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Ed Miliband vs Sir Julian Lewis

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
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Sir Julian Lewis
Con New Forest East

Voting alignment

Ed Miliband and Sir Julian Lewis voted the same way 6% of the time, based on 1,088 shared comparable votes.

68 same votes 1,020 different votes 1,088 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
16 Aye 12 No
Defence 18% aligned 28 shared votes
11 Aye 17 No
15 Aye 13 No
Benefits 11% aligned 28 shared votes
10 Aye 18 No
28 Aye 58 No
Crime / Justice 10% aligned 86 shared votes
57 Aye 29 No
15 Aye 14 No
NHS / Health 10% aligned 29 shared votes
15 Aye 14 No
26 Aye 31 No
Trade 9% aligned 57 shared votes
30 Aye 27 No
Most different by topic
23 Aye 21 No
Transport 0% aligned 44 shared votes
21 Aye 23 No
21 Aye 22 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 43 shared votes
22 Aye 21 No
15 Aye 18 No
Environment / Climate 0% aligned 33 shared votes
18 Aye 15 No
26 Aye 5 No
Education 0% aligned 31 shared votes
5 Aye 26 No
18 Aye 13 No
Foreign Affairs 0% aligned 31 shared votes
13 Aye 18 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
80.0%
7% above average
Rank 199 of 649
1,307
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,900
2,376 eligible divisions
724
55.4% of votes cast
Aye votes
899
47.3% of votes cast
583
44.6% of votes cast
No votes
1,001
52.7% of votes cast
1
0.1% of votes cast
Against party
41
2.2% of votes cast
21 years, 4 months
Since 5 May 2005
Commons service
29 years, 4 months
Since 1 May 1997

Debates

54
-28.3 vs Commons average
Rank 419 of 649
Appearances
361
+278.7 vs Commons average
Rank 6 of 649
633
+489.5 vs Commons average
Rank 10 of 649
Contributions
478
+334.5 vs Commons average
Rank 23 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
£2,159,138
all imported IPSA years
£221,136
2% below average
Latest expenses
£212,155
6% below average
0
0 registered categories
Registered interests
2
2 registered categories
2
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
0
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
193 of 211 votes
Migration
129 of 171 votes
#2
Trade
83 of 91 votes
Environment / Climate
36 of 48 votes
#3
Defence
63 of 71 votes
NHS / Health
38 of 56 votes
#4
Work / Employment
68 of 77 votes
Trade
60 of 91 votes
#5
Devolution / Local Government
58 of 66 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading 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
No
Immigration and Asylum Bill: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 13 Jul 2026
Migration
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
Tobacco and Vapes Bill: Second Reading 26 Nov 2024
NHS / Health
Aye
Aye
the draft Economic Growth (Regulatory Functions) (Amendment) Order 2024 24 Apr 2024
Aye
Aye
Tobacco and Vapes Bill: Second Reading 16 Apr 2024
NHS / Health
Aye
Aye
Draft Equality Act 2010 (Amendment) Regulations 2023 13 Dec 2023
Aye
Aye
Draft Windsor Framework (Enforcement etc.) Regulations 2023 13 Sept 2023
Aye
No
Economic Crime and Corporate Transparency Bill: Motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 161 4 Sept 2023
Crime / Justice
No
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