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Ed Miliband vs Stephen Doughty

A side-by-side comparison of voting participation, party rebellion, topic focus, and recent voting overlap.


Voting alignment

Ed Miliband and Stephen Doughty voted the same way 99% of the time, based on 1,081 shared comparable votes.

1,066 same votes 15 different votes 1,081 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
76 Aye 39 No
Tax 100% aligned 115 shared votes
76 Aye 39 No
23 Aye 82 No
Migration 100% aligned 105 shared votes
23 Aye 82 No
38 Aye 55 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 93 shared votes
38 Aye 55 No
23 Aye 32 No
Trade 100% aligned 55 shared votes
23 Aye 32 No
23 Aye 21 No
Transport 100% aligned 44 shared votes
23 Aye 21 No
Most different by topic
95 Aye 60 No
Brexit / EU 98% aligned 155 shared votes
92 Aye 63 No
76 Aye 39 No
Tax 100% aligned 115 shared votes
76 Aye 39 No
23 Aye 82 No
Migration 100% aligned 105 shared votes
23 Aye 82 No
38 Aye 55 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 93 shared votes
38 Aye 55 No
23 Aye 32 No
Trade 100% aligned 55 shared votes
23 Aye 32 No

Topic alignment uses local topic tags, so a division can count towards more than one topic.

Voting record

54.3%
18% below average
Rank 607 of 650
Participation
66.4%
6% below average
Rank 492 of 650
1,307
2,405 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,596
2,405 eligible divisions
724
55.4% of votes cast
Aye votes
913
57.2% of votes cast
583
44.6% of votes cast
No votes
683
42.8% of votes cast
1
0.1% of votes cast
Against party
19
1.2% of votes cast
21 years, 5 months
Since 5 May 2005
Commons service
13 years, 11 months
Since 15 Nov 2012

Debates

54
-34.8 vs Commons average
Rank 447 of 650
Appearances
81
-7.8 vs Commons average
Rank 293 of 650
637
+482.4 vs Commons average
Rank 11 of 650
Contributions
400
+245.4 vs Commons average
Rank 42 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
£2,632,101
all imported IPSA years
£221,136
2% below average
Latest expenses
£294,894
30% above average
0
0 registered categories
Registered interests
0
0 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 212 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
178 of 212 votes
Migration
129 of 171 votes
#2
Defence
55 of 71 votes
Environment / Climate
36 of 49 votes
#3
Foreign Affairs
63 of 82 votes
NHS / Health
38 of 56 votes
#4
Democracy / Parliament
36 of 47 votes
Energy
45 of 70 votes
#5
Environment / Climate
37 of 49 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
No rebel
Where they voted the same
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API