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Ed Miliband vs Sarah Bool

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 Sarah Bool
Sarah Bool
Con South Northamptonshire

Voting alignment

Ed Miliband and Sarah Bool voted the same way 3% of the time, based on 141 shared comparable votes.

4 same votes 137 different votes 141 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
5 Aye 4 No
Benefits 22% aligned 9 shared votes
2 Aye 7 No
1 Aye 5 No
Democracy / Parliament 17% aligned 6 shared votes
4 Aye 2 No
22 Aye 11 No
Tax 0% aligned 33 shared votes
11 Aye 22 No
16 Aye 4 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 20 shared votes
4 Aye 16 No
7 Aye 3 No
Energy 0% aligned 10 shared votes
3 Aye 7 No
Most different by topic
22 Aye 11 No
Tax 0% aligned 33 shared votes
11 Aye 22 No
16 Aye 4 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 20 shared votes
4 Aye 16 No
7 Aye 3 No
Energy 0% aligned 10 shared votes
3 Aye 7 No
3 Aye 6 No
Crime / Justice 0% aligned 9 shared votes
6 Aye 3 No
8 Aye 0 No
Education 0% aligned 8 shared votes
0 Aye 8 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
70.8%
2% below average
Rank 409 of 649
1,307
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
418
590 eligible divisions
724
55.4% of votes cast
Aye votes
177
42.3% of votes cast
583
44.6% of votes cast
No votes
241
57.7% of votes cast
1
0.1% of votes cast
Against party
0
0.0% of votes cast
21 years, 5 months
Since 5 May 2005
Commons service
2 years, 3 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

58
-25.7 vs Commons average
Rank 394 of 649
Appearances
96
+12.3 vs Commons average
Rank 193 of 649
662
+516.1 vs Commons average
Rank 10 of 649
Contributions
112
-33.9 vs Commons average
Rank 300 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
£188,791
all imported IPSA years
£221,136
2% below average
Latest expenses
£188,791
17% below average
0
0 registered categories
Registered interests
9
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
Foreign Affairs
4 of 4 votes
Migration
129 of 171 votes
#2
Work / Employment
35 of 39 votes
Environment / Climate
36 of 48 votes
#3
Tax
98 of 112 votes
NHS / Health
38 of 56 votes
#4
Democracy / Parliament
12 of 14 votes
Trade
60 of 91 votes
#5
Crime / Justice
53 of 62 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 Climate Change Act 2008 (Credit Limit) Order 2026 24 Jun 2026
Environment / Climate
No
Aye
Draft Climate Change Act 2008 (International Aviation and International Shipping) Regulations 2026 24 Jun 2026
Environment / Climate Transport
No
Aye
Draft Carbon Budget Order 2026 24 Jun 2026
Environment / Climate
No
Aye
King's Speech Motion for an Address 20 May 2026
No
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (p) 20 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
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (l) 20 May 2026
No
No
Universal Credit and Personal Independence Payment Bill Committee: New Clause 8 9 Jul 2025
Benefits
No
No
Universal Credit and Personal Independent Payment Bill Committee: Amendment 39 9 Jul 2025
Benefits
No
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