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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 898 shared comparable votes.

222 same votes 676 different votes 898 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
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
2 Aye 7 No
Democracy / Parliament 11% aligned 9 shared votes
6 Aye 3 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

55.0%
18% below average
Rank 607 of 649
Participation
62.0%
11% below average
Rank 558 of 649
1,307
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,472
2,376 eligible divisions
724
55.4% of votes cast
Aye votes
732
49.7% of votes cast
583
44.6% of votes cast
No votes
740
50.3% of votes cast
1
0.1% of votes cast
Against party
11
0.7% of votes cast
21 years, 5 months
Since 5 May 2005
Commons service
21 years, 5 months
Since 5 May 2005

Debates

58
-25.6 vs Commons average
Rank 394 of 650
Appearances
111
+27.4 vs Commons average
Rank 137 of 650
662
+516.3 vs Commons average
Rank 10 of 650
Contributions
160
+14.3 vs Commons average
Rank 188 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
£2,714,557
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
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading 11 Sept 2026
No
Aye
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
No
Aye
Representation of the People Bill: Third Reading 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 67 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
Aye
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 65 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
Aye
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
Where they voted the same
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 88 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
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 Sept 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
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