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Ed Miliband vs Rebecca Long Bailey

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 Rebecca Long Bailey
Rebecca Long Bailey
Lab Salford

Voting alignment

Ed Miliband and Rebecca Long Bailey voted the same way 98% of the time, based on 1,172 shared comparable votes.

1,148 same votes 24 different votes 1,172 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 59 No
Brexit / EU 100% aligned 166 shared votes
107 Aye 59 No
80 Aye 44 No
Tax 100% aligned 124 shared votes
80 Aye 44 No
35 Aye 57 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 92 shared votes
35 Aye 57 No
26 Aye 32 No
Trade 100% aligned 58 shared votes
26 Aye 32 No
24 Aye 21 No
Transport 100% aligned 45 shared votes
24 Aye 21 No
Most different by topic
23 Aye 16 No
Benefits 85% aligned 39 shared votes
23 Aye 16 No
29 Aye 10 No
Energy 97% aligned 39 shared votes
28 Aye 11 No
26 Aye 94 No
Migration 99% aligned 120 shared votes
25 Aye 95 No
107 Aye 59 No
Brexit / EU 100% aligned 166 shared votes
107 Aye 59 No
80 Aye 44 No
Tax 100% aligned 124 shared votes
80 Aye 44 No

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

Voting record

54.1%
18% below average
Rank 609 of 650
Participation
76.8%
4% above average
Rank 268 of 650
1,308
2,417 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,856
2,417 eligible divisions
725
55.4% of votes cast
Aye votes
1,021
55.0% of votes cast
583
44.6% of votes cast
No votes
835
45.0% of votes cast
1
0.1% of votes cast
Against party
26
1.4% of votes cast
21 years, 6 months
Since 5 May 2005
Commons service
11 years, 6 months
Since 7 May 2015

Debates

70
-24.5 vs Commons average
Rank 370 of 650
Appearances
65
-29.5 vs Commons average
Rank 396 of 650
785
+620.4 vs Commons average
Rank 7 of 650
Contributions
66
-98.6 vs Commons average
Rank 490 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
£1,991,058
all imported IPSA years
£221,136
2% below average
Latest expenses
£259,636
15% above average
0
0 registered categories
Registered interests
5
1 registered category
2
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
0
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
Defence
68 of 71 votes
Migration
129 of 171 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
74 of 82 votes
Environment / Climate
36 of 49 votes
#3
Housing
59 of 67 votes
NHS / Health
38 of 56 votes
#4
Environment / Climate
42 of 49 votes
Energy
45 of 70 votes
#5
Democracy / Parliament
40 of 47 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading 11 Sept 2026
No rebel
Aye
Immigration and Asylum Bill: Second Reading 13 Jul 2026
Migration
No rebel
No
Privilege 28 Apr 2026
Aye 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
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
No
Immigration and Asylum Bill: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 13 Jul 2026
Migration
No
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