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Ed Miliband vs Sir Oliver Dowden

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 Oliver Dowden
Sir Oliver Dowden
Con Hertsmere

Voting alignment

Ed Miliband and Sir Oliver Dowden voted the same way 7% of the time, based on 1,008 shared comparable votes.

68 same votes 940 different votes 1,008 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
107 Aye 59 No
Brexit / EU 8% aligned 166 shared votes
63 Aye 103 No
19 Aye 7 No
Energy 8% aligned 26 shared votes
9 Aye 17 No
10 Aye 3 No
Digital / Online Safety 8% aligned 13 shared votes
4 Aye 9 No
18 Aye 11 No
NHS / Health 7% aligned 29 shared votes
13 Aye 16 No
18 Aye 14 No
Benefits 6% aligned 32 shared votes
12 Aye 20 No
Most different by topic
24 Aye 29 No
Trade 0% aligned 53 shared votes
29 Aye 24 No
22 Aye 19 No
Transport 0% aligned 41 shared votes
19 Aye 22 No
17 Aye 18 No
Environment / Climate 0% aligned 35 shared votes
18 Aye 17 No
20 Aye 13 No
Foreign Affairs 0% aligned 33 shared votes
13 Aye 20 No
19 Aye 14 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 33 shared votes
14 Aye 19 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
70.5%
2% below average
Rank 418 of 649
1,307
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,676
2,376 eligible divisions
724
55.4% of votes cast
Aye votes
781
46.6% of votes cast
583
44.6% of votes cast
No votes
895
53.4% of votes cast
1
0.1% of votes cast
Against party
12
0.7% of votes cast
21 years, 4 months
Since 5 May 2005
Commons service
11 years, 4 months
Since 7 May 2015

Debates

54
-27.8 vs Commons average
Rank 418 of 649
Appearances
60
-21.8 vs Commons average
Rank 371 of 649
633
+490.5 vs Commons average
Rank 10 of 649
Contributions
66
-76.5 vs Commons average
Rank 454 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
£1,614,938
all imported IPSA years
£221,136
2% below average
Latest expenses
£226,269
same as average
0
0 registered categories
Registered interests
16
4 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
197 of 211 votes
Migration
129 of 171 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
63 of 69 votes
Environment / Climate
36 of 48 votes
#3
Environment / Climate
43 of 48 votes
NHS / Health
38 of 56 votes
#4
Transport
77 of 95 votes
Trade
60 of 91 votes
#5
Defence
54 of 71 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
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
Aye
Draft Climate Change Act 2008 (Credit Limit) Order 2026 24 Jun 2026
Environment / Climate
No
Where they voted the same
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading 11 Sept 2026
Aye
Aye
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
Aye
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
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Third Reading 20 Jun 2025
Aye
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Amendment 77 20 Jun 2025
Aye
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Amendment 12 20 Jun 2025
No
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Amendment 24 20 Jun 2025
No
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading 29 Nov 2024
Aye
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