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Ed Miliband vs Helen Whately

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


Voting alignment

Ed Miliband and Helen Whately voted the same way 6% of the time, based on 1,156 shared comparable votes.

66 same votes 1,090 different votes 1,156 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
18 Aye 14 No
NHS / Health 9% aligned 32 shared votes
17 Aye 15 No
12 Aye 3 No
Digital / Online Safety 7% aligned 15 shared votes
4 Aye 11 No
28 Aye 5 No
Education 6% aligned 33 shared votes
7 Aye 26 No
19 Aye 15 No
Benefits 6% aligned 34 shared votes
13 Aye 21 No
100 Aye 60 No
Brexit / EU 6% aligned 160 shared votes
61 Aye 99 No
Most different by topic
25 Aye 31 No
Trade 0% aligned 56 shared votes
31 Aye 25 No
24 Aye 21 No
Transport 0% aligned 45 shared votes
21 Aye 24 No
18 Aye 18 No
Environment / Climate 0% aligned 36 shared votes
18 Aye 18 No
9 Aye 25 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 34 shared votes
25 Aye 9 No
18 Aye 13 No
Defence 0% aligned 31 shared votes
13 Aye 18 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
83.7%
11% above average
Rank 119 of 649
1,307
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,989
2,376 eligible divisions
724
55.4% of votes cast
Aye votes
950
47.8% of votes cast
583
44.6% of votes cast
No votes
1,039
52.2% of votes cast
1
0.1% of votes cast
Against party
4
0.2% of votes cast
21 years, 4 months
Since 5 May 2005
Commons service
11 years, 4 months
Since 7 May 2015

Debates

54
-28.3 vs Commons average
Rank 419 of 649
Appearances
43
-39.3 vs Commons average
Rank 489 of 649
633
+489.5 vs Commons average
Rank 10 of 649
Contributions
65
-78.5 vs Commons average
Rank 459 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
£1,969,279
all imported IPSA years
£221,136
2% below average
Latest expenses
£269,510
19% above average
0
0 registered categories
Registered interests
9
2 registered categories
2
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
3
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
Trade
86 of 91 votes
Migration
129 of 171 votes
#2
Brexit / EU
199 of 211 votes
Environment / Climate
36 of 48 votes
#3
Foreign Affairs
65 of 69 votes
NHS / Health
38 of 56 votes
#4
Migration
157 of 171 votes
Trade
60 of 91 votes
#5

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
No
Where they voted the same
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API