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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 1,108 shared comparable votes.

1,106 same votes 2 different votes 1,108 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
24 Aye 75 No
Migration 100% aligned 99 shared votes
24 Aye 75 No
34 Aye 59 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 93 shared votes
34 Aye 59 No
25 Aye 33 No
Trade 100% aligned 58 shared votes
25 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
24 Aye 75 No
Migration 100% aligned 99 shared votes
24 Aye 75 No
34 Aye 59 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 93 shared votes
34 Aye 59 No
25 Aye 33 No
Trade 100% aligned 58 shared votes
25 Aye 33 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
74.9%
2% above average
Rank 313 of 649
1,307
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,779
2,376 eligible divisions
724
55.4% of votes cast
Aye votes
1,016
57.1% of votes cast
583
44.6% of votes cast
No votes
763
42.9% of votes cast
1
0.1% of votes cast
Against party
5
0.3% of votes cast
21 years, 4 months
Since 5 May 2005
Commons service
16 years, 4 months
Since 6 May 2010

Debates

54
-27.7 vs Commons average
Rank 419 of 649
Appearances
95
+13.3 vs Commons average
Rank 187 of 649
633
+490.7 vs Commons average
Rank 10 of 649
Contributions
125
-17.3 vs Commons average
Rank 244 of 649

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
89 of 96 votes
Migration
129 of 171 votes
#2
Work / Employment
71 of 77 votes
Environment / Climate
36 of 48 votes
#3
Housing
59 of 67 votes
NHS / Health
38 of 56 votes
#4
Foreign Affairs
58 of 69 votes
Trade
60 of 91 votes
#5
Brexit / EU
177 of 211 votes
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API