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Ed Miliband vs Sir Alec Shelbrooke

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 Sir Alec Shelbrooke
Sir Alec Shelbrooke
Con Wetherby and Easingwold

Voting alignment

Ed Miliband and Sir Alec Shelbrooke voted the same way 6% of the time, based on 1,049 shared comparable votes.

58 same votes 991 different votes 1,049 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
10 Aye 10 No
NHS / Health 10% aligned 20 shared votes
12 Aye 8 No
8 Aye 2 No
Digital / Online Safety 10% aligned 10 shared votes
3 Aye 7 No
25 Aye 3 No
Education 7% aligned 28 shared votes
5 Aye 23 No
16 Aye 15 No
Benefits 6% aligned 31 shared votes
13 Aye 18 No
104 Aye 63 No
Brexit / EU 5% aligned 167 shared votes
66 Aye 101 No
Most different by topic
79 Aye 38 No
Tax 0% aligned 117 shared votes
38 Aye 79 No
26 Aye 31 No
Trade 0% aligned 57 shared votes
31 Aye 26 No
24 Aye 18 No
Transport 0% aligned 42 shared votes
18 Aye 24 No
17 Aye 18 No
Environment / Climate 0% aligned 35 shared votes
18 Aye 17 No
19 Aye 15 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 34 shared votes
15 Aye 19 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
72.4%
same as average
Rank 370 of 649
1,307
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,720
2,376 eligible divisions
724
55.4% of votes cast
Aye votes
790
45.9% of votes cast
583
44.6% of votes cast
No votes
930
54.1% of votes cast
1
0.1% of votes cast
Against party
7
0.4% of votes cast
21 years, 4 months
Since 5 May 2005
Commons service
16 years, 4 months
Since 6 May 2010

Debates

54
-28.3 vs Commons average
Rank 419 of 649
Appearances
145
+62.7 vs Commons average
Rank 74 of 649
633
+489.5 vs Commons average
Rank 10 of 649
Contributions
181
+37.5 vs Commons average
Rank 155 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
£2,686,484
all imported IPSA years
£221,136
2% below average
Latest expenses
£274,658
21% above average
0
0 registered categories
Registered interests
4
2 registered categories
2
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
3
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
202 of 211 votes
Migration
129 of 171 votes
#2
Trade
86 of 91 votes
Environment / Climate
36 of 48 votes
#3
Foreign Affairs
65 of 69 votes
NHS / Health
38 of 56 votes
#4
Housing
62 of 67 votes
Trade
60 of 91 votes
#5
Defence
65 of 71 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 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
Immigration and Asylum Bill: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 13 Jul 2026
Migration
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
Where they voted the same
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
the draft Economic Growth (Regulatory Functions) (Amendment) Order 2024 24 Apr 2024
Aye
No
Safety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) Bill Committee: Amendment 23 17 Jan 2024
Migration
No
No
Safety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) Bill Committee: Amendment 19 16 Jan 2024
Migration
No
No
Safety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) Bill Committee: Amendment 10 16 Jan 2024
Migration
No
Aye
Draft Equality Act 2010 (Amendment) Regulations 2023 13 Dec 2023
Aye
Aye
Draft Windsor Framework (Enforcement etc.) Regulations 2023 13 Sept 2023
Aye
Aye
Relationships and Sexuality Education (Northern Ireland) (Amendment) Regulations 2023 28 Jun 2023
Education
Aye
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