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Ed Miliband vs Lisa Smart

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


Voting alignment

Ed Miliband and Lisa Smart voted the same way 26% of the time, based on 136 shared comparable votes.

35 same votes 101 different votes 136 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 0 No
Environment / Climate 100% aligned 4 shared votes
4 Aye 0 No
5 Aye 1 No
Energy 83% aligned 6 shared votes
6 Aye 0 No
1 Aye 5 No
Democracy / Parliament 67% aligned 6 shared votes
3 Aye 3 No
2 Aye 1 No
Migration 33% aligned 3 shared votes
0 Aye 3 No
3 Aye 1 No
Transport 25% aligned 4 shared votes
2 Aye 2 No
Most different by topic
7 Aye 1 No
Education 0% aligned 8 shared votes
1 Aye 7 No
5 Aye 1 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 6 shared votes
1 Aye 5 No
0 Aye 4 No
NHS / Health 0% aligned 4 shared votes
4 Aye 0 No
5 Aye 5 No
Benefits 10% aligned 10 shared votes
6 Aye 4 No
15 Aye 3 No
Work / Employment 11% aligned 18 shared votes
3 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
66.4%
6% below average
Rank 493 of 649
1,307
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
392
590 eligible divisions
724
55.4% of votes cast
Aye votes
216
55.1% of votes cast
583
44.6% of votes cast
No votes
176
44.9% of votes cast
1
0.1% of votes cast
Against party
2
0.5% of votes cast
21 years, 5 months
Since 5 May 2005
Commons service
2 years, 3 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

58
-25.6 vs Commons average
Rank 394 of 650
Appearances
174
+90.4 vs Commons average
Rank 37 of 650
662
+516.3 vs Commons average
Rank 10 of 650
Contributions
247
+101.3 vs Commons average
Rank 88 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
£239,061
all imported IPSA years
£221,136
2% below average
Latest expenses
£239,061
6% above average
0
0 registered categories
Registered interests
21
4 registered categories
2
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
3
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
Digital / Online Safety
11 of 11 votes
Migration
129 of 171 votes
#2
Environment / Climate
36 of 48 votes
#3
Environment / Climate
8 of 9 votes
NHS / Health
38 of 56 votes
#4
Education
43 of 50 votes
Trade
60 of 91 votes
#5
Defence
28 of 34 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No
Privilege 28 Apr 2026
Aye
Where they voted the same
Aye
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
Aye
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API