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Ed Miliband vs Jeff Smith
A side-by-side comparison of voting participation, party rebellion, topic focus, and recent voting overlap.
Voting alignment
Ed Miliband and Jeff Smith voted the same way 99% of the time, based on 938 shared comparable votes.
933 same votes
5 different votes
938 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
Most different by topic
Topic alignment uses local topic tags, so a division can count towards more than one topic.
Voting record
54.3%
18% below average
Participation
79.6%
7% above average
1,307
2,405 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,914
2,405 eligible divisions
724
55.4% of votes cast
Aye votes
1,039
54.3% of votes cast
583
44.6% of votes cast
No votes
875
45.7% of votes cast
1
0.1% of votes cast
Against party
8
0.4% of votes cast
21 years, 5 months
Since 5 May 2005
Commons service
11 years, 5 months
Since 7 May 2015
Debates
54
-34.8 vs Commons average
Appearances
54
-34.8 vs Commons average
637
+482.4 vs Commons average
Contributions
70
-84.6 vs Commons average
Debate figures cover imported Hansard debate appearances from the last 12 months.
Financials and interests
£2,453,042
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,112,426
all imported IPSA years
£221,136
2% below average
Latest expenses
£284,126
26% above average
0
0 registered categories
Registered interests
4
2 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
Recent voting overlap
Where they voted differently
Aye
No
rebel
Where they voted the same
Aye
Aye
Member source
UK Parliament Members API
Voting source
Commons Votes API