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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 1,202 shared comparable votes.

40 same votes 1,162 different votes 1,202 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
107 Aye 64 No
Brexit / EU 4% aligned 171 shared votes
64 Aye 107 No
29 Aye 5 No
Education 3% aligned 34 shared votes
6 Aye 28 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

55.1 %
18 % below average
Rank 606 of 649
Participation
88.7 %
16 % above average
Rank 35 of 649
1,300
2,361 eligible divisions
Total votes
2,094
2,361 eligible divisions
720
55.4 % of votes cast
Aye votes
969
46.3 % of votes cast
580
44.6 % of votes cast
No votes
1,125
53.7 % of votes cast
1
0.1 % of votes cast
Against party
54
2.6 % of votes cast
21 years, 3 months
Since 5 May 2005
Commons service
29 years, 3 months
Since 1 May 1997

Debates

48
-29.9 vs Commons average
Rank 438 of 650
Appearances
139
+61.1 vs Commons average
Rank 73 of 650
442
+303.7 vs Commons average
Rank 26 of 650
Contributions
142
+3.7 vs Commons average
Rank 195 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
£1,360,399
all imported IPSA years
£221,136
2 % below average
Latest expenses
£127,783
43 % 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
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
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
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 Sep 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
Aye
Scottish Affairs Committee Membership 21 Feb 2023
Aye
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