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Ed Miliband vs Sir Desmond Swayne

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 Desmond Swayne
Sir Desmond Swayne
Con New Forest West

Voting alignment

Ed Miliband and Sir Desmond Swayne voted the same way 3% of the time, based on 1,209 shared comparable votes.

41 same votes 1,168 different votes 1,209 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
17 Aye 15 No
Benefits 6% aligned 32 shared votes
13 Aye 19 No
13 Aye 3 No
Digital / Online Safety 6% aligned 16 shared votes
4 Aye 12 No
28 Aye 12 No
Energy 5% aligned 40 shared votes
14 Aye 26 No
7 Aye 13 No
Democracy / Parliament 5% aligned 20 shared votes
12 Aye 8 No
107 Aye 64 No
Brexit / EU 4% aligned 171 shared votes
64 Aye 107 No
Most different by topic
91 Aye 47 No
Tax 0% aligned 138 shared votes
47 Aye 91 No
21 Aye 98 No
Migration 0% aligned 119 shared votes
98 Aye 21 No
26 Aye 33 No
Trade 0% aligned 59 shared votes
33 Aye 26 No
17 Aye 25 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 42 shared votes
25 Aye 17 No
25 Aye 12 No
Transport 0% aligned 37 shared votes
12 Aye 25 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
88.7%
16% above average
Rank 32 of 649
1,307
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
2,107
2,376 eligible divisions
724
55.4% of votes cast
Aye votes
976
46.3% of votes cast
583
44.6% of votes cast
No votes
1,131
53.7% of votes cast
1
0.1% of votes cast
Against party
54
2.6% of votes cast
21 years, 5 months
Since 5 May 2005
Commons service
29 years, 5 months
Since 1 May 1997

Debates

58
-25.7 vs Commons average
Rank 394 of 649
Appearances
150
+66.3 vs Commons average
Rank 70 of 649
662
+516.1 vs Commons average
Rank 10 of 649
Contributions
154
+8.1 vs Commons average
Rank 198 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
£1,360,399
all imported IPSA years
£221,136
2% below average
Latest expenses
£127,783
44% below average
0
0 registered categories
Registered interests
3
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
210 of 211 votes
Migration
129 of 171 votes
#2
Trade
89 of 91 votes
Environment / Climate
36 of 48 votes
#3
Foreign Affairs
67 of 69 votes
NHS / Health
38 of 56 votes
#4
Digital / Online Safety
57 of 60 votes
Trade
60 of 91 votes
#5
Defence
67 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 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
Scotland (Self-Determination): Ten Minute Rule Motion 16 Jan 2024
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
Adjournment (Summer, Conference and Christmas Recess) 12 Jul 2023
Aye
Aye
Draft Windsor Framework (Democratic Scrutiny) Regulations 2023 22 Mar 2023
Aye
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