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Ed Miliband vs Joe Robertson

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 Joe Robertson
Joe Robertson
Con Isle of Wight East

Voting alignment

Ed Miliband and Joe Robertson voted the same way 3% of the time, based on 127 shared comparable votes.

4 same votes 123 different votes 127 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
4 Aye 4 No
Benefits 25% aligned 8 shared votes
2 Aye 6 No
1 Aye 3 No
NHS / Health 25% aligned 4 shared votes
4 Aye 0 No
22 Aye 11 No
Tax 0% aligned 33 shared votes
11 Aye 22 No
15 Aye 4 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 19 shared votes
4 Aye 15 No
7 Aye 3 No
Energy 0% aligned 10 shared votes
3 Aye 7 No
Most different by topic
22 Aye 11 No
Tax 0% aligned 33 shared votes
11 Aye 22 No
15 Aye 4 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 19 shared votes
4 Aye 15 No
7 Aye 3 No
Energy 0% aligned 10 shared votes
3 Aye 7 No
8 Aye 0 No
Education 0% aligned 8 shared votes
0 Aye 8 No
5 Aye 1 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 6 shared votes
1 Aye 5 No

Topic alignment uses local topic tags, so a division can count towards more than one topic.

Voting record

55.1 %
18 % below average
Rank 606 of 649
Participation
75.1 %
2 % above average
Rank 309 of 649
1,300
2,361 eligible divisions
Total votes
432
575 eligible divisions
720
55.4 % of votes cast
Aye votes
193
44.7 % of votes cast
580
44.6 % of votes cast
No votes
239
55.3 % of votes cast
1
0.1 % of votes cast
Against party
2
0.5 % of votes cast
21 years, 3 months
Since 5 May 2005
Commons service
2 years, 1 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

48
-29.9 vs Commons average
Rank 438 of 650
Appearances
155
+77.1 vs Commons average
Rank 45 of 650
442
+303.7 vs Commons average
Rank 26 of 650
Contributions
257
+118.7 vs Commons average
Rank 72 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
£165,302
all imported IPSA years
£221,136
2 % below average
Latest expenses
£165,302
27 % below average
0
0 registered categories
Registered interests
3
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
Housing
27 of 31 votes
Migration
129 of 171 votes
#2
Trade
6 of 7 votes
Environment / Climate
36 of 48 votes
#3
Tax
95 of 111 votes
NHS / Health
38 of 56 votes
#4
Devolution / Local Government
20 of 24 votes
Trade
60 of 91 votes
#5
Education
40 of 50 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
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
No
Immigration and Asylum Bill: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 13 Jul 2026
Migration
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
Aye
Draft Carbon Budget Order 2026 24 Jun 2026
Environment / Climate
No
Aye
King's Speech Motion for an Address 20 May 2026
No
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (p) 20 May 2026
Aye
Where they voted the same
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
Aye
Tobacco and Vapes Bill: Second Reading 26 Nov 2024
NHS / Health
Aye
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