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Ed Miliband vs Esther McVey

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 Esther McVey
Esther McVey
Con Tatton

Voting alignment

Ed Miliband and Esther McVey voted the same way 6% of the time, based on 839 shared comparable votes.

48 same votes 791 different votes 839 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
7 Aye 7 No
NHS / Health 43% aligned 14 shared votes
3 Aye 11 No
7 Aye 1 No
Housing 13% aligned 8 shared votes
2 Aye 6 No
13 Aye 14 No
Benefits 11% aligned 27 shared votes
11 Aye 16 No
31 Aye 33 No
Crime / Justice 6% aligned 64 shared votes
35 Aye 29 No
3 Aye 13 No
Democracy / Parliament 6% aligned 16 shared votes
12 Aye 4 No
Most different by topic
59 Aye 24 No
Tax 0% aligned 83 shared votes
24 Aye 59 No
20 Aye 28 No
Trade 0% aligned 48 shared votes
28 Aye 20 No
18 Aye 18 No
Transport 0% aligned 36 shared votes
18 Aye 18 No
20 Aye 14 No
Foreign Affairs 0% aligned 34 shared votes
14 Aye 20 No
17 Aye 16 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 33 shared votes
16 Aye 17 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
64.7%
8% below average
Rank 522 of 649
1,307
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,373
2,121 eligible divisions
724
55.4% of votes cast
Aye votes
630
45.9% of votes cast
583
44.6% of votes cast
No votes
743
54.1% of votes cast
1
0.1% of votes cast
Against party
54
3.9% of votes cast
21 years, 4 months
Since 5 May 2005
Commons service
9 years, 3 months
Since 8 Jun 2017

Debates

54
-28.3 vs Commons average
Rank 419 of 649
Appearances
108
+25.7 vs Commons average
Rank 141 of 649
633
+489.5 vs Commons average
Rank 10 of 649
Contributions
159
+15.5 vs Commons average
Rank 182 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
£2,413,915
all imported IPSA years
£221,136
2% below average
Latest expenses
£295,931
31% above average
0
0 registered categories
Registered interests
7
3 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 211 votes
#1
Foreign Affairs
62 of 69 votes
Migration
129 of 171 votes
#2
Brexit / EU
164 of 188 votes
Environment / Climate
36 of 48 votes
#3
Digital / Online Safety
39 of 49 votes
NHS / Health
38 of 56 votes
#4
Trade
68 of 87 votes
Trade
60 of 91 votes
#5
Transport
67 of 88 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Draft Plant Health, Seeds, Seed Potatoes and Plant Propagating Material (Amendment) (Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026 9 Sept 2026
No
Aye
Representation of the People Bill: Third Reading 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 67 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
Aye
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 65 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
Aye
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
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
Where they voted the same
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 88 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
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
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
Aye
Draft Equality Act 2010 (Amendment) Regulations 2023 13 Dec 2023
Aye
Aye
Draft Windsor Framework (Enforcement etc.) Regulations 2023 13 Sept 2023
Aye
No
Health and Care Bill: Motion to insist on disagreement with LA 80 25 Apr 2022
NHS / Health
No
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