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Ed Miliband vs Nick Smith

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


Voting alignment

Ed Miliband and Nick Smith voted the same way 100% of the time, based on 1,092 shared comparable votes.

1,090 same votes 2 different votes 1,092 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
85 Aye 48 No
Brexit / EU 100% aligned 133 shared votes
85 Aye 48 No
82 Aye 42 No
Tax 100% aligned 124 shared votes
82 Aye 42 No
23 Aye 74 No
Migration 100% aligned 97 shared votes
23 Aye 74 No
34 Aye 59 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 93 shared votes
34 Aye 59 No
23 Aye 33 No
Trade 100% aligned 56 shared votes
23 Aye 33 No
Most different by topic
85 Aye 48 No
Brexit / EU 100% aligned 133 shared votes
85 Aye 48 No
82 Aye 42 No
Tax 100% aligned 124 shared votes
82 Aye 42 No
23 Aye 74 No
Migration 100% aligned 97 shared votes
23 Aye 74 No
34 Aye 59 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 93 shared votes
34 Aye 59 No
23 Aye 33 No
Trade 100% aligned 56 shared votes
23 Aye 33 No

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

Voting record

55.5 %
18 % below average
Rank 603 of 647
Participation
74.5 %
2 % above average
Rank 328 of 647
1,291
2,328 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,735
2,328 eligible divisions
714
55.3 % of votes cast
Aye votes
997
57.5 % of votes cast
577
44.7 % of votes cast
No votes
738
42.5 % of votes cast
1
0.1 % of votes cast
Against party
5
0.3 % of votes cast
21 years, 1 months
Since 5 May 2005
Commons service
16 years, 1 months
Since 6 May 2010

Debates

42
-23.5 vs Commons average
Rank 427 of 647
Appearances
64
-1.5 vs Commons average
Rank 243 of 647
444
+327.1 vs Commons average
Rank 19 of 647
Contributions
92
-24.9 vs Commons average
Rank 278 of 647

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

Financials and interests

£2,453,042
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,595,067
all imported IPSA years
£221,136
2 % below average
Latest expenses
£251,492
11 % above average
0
0 registered categories
Registered interests
0
0 registered categories
2
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
2
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
Education
88 of 95 votes
Migration
127 of 169 votes
#2
Work / Employment
69 of 75 votes
Environment / Climate
33 of 45 votes
#3
Housing
58 of 66 votes
NHS / Health
38 of 56 votes
#4
Foreign Affairs
58 of 69 votes
Energy
45 of 67 votes
#5
Brexit / EU
177 of 211 votes
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API