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Ed Miliband vs Sir Iain Duncan Smith

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 Iain Duncan Smith
Sir Iain Duncan Smith
Con Chingford and Woodford Green

Voting alignment

Ed Miliband and Sir Iain Duncan Smith voted the same way 5% of the time, based on 1,126 shared comparable votes.

56 same votes 1,070 different votes 1,126 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
24 Aye 29 No
Trade 8% aligned 53 shared votes
27 Aye 26 No
12 Aye 3 No
Digital / Online Safety 7% aligned 15 shared votes
4 Aye 11 No
17 Aye 15 No
Benefits 6% aligned 32 shared votes
13 Aye 19 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
Most different by topic
22 Aye 20 No
Transport 0% aligned 42 shared votes
20 Aye 22 No
20 Aye 22 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 42 shared votes
22 Aye 20 No
20 Aye 14 No
Foreign Affairs 0% aligned 34 shared votes
14 Aye 20 No
27 Aye 3 No
Education 0% aligned 30 shared votes
3 Aye 27 No
10 Aye 18 No
Environment / Climate 0% aligned 28 shared votes
18 Aye 10 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
81.4%
9% above average
Rank 172 of 649
1,307
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,935
2,376 eligible divisions
724
55.4% of votes cast
Aye votes
887
45.8% of votes cast
583
44.6% of votes cast
No votes
1,048
54.2% of votes cast
1
0.1% of votes cast
Against party
41
2.1% 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
96
+13.7 vs Commons average
Rank 186 of 649
633
+489.5 vs Commons average
Rank 10 of 649
Contributions
167
+23.5 vs Commons average
Rank 170 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
£2,530,064
all imported IPSA years
£221,136
2% below average
Latest expenses
£265,254
17% above average
0
0 registered categories
Registered interests
9
3 registered categories
2
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
6
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
208 of 211 votes
Migration
129 of 171 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
63 of 69 votes
Environment / Climate
36 of 48 votes
#3
Housing
60 of 67 votes
NHS / Health
38 of 56 votes
#4
Migration
153 of 171 votes
Trade
60 of 91 votes
#5
Crime / Justice
198 of 230 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
Motion to sit in private 21 Feb 2024
Tax
No
Aye
Draft Equality Act 2010 (Amendment) Regulations 2023 13 Dec 2023
Aye
No
Illegal Migration Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 102B 17 Jul 2023
Migration
No
No
Illegal Migration Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 56B 17 Jul 2023
Migration
No
Aye
Adjournment (Summer, Conference and Christmas Recess) 12 Jul 2023
Aye
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