights (Unfair Dismissal) (Amendment) Order 2026 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
No
Aye
Draft Code of Practice on Electronic and Workplace Ballots for Statutory Trade Union Ballots 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
No
No
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 19 14 Jul 2026
Aye
No
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 199 14 Jul 2026
Aye
No
Immigration and Asylum Bill: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 13 Jul 2026
Migration
Aye
Aye
Draft Climate Change Act 2008 (Credit Limit) Order 2026 24 Jun 2026
Environment / Climate
No
Aye
Draft Climate Change Act 2008 (International Aviation and International Shipping) Regulations 2026 24 Jun 2026
Environment / Climate Transport
No
Aye
Draft Carbon Budget Order 2026 24 Jun 2026
Environment / Climate
No
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
Where they voted the same
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading 11 Sept 2026
Aye
Aye
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
Aye
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (l) 20 May 2026
No
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Third Reading 20 Jun 2025
Aye
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading 29 Nov 2024
Aye
Aye
the draft Economic Growth (Regulatory Functions) (Amendment) Order 2024 24 Apr 2024
Aye
Aye
Tobacco and Vapes Bill: Second Reading 16 Apr 2024
NHS / Health
Aye
No
Safety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) Bill Committee: Amendment 23 17 Jan 2024
Migration
No
No
Safety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) Bill Committee: Amendment 19 16 Jan 2024
Migration
No
No
Safety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) Bill Committee: Amendment 10 16 Jan 2024
Migration
No
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