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Ed Miliband vs Rachael Maskell

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 Rachael Maskell
Rachael Maskell
Lab York Central

Voting alignment

Ed Miliband and Rachael Maskell voted the same way 97% of the time, based on 1,282 shared comparable votes.

1,249 same votes 33 different votes 1,282 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
96 Aye 50 No
Tax 100% aligned 146 shared votes
96 Aye 50 No
27 Aye 33 No
Trade 100% aligned 60 shared votes
27 Aye 33 No
24 Aye 26 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 50 shared votes
24 Aye 26 No
27 Aye 21 No
Transport 100% aligned 48 shared votes
27 Aye 21 No
33 Aye 6 No
Education 100% aligned 39 shared votes
33 Aye 6 No
Most different by topic
22 Aye 18 No
Benefits 85% aligned 40 shared votes
22 Aye 18 No
22 Aye 15 No
NHS / Health 97% aligned 37 shared votes
21 Aye 16 No
31 Aye 13 No
Energy 98% aligned 44 shared votes
30 Aye 14 No
36 Aye 61 No
Crime / Justice 98% aligned 97 shared votes
36 Aye 61 No
107 Aye 64 No
Brexit / EU 98% aligned 171 shared votes
104 Aye 67 No

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

Voting record

54.0%
18% below average
Rank 608 of 650
Participation
84.0%
12% above average
Rank 112 of 650
1,308
2,422 eligible divisions
Total votes
2,035
2,422 eligible divisions
725
55.4% of votes cast
Aye votes
1,103
54.2% of votes cast
583
44.6% of votes cast
No votes
932
45.8% of votes cast
1
0.1% of votes cast
Against party
47
2.3% of votes cast
21 years, 6 months
Since 5 May 2005
Commons service
11 years, 6 months
Since 7 May 2015

Debates

70
-25.6 vs Commons average
Rank 371 of 650
Appearances
271
+175.4 vs Commons average
Rank 11 of 650
785
+618.6 vs Commons average
Rank 8 of 650
Contributions
329
+162.6 vs Commons average
Rank 65 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
£1,927,153
all imported IPSA years
£221,136
2% below average
Latest expenses
£256,869
14% above average
0
0 registered categories
Registered interests
2
2 registered categories
2
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
9
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
Education
91 of 96 votes
Migration
129 of 171 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
77 of 82 votes
Environment / Climate
36 of 49 votes
#3
Environment / Climate
46 of 49 votes
NHS / Health
38 of 56 votes
#4
Work / Employment
75 of 80 votes
Energy
45 of 70 votes
#5
Transport
91 of 98 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading 11 Sept 2026
No rebel
Aye
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
No rebel
Aye
Immigration and Asylum Bill: Second Reading 13 Jul 2026
Migration
No rebel
Aye
Universal Credit and Personal Independence Payment Bill: Third Reading 9 Jul 2025
Benefits
No rebel
No
Universal Credit and Personal Independence Payment Bill Committee: Amendment 38 9 Jul 2025
Benefits
Aye rebel
No
Universal Credit and Personal Independence Payment Bill Committee: New Clause 8 9 Jul 2025
Benefits
Aye rebel
Aye
Universal Credit and Personal Independence Payment Bill Committee: Clause 2, as amended, and Clause 3 stand part 9 Jul 2025
Benefits
No rebel
Aye
Universal Credit and Personal Independent Payment Bill: Second Reading 1 Jul 2025
Benefits
No rebel
No
Universal Credit and Personal Independent Payment Bill: Reasoned Amendment at Second Reading 1 Jul 2025
Benefits
Aye rebel
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Third Reading 20 Jun 2025
No rebel
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
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
No
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 19 14 Jul 2026
No
No
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 199 14 Jul 2026
No
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