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Ed Miliband vs John Cooper

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 John Cooper
John Cooper
Con Dumfries and Galloway

Voting alignment

Ed Miliband and John Cooper voted the same way 2% of the time, based on 127 shared comparable votes.

3 same votes 124 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
5 Aye 4 No
Benefits 22% aligned 9 shared votes
2 Aye 7 No
23 Aye 11 No
Tax 0% aligned 34 shared votes
11 Aye 23 No
16 Aye 3 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 19 shared votes
3 Aye 16 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
Most different by topic
23 Aye 11 No
Tax 0% aligned 34 shared votes
11 Aye 23 No
16 Aye 3 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 19 shared votes
3 Aye 16 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

55.8 %
17 % below average
Rank 603 of 648
Participation
72.6 %
1 % below average
Rank 373 of 648
1,291
2,312 eligible divisions
Total votes
382
526 eligible divisions
714
55.3 % of votes cast
Aye votes
156
40.8 % of votes cast
577
44.7 % of votes cast
No votes
226
59.2 % of votes cast
1
0.1 % of votes cast
Against party
1
0.3 % of votes cast
21 years, 1 months
Since 5 May 2005
Commons service
1 years, 11 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

43
-16.9 vs Commons average
Rank 383 of 648
Appearances
84
+24.1 vs Commons average
Rank 121 of 648
495
+387.1 vs Commons average
Rank 13 of 648
Contributions
104
-3.9 vs Commons average
Rank 213 of 648

Debate figures cover imported Hansard debate appearances from the last 12 months.

Financials and interests

£2,453,042
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£154,450
all imported IPSA years
£221,136
2 % below average
Latest expenses
£154,450
32 % below average
0
0 registered categories
Registered interests
3
1 registered category
1
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
0
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
127 of 169 votes
#2
Work / Employment
34 of 37 votes
Environment / Climate
33 of 45 votes
#3
Democracy / Parliament
9 of 10 votes
NHS / Health
38 of 56 votes
#4
Devolution / Local Government
20 of 23 votes
Energy
45 of 67 votes
#5
Tax
90 of 108 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
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
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (o) 20 May 2026
Aye
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (i) 19 May 2026
Aye
Aye
Pension Schemes Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendments 15 to 24, 27, 30 to 34, 36, 38 to 42, 83 and 88, insist on Amendments 88C, 88E to 88P, 88R, 88S and 88W, and propose Amendments (a) to (j) in lieu of Amendments 88A, 88T, 88U and 88V 28 Apr 2026
Benefits
No
No
Privilege 28 Apr 2026
Aye
Aye
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill: Carry-over motion 27 Apr 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
Aye
Pension Schemes Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendments 15 to 24, 27, 30 to 34, 36, 38 to 42, 83 and 88, insist on its Amendments 88A, 88C and 88E to 88P and propose Amendments (a) to (f) 27 Apr 2026
Benefits
No
Aye
English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill: Amendments (a) to (h) in lieu of Lords Amendments 85 and 86, 97 to 116, 120, 121 and 123 27 Apr 2026
Devolution / Local Government
No
Aye
English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendments 94B and 94C 27 Apr 2026
Devolution / Local Government
No
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
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Voting source Commons Votes API