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Ed Miliband vs John McDonnell

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 McDonnell
John McDonnell
Lab Hayes and Harlington

Voting alignment

Ed Miliband and John McDonnell voted the same way 98% of the time, based on 1,212 shared comparable votes.

1,190 same votes 22 different votes 1,212 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
104 Aye 64 No
Brexit / EU 100% aligned 168 shared votes
104 Aye 64 No
90 Aye 41 No
Tax 100% aligned 131 shared votes
90 Aye 41 No
26 Aye 31 No
Trade 100% aligned 57 shared votes
26 Aye 31 No
24 Aye 26 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 50 shared votes
24 Aye 26 No
23 Aye 21 No
Transport 100% aligned 44 shared votes
23 Aye 21 No
Most different by topic
22 Aye 17 No
Benefits 79% aligned 39 shared votes
24 Aye 15 No
29 Aye 10 No
Energy 95% aligned 39 shared votes
27 Aye 12 No
32 Aye 6 No
Education 97% aligned 38 shared votes
31 Aye 7 No
33 Aye 62 No
Crime / Justice 98% aligned 95 shared votes
33 Aye 62 No
26 Aye 103 No
Migration 98% aligned 129 shared votes
24 Aye 105 No

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

Voting record

54.1%
18% below average
Rank 609 of 650
Participation
79.0%
7% above average
Rank 220 of 650
1,308
2,417 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,910
2,417 eligible divisions
725
55.4% of votes cast
Aye votes
1,038
54.3% of votes cast
583
44.6% of votes cast
No votes
872
45.7% of votes cast
1
0.1% of votes cast
Against party
24
1.3% of votes cast
21 years, 6 months
Since 5 May 2005
Commons service
29 years, 6 months
Since 1 May 1997

Debates

70
-24.5 vs Commons average
Rank 370 of 650
Appearances
146
+51.5 vs Commons average
Rank 99 of 650
785
+620.4 vs Commons average
Rank 7 of 650
Contributions
186
+21.4 vs Commons average
Rank 186 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
£2,684,777
all imported IPSA years
£221,136
2% below average
Latest expenses
£269,647
19% above average
0
0 registered categories
Registered interests
6
1 registered category
2
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
7
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 212 votes
#1
Foreign Affairs
75 of 82 votes
Migration
129 of 171 votes
#2
Work / Employment
73 of 80 votes
Environment / Climate
36 of 49 votes
#3
Environment / Climate
44 of 49 votes
NHS / Health
38 of 56 votes
#4
Migration
153 of 171 votes
Energy
45 of 70 votes
#5
Defence
63 of 71 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Immigration and Asylum Bill: Second Reading 13 Jul 2026
Migration
No rebel
Aye
Draft Immigration and Asylum (Provision of Accommodation to Failed Asylum-Seekers) (Amendment) Regulations 2026 28 Apr 2026
Migration
No rebel
No
Privilege 28 Apr 2026
Aye rebel
Aye
Courts and Tribunals Bill: Second Reading 10 Mar 2026
Crime / Justice
No rebel
No
Courts and Tribunals Bill: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 10 Mar 2026
Crime / Justice
Aye rebel
Aye
Children's Wellbeing and Schools Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 38 9 Mar 2026
Education
No rebel
Aye
Universal Credit and Personal Independence Payment Bill: Third Reading 9 Jul 2025
Benefits
No
No
Universal Credit and Personal Independence Payment Bill Committee: Amendment 38 9 Jul 2025
Benefits
Aye
No
Universal Credit and Personal Independence Payment Bill Committee: New Clause 8 9 Jul 2025
Benefits
Aye
Aye
Universal Credit and Personal Independence Payment Bill Committee: Clause 2, as amended, and Clause 3 stand part 9 Jul 2025
Benefits
No
Where they voted the same
Aye
Draft Town and Country Planning (Fees for Applications, Deemed Applications, Requests and Site Visits) (England) (Amendment and Transitional Provision) Regulations 2026 27 Oct 2026
Aye
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading 11 Sept 2026
Aye
Aye
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
Aye
Aye
Draft Plant Health, Seeds, Seed Potatoes and Plant Propagating Material (Amendment) (Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026 9 Sept 2026
Aye
Aye
Representation of the People Bill: Third Reading 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
Aye
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 88 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 67 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 65 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
Aye
Draft Trade Unions (Permissible Means of Voting) and Employment Rights (Unfair Dismissal) (Amendment) Order 2026 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
Aye
Aye
Draft Code of Practice on Electronic and Workplace Ballots for Statutory Trade Union Ballots 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
Aye
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