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Ed Miliband vs Sir Bernard Jenkin

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 Bernard Jenkin
Sir Bernard Jenkin
Con Harwich and North Essex

Voting alignment

Ed Miliband and Sir Bernard Jenkin voted the same way 6% of the time, based on 1,118 shared comparable votes.

62 same votes 1,056 different votes 1,118 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
14 Aye 14 No
Benefits 7% aligned 28 shared votes
12 Aye 16 No
25 Aye 32 No
Trade 7% aligned 57 shared votes
30 Aye 27 No
26 Aye 9 No
Energy 6% aligned 35 shared votes
11 Aye 24 No
6 Aye 13 No
Democracy / Parliament 5% aligned 19 shared votes
12 Aye 7 No
106 Aye 62 No
Brexit / EU 5% aligned 168 shared votes
60 Aye 108 No
Most different by topic
23 Aye 20 No
Transport 0% aligned 43 shared votes
20 Aye 23 No
9 Aye 25 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 34 shared votes
25 Aye 9 No
18 Aye 13 No
Defence 0% aligned 31 shared votes
13 Aye 18 No
17 Aye 13 No
Foreign Affairs 0% aligned 30 shared votes
13 Aye 17 No
14 Aye 14 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 28 shared votes
14 Aye 14 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
79.7%
7% above average
Rank 204 of 649
1,307
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,893
2,376 eligible divisions
724
55.4% of votes cast
Aye votes
897
47.4% of votes cast
583
44.6% of votes cast
No votes
996
52.6% of votes cast
1
0.1% of votes cast
Against party
21
1.1% of votes cast
21 years, 4 months
Since 5 May 2005
Commons service
34 years, 5 months
Since 9 Apr 1992

Debates

54
-28.3 vs Commons average
Rank 419 of 649
Appearances
126
+43.7 vs Commons average
Rank 102 of 649
633
+489.5 vs Commons average
Rank 10 of 649
Contributions
193
+49.5 vs Commons average
Rank 144 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
£2,529,411
all imported IPSA years
£221,136
2% below average
Latest expenses
£260,047
15% above average
0
0 registered categories
Registered interests
9
5 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
205 of 211 votes
Migration
129 of 171 votes
#2
Migration
158 of 171 votes
Environment / Climate
36 of 48 votes
#3
Defence
65 of 71 votes
NHS / Health
38 of 56 votes
#4
Devolution / Local Government
59 of 66 votes
Trade
60 of 91 votes
#5
Trade
81 of 91 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
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
No
Scotland (Self-Determination): Ten Minute Rule Motion 16 Jan 2024
No
Aye
Draft Equality Act 2010 (Amendment) Regulations 2023 13 Dec 2023
Aye
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