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Ed Miliband vs Jim Allister

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


Voting alignment

Ed Miliband and Jim Allister voted the same way 10% of the time, based on 145 shared comparable votes.

15 same votes 130 different votes 145 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
1 Aye 5 No
Democracy / Parliament 33% aligned 6 shared votes
3 Aye 3 No
1 Aye 3 No
NHS / Health 25% aligned 4 shared votes
4 Aye 0 No
9 Aye 1 No
Education 20% aligned 10 shared votes
3 Aye 7 No
3 Aye 6 No
Crime / Justice 11% aligned 9 shared votes
5 Aye 4 No
5 Aye 7 No
Benefits 8% aligned 12 shared votes
6 Aye 6 No
Most different by topic
5 Aye 1 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 6 shared votes
1 Aye 5 No
6 Aye 0 No
Energy 0% aligned 6 shared votes
0 Aye 6 No
3 Aye 1 No
Transport 0% aligned 4 shared votes
1 Aye 3 No
3 Aye 0 No
Defence 0% aligned 3 shared votes
0 Aye 3 No
16 Aye 4 No
Work / Employment 5% aligned 20 shared votes
5 Aye 15 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
70.0%
3% below average
Rank 431 of 649
1,307
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
413
590 eligible divisions
724
55.4% of votes cast
Aye votes
203
49.2% of votes cast
583
44.6% of votes cast
No votes
210
50.8% of votes cast
1
0.1% of votes cast
Against party
0
0.0% of votes cast
21 years, 4 months
Since 5 May 2005
Commons service
2 years, 2 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

54
-27.7 vs Commons average
Rank 419 of 649
Appearances
194
+112.3 vs Commons average
Rank 22 of 649
633
+490.7 vs Commons average
Rank 10 of 649
Contributions
252
+109.7 vs Commons average
Rank 84 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
£209,116
all imported IPSA years
£221,136
2% below average
Latest expenses
£209,116
8% below average
0
0 registered categories
Registered interests
3
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

Brexit / EU
171 of 211 votes
#1
Foreign Affairs
4 of 4 votes
Migration
129 of 171 votes
#2
NHS / Health
10 of 11 votes
Environment / Climate
36 of 48 votes
#3
Education
42 of 50 votes
NHS / Health
38 of 56 votes
#4
Tax
90 of 112 votes
Trade
60 of 91 votes
#5
Democracy / Parliament
11 of 14 votes

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