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Ed Miliband vs Nick Thomas-Symonds

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


Voting alignment

Ed Miliband and Nick Thomas-Symonds voted the same way 99% of the time, based on 1,081 shared comparable votes.

1,071 same votes 10 different votes 1,081 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
107 Aye 62 No
Brexit / EU 100% aligned 169 shared votes
107 Aye 62 No
79 Aye 42 No
Tax 100% aligned 121 shared votes
79 Aye 42 No
38 Aye 50 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 88 shared votes
38 Aye 50 No
20 Aye 67 No
Migration 100% aligned 87 shared votes
20 Aye 67 No
23 Aye 30 No
Trade 100% aligned 53 shared votes
23 Aye 30 No
Most different by topic
107 Aye 62 No
Brexit / EU 100% aligned 169 shared votes
107 Aye 62 No
79 Aye 42 No
Tax 100% aligned 121 shared votes
79 Aye 42 No
38 Aye 50 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 88 shared votes
38 Aye 50 No
20 Aye 67 No
Migration 100% aligned 87 shared votes
20 Aye 67 No
23 Aye 30 No
Trade 100% aligned 53 shared votes
23 Aye 30 No

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

Voting record

54.3%
18% below average
Rank 607 of 650
Participation
62.4%
10% below average
Rank 549 of 650
1,307
2,405 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,501
2,405 eligible divisions
724
55.4% of votes cast
Aye votes
857
57.1% of votes cast
583
44.6% of votes cast
No votes
644
42.9% of votes cast
1
0.1% of votes cast
Against party
12
0.8% of votes cast
21 years, 5 months
Since 5 May 2005
Commons service
11 years, 5 months
Since 7 May 2015

Debates

54
-34.8 vs Commons average
Rank 447 of 650
Appearances
57
-31.8 vs Commons average
Rank 429 of 650
637
+482.4 vs Commons average
Rank 11 of 650
Contributions
416
+261.4 vs Commons average
Rank 38 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
£2,131,457
all imported IPSA years
£221,136
2% below average
Latest expenses
£255,367
13% above average
0
0 registered categories
Registered interests
4
2 registered categories
2
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
1
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
Brexit / EU
181 of 212 votes
Migration
129 of 171 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
63 of 82 votes
Environment / Climate
36 of 49 votes
#3
Trade
71 of 94 votes
NHS / Health
38 of 56 votes
#4
Defence
50 of 71 votes
Energy
45 of 70 votes
#5
Democracy / Parliament
33 of 47 votes

Recent voting overlap

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