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Ed Miliband vs Shivani Raja

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 Shivani Raja
Shivani Raja
Con Leicester East

Voting alignment

Ed Miliband and Shivani Raja voted the same way 4% of the time, based on 120 shared comparable votes.

5 same votes 115 different votes 120 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
2 Aye 4 No
Benefits 33% aligned 6 shared votes
2 Aye 4 No
1 Aye 3 No
NHS / Health 25% aligned 4 shared votes
4 Aye 0 No
1 Aye 4 No
Democracy / Parliament 20% aligned 5 shared votes
3 Aye 2 No
21 Aye 8 No
Tax 0% aligned 29 shared votes
8 Aye 21 No
18 Aye 3 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 21 shared votes
3 Aye 18 No
Most different by topic
21 Aye 8 No
Tax 0% aligned 29 shared votes
8 Aye 21 No
18 Aye 3 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 21 shared votes
3 Aye 18 No
2 Aye 5 No
Crime / Justice 0% aligned 7 shared votes
5 Aye 2 No
4 Aye 2 No
Energy 0% aligned 6 shared votes
2 Aye 4 No
5 Aye 1 No
Transport 0% aligned 6 shared votes
1 Aye 5 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
63.4%
9% below average
Rank 536 of 649
1,307
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
374
590 eligible divisions
724
55.4% of votes cast
Aye votes
187
50.0% of votes cast
583
44.6% of votes cast
No votes
187
50.0% of votes cast
1
0.1% of votes cast
Against party
1
0.3% of votes cast
21 years, 5 months
Since 5 May 2005
Commons service
2 years, 3 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

58
-25.6 vs Commons average
Rank 394 of 650
Appearances
16
-67.6 vs Commons average
Rank 608 of 650
662
+516.3 vs Commons average
Rank 10 of 650
Contributions
18
-127.7 vs Commons average
Rank 612 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
£205,066
all imported IPSA years
£221,136
2% below average
Latest expenses
£205,066
9% below average
0
0 registered categories
Registered interests
4
4 registered categories
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 211 votes
#1
Work / Employment
36 of 39 votes
Migration
129 of 171 votes
#2
Defence
29 of 34 votes
Environment / Climate
36 of 48 votes
#3
Housing
27 of 32 votes
NHS / Health
38 of 56 votes
#4
Democracy / Parliament
11 of 14 votes
Trade
60 of 91 votes
#5
Transport
22 of 29 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
Draft Plant Health, Seeds, Seed Potatoes and Plant Propagating Material (Amendment) (Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026 9 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
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
Aye
Tobacco and Vapes Bill: Second Reading 26 Nov 2024
NHS / Health
Aye
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Voting source Commons Votes API