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Ed Miliband vs Elaine Stewart

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 Elaine Stewart
Elaine Stewart
Lab Ayr, Carrick and Cumnock

Voting alignment

Ed Miliband and Elaine Stewart voted the same way 99% of the time, based on 100 shared comparable votes.

99 same votes 1 different votes 100 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
20 Aye 8 No
Tax 100% aligned 28 shared votes
20 Aye 8 No
6 Aye 4 No
Energy 100% aligned 10 shared votes
6 Aye 4 No
2 Aye 5 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 7 shared votes
2 Aye 5 No
1 Aye 4 No
Democracy / Parliament 100% aligned 5 shared votes
1 Aye 4 No
3 Aye 1 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 4 shared votes
3 Aye 1 No
Most different by topic
4 Aye 7 No
Benefits 91% aligned 11 shared votes
5 Aye 6 No
20 Aye 8 No
Tax 100% aligned 28 shared votes
20 Aye 8 No
6 Aye 4 No
Energy 100% aligned 10 shared votes
6 Aye 4 No
2 Aye 5 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 7 shared votes
2 Aye 5 No
1 Aye 4 No
Democracy / Parliament 100% aligned 5 shared votes
1 Aye 4 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
62.0%
10% below average
Rank 553 of 650
1,308
2,417 eligible divisions
Total votes
391
631 eligible divisions
725
55.4% of votes cast
Aye votes
178
45.5% of votes cast
583
44.6% of votes cast
No votes
213
54.5% of votes cast
1
0.1% of votes cast
Against party
1
0.3% of votes cast
21 years, 6 months
Since 5 May 2005
Commons service
2 years, 4 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

70
-24.5 vs Commons average
Rank 370 of 650
Appearances
39
-55.5 vs Commons average
Rank 536 of 650
785
+620.4 vs Commons average
Rank 7 of 650
Contributions
49
-115.6 vs Commons average
Rank 536 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
£207,074
all imported IPSA years
£221,136
2% below average
Latest expenses
£207,074
8% below average
0
0 registered categories
Registered interests
5
3 registered categories
2
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 212 votes
#1
Energy
16 of 20 votes
Migration
129 of 171 votes
#2
Housing
25 of 32 votes
Environment / Climate
36 of 49 votes
#3
Crime / Justice
51 of 66 votes
NHS / Health
38 of 56 votes
#4
Defence
26 of 34 votes
Energy
45 of 70 votes
#5
Tax
89 of 121 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No
Universal Credit and Personal Independence Payment Bill Committee: Amendment 38 9 Jul 2025
Benefits
Aye rebel
Where they voted the same
Aye
Draft Town and Country Planning (Fees for Applications, Deemed Applications, Requests and Site Visits) (England) (Amendment and Transitional Provision) Regulations 2026 27 Oct 2026
Aye
Aye
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
Aye
Aye
Draft Plant Health, Seeds, Seed Potatoes and Plant Propagating Material (Amendment) (Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026 9 Sept 2026
Aye
Aye
Representation of the People Bill: Third Reading 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
Aye
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 88 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 67 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 65 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
Aye
Draft Trade Unions (Permissible Means of Voting) and Employment Rights (Unfair Dismissal) (Amendment) Order 2026 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
Aye
Aye
Draft Code of Practice on Electronic and Workplace Ballots for Statutory Trade Union Ballots 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
Aye
No
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 19 14 Jul 2026
No
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Voting source Commons Votes API