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Ed Miliband vs Sir Julian 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 Julian Smith
Sir Julian Smith
Con Skipton and Ripon

Voting alignment

Ed Miliband and Sir Julian Smith voted the same way 6% of the time, based on 1,105 shared comparable votes.

70 same votes 1,035 different votes 1,105 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
19 Aye 14 No
NHS / Health 9% aligned 33 shared votes
17 Aye 16 No
91 Aye 51 No
Brexit / EU 8% aligned 142 shared votes
55 Aye 87 No
11 Aye 3 No
Digital / Online Safety 7% aligned 14 shared votes
4 Aye 10 No
19 Aye 13 No
Benefits 6% aligned 32 shared votes
11 Aye 21 No
28 Aye 4 No
Education 6% aligned 32 shared votes
6 Aye 26 No
Most different by topic
23 Aye 26 No
Trade 0% aligned 49 shared votes
26 Aye 23 No
21 Aye 22 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 43 shared votes
22 Aye 21 No
22 Aye 19 No
Transport 0% aligned 41 shared votes
19 Aye 22 No
18 Aye 17 No
Environment / Climate 0% aligned 35 shared votes
17 Aye 18 No
18 Aye 13 No
Defence 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
77.3%
5% above average
Rank 257 of 649
1,307
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,837
2,376 eligible divisions
724
55.4% of votes cast
Aye votes
884
48.1% of votes cast
583
44.6% of votes cast
No votes
953
51.9% of votes cast
1
0.1% of votes cast
Against party
5
0.3% of votes cast
21 years, 4 months
Since 5 May 2005
Commons service
16 years, 4 months
Since 6 May 2010

Debates

54
-28.3 vs Commons average
Rank 419 of 649
Appearances
97
+14.7 vs Commons average
Rank 180 of 649
633
+489.5 vs Commons average
Rank 10 of 649
Contributions
115
-28.5 vs Commons average
Rank 288 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
£2,587,883
all imported IPSA years
£221,136
2% below average
Latest expenses
£259,624
15% above average
0
0 registered categories
Registered interests
5
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
Environment / Climate
42 of 48 votes
Migration
129 of 171 votes
#2
Defence
62 of 71 votes
Environment / Climate
36 of 48 votes
#3
Energy
61 of 70 votes
NHS / Health
38 of 56 votes
#4
Democracy / Parliament
40 of 47 votes
Trade
60 of 91 votes
#5
Crime / Justice
191 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
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
Draft Contracts for Difference (Miscellaneous Amendments) (No. 2) Regulations 2025 11 Jun 2025
Aye
Aye
Tobacco and Vapes Bill: Second Reading 16 Apr 2024
NHS / Health
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
Aye
Draft Equality Act 2010 (Amendment) Regulations 2023 13 Dec 2023
Aye
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