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Mark Garnier vs Ed Miliband

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

Photograph of Mark Garnier
Mark Garnier
Con Wyre Forest
vs
Photograph of Ed Miliband
Ed Miliband
Lab Doncaster North

Voting alignment

Mark Garnier and Ed Miliband voted the same way 7% of the time, based on 1,155 shared comparable votes.

77 same votes 1,078 different votes 1,155 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
17 Aye 15 No
NHS / Health 9% aligned 32 shared votes
18 Aye 14 No
68 Aye 101 No
Brexit / EU 8% aligned 169 shared votes
106 Aye 63 No
13 Aye 18 No
Benefits 6% aligned 31 shared votes
16 Aye 15 No
7 Aye 27 No
Education 6% aligned 34 shared votes
29 Aye 5 No
10 Aye 9 No
Democracy / Parliament 5% aligned 19 shared votes
8 Aye 11 No
Most different by topic
31 Aye 26 No
Trade 0% aligned 57 shared votes
26 Aye 31 No
20 Aye 22 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 42 shared votes
22 Aye 20 No
20 Aye 20 No
Transport 0% aligned 40 shared votes
20 Aye 20 No
18 Aye 14 No
Environment / Climate 0% aligned 32 shared votes
14 Aye 18 No
13 Aye 15 No
Defence 0% aligned 28 shared votes
15 Aye 13 No

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

Voting record

83.5%
11% above average
Rank 121 of 649
Participation
55.0%
18% below average
Rank 607 of 649
1,985
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,307
2,376 eligible divisions
970
48.9% of votes cast
Aye votes
724
55.4% of votes cast
1,015
51.1% of votes cast
No votes
583
44.6% of votes cast
25
1.3% of votes cast
Against party
1
0.1% of votes cast
16 years, 4 months
Since 6 May 2010
Commons service
21 years, 4 months
Since 5 May 2005

Debates

74
-7.8 vs Commons average
Rank 292 of 649
Appearances
54
-27.8 vs Commons average
Rank 418 of 649
121
-21.5 vs Commons average
Rank 260 of 649
Contributions
633
+490.5 vs Commons average
Rank 10 of 649

Debate figures cover imported Hansard debate appearances from the last 12 months.

Financials and interests

£2,564,250
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,453,042
all imported IPSA years
£260,744
15% above average
Latest expenses
£221,136
2% below average
22
7 registered categories
Registered interests
0
0 registered categories
4
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
2
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
210 of 211 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
171 of 211 votes
Trade
86 of 91 votes
#2
Migration
129 of 171 votes
Foreign Affairs
64 of 69 votes
#3
Environment / Climate
36 of 48 votes
Devolution / Local Government
59 of 66 votes
#4
NHS / Health
38 of 56 votes
Migration
152 of 171 votes
#5
Trade
60 of 91 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No
Draft Plant Health, Seeds, Seed Potatoes and Plant Propagating Material (Amendment) (Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026 9 Sept 2026
Aye
No
Representation of the People Bill: Third Reading 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
Aye
Aye
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 65 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
No
Draft Trade Unions (Permissible Means of Voting) and Employment Rights (Unfair Dismissal) (Amendment) Order 2026 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
Aye
No
Draft Code of Practice on Electronic and Workplace Ballots for Statutory Trade Union Ballots 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
Aye
No
Draft Climate Change Act 2008 (Credit Limit) Order 2026 24 Jun 2026
Environment / Climate
Aye
No
Draft Climate Change Act 2008 (International Aviation and International Shipping) Regulations 2026 24 Jun 2026
Environment / Climate Transport
Aye
No
Draft Carbon Budget Order 2026 24 Jun 2026
Environment / Climate
Aye
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address 20 May 2026
Aye
Aye
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (p) 20 May 2026
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
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
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Third Reading 20 Jun 2025
Aye
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Amendment 94 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
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