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Ed Miliband vs Sammy Wilson

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 Sammy Wilson
Sammy Wilson
DUP East Antrim

Voting alignment

Ed Miliband and Sammy Wilson voted the same way 25% of the time, based on 892 shared comparable votes.

221 same votes 671 different votes 892 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
11 Aye 10 No
Defence 71% aligned 21 shared votes
13 Aye 8 No
17 Aye 9 No
Benefits 46% aligned 26 shared votes
13 Aye 13 No
14 Aye 62 No
Migration 42% aligned 76 shared votes
48 Aye 28 No
10 Aye 3 No
Digital / Online Safety 38% aligned 13 shared votes
8 Aye 5 No
26 Aye 50 No
Crime / Justice 38% aligned 76 shared votes
45 Aye 31 No
Most different by topic
2 Aye 4 No
Housing 0% aligned 6 shared votes
4 Aye 2 No
1 Aye 4 No
Democracy / Parliament 0% aligned 5 shared votes
4 Aye 1 No
18 Aye 8 No
Work / Employment 8% aligned 26 shared votes
10 Aye 16 No
20 Aye 10 No
Energy 10% aligned 30 shared votes
13 Aye 17 No
100 Aye 58 No
Brexit / EU 13% aligned 158 shared votes
55 Aye 103 No

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

Voting record

55.1 %
18 % below average
Rank 606 of 649
Participation
61.8 %
11 % below average
Rank 560 of 649
1,300
2,361 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,460
2,361 eligible divisions
720
55.4 % of votes cast
Aye votes
724
49.6 % of votes cast
580
44.6 % of votes cast
No votes
736
50.4 % of votes cast
1
0.1 % of votes cast
Against party
11
0.8 % of votes cast
21 years, 3 months
Since 5 May 2005
Commons service
21 years, 3 months
Since 5 May 2005

Debates

48
-30.0 vs Commons average
Rank 438 of 649
Appearances
102
+24.0 vs Commons average
Rank 147 of 649
442
+303.5 vs Commons average
Rank 26 of 649
Contributions
147
+8.5 vs Commons average
Rank 184 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
£2,714,557
all imported IPSA years
£221,136
2 % below average
Latest expenses
£250,082
11 % above average
0
0 registered categories
Registered interests
2
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 211 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
195 of 211 votes
Migration
129 of 171 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
63 of 69 votes
Environment / Climate
36 of 48 votes
#3
Trade
70 of 91 votes
NHS / Health
38 of 56 votes
#4
Defence
50 of 71 votes
Trade
60 of 91 votes
#5
Energy
47 of 70 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Draft Trade Unions (Permissible Means of Voting) and Employment Rights (Unfair Dismissal) (Amendment) Order 2026 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
No
Aye
Draft Code of Practice on Electronic and Workplace Ballots for Statutory Trade Union Ballots 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
No
No
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 19 14 Jul 2026
Aye
No
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 199 14 Jul 2026
Aye
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (i) 19 May 2026
Aye
Aye
Pension Schemes Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendments 15 to 24, 27, 30 to 34, 36, 38 to 42, 83 and 88, insist on Amendments 88C, 88E to 88P, 88R, 88S and 88W, and propose Amendments (a) to (j) in lieu of Amendments 88A, 88T, 88U and 88V 28 Apr 2026
Benefits
No
No
Privilege 28 Apr 2026
Aye
Aye
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill: Carry-over motion 27 Apr 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
Aye
Pension Schemes Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendments 15 to 24, 27, 30 to 34, 36, 38 to 42, 83 and 88, insist on its Amendments 88A, 88C and 88E to 88P and propose Amendments (a) to (f) 27 Apr 2026
Benefits
No
Aye
English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill: Amendments (a) to (h) in lieu of Lords Amendments 85 and 86, 97 to 116, 120, 121 and 123 27 Apr 2026
Devolution / Local Government
No
Where they voted the same
Aye
Draft Energy Prices Act 2022 (Extension of Time Limit) Regulations 2026 22 Apr 2026
Cost of Living Energy
Aye
No
Medical Training (Prioritisation) Bill: Amendment 2 27 Jan 2026
No
Aye
Employment Rights Bill: Motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 7 15 Sep 2025
Work / Employment
Aye
Aye
Armed Forces Commissioner Bill: Government amendment (a) in lieu of Lords Amendments 2 and 3 3 Jun 2025
Defence
Aye
No
King's Speech (Motion for an Address): Amendment (k) 23 Jul 2024
No
Aye
the draft Economic Growth (Regulatory Functions) (Amendment) Order 2024 24 Apr 2024
Aye
No
Rwanda Bill motion to disagree with Lords amendment 10F 22 Apr 2024
No
No
That this House disagrees with the Lords in their Amendment 10B 15 Apr 2024
No
No
Safety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) Bill: Motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 10 18 Mar 2024
Migration
No
No
Safety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) Bill: Motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 8 18 Mar 2024
Migration
No
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