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Mary Kelly Foy vs Ed Miliband

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

Photograph of Mary Kelly Foy
Mary Kelly Foy
Lab City of Durham
vs
Photograph of Ed Miliband
Ed Miliband
Lab Doncaster North

Voting alignment

Mary Kelly Foy and Ed Miliband voted the same way 97% of the time, based on 662 shared comparable votes.

639 same votes 23 different votes 662 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
24 Aye 76 No
Migration 100% aligned 100 shared votes
24 Aye 76 No
49 Aye 18 No
Tax 100% aligned 67 shared votes
49 Aye 18 No
15 Aye 22 No
Brexit / EU 100% aligned 37 shared votes
15 Aye 22 No
17 Aye 17 No
Environment / Climate 100% aligned 34 shared votes
17 Aye 17 No
18 Aye 11 No
Defence 100% aligned 29 shared votes
18 Aye 11 No
Most different by topic
15 Aye 15 No
Benefits 80% aligned 30 shared votes
15 Aye 15 No
10 Aye 14 No
Trade 96% aligned 24 shared votes
9 Aye 15 No
20 Aye 48 No
Crime / Justice 97% aligned 68 shared votes
20 Aye 48 No
24 Aye 76 No
Migration 100% aligned 100 shared votes
24 Aye 76 No
49 Aye 18 No
Tax 100% aligned 67 shared votes
49 Aye 18 No

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

Voting record

66.8%
6% below average
Rank 479 of 650
Participation
54.0%
18% below average
Rank 608 of 650
1,138
1,704 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,308
2,422 eligible divisions
575
50.5% of votes cast
Aye votes
725
55.4% of votes cast
563
49.5% of votes cast
No votes
583
44.6% of votes cast
30
2.6% of votes cast
Against party
1
0.1% of votes cast
6 years, 11 months
Since 12 Dec 2019
Commons service
21 years, 6 months
Since 5 May 2005

Debates

62
-33.6 vs Commons average
Rank 429 of 650
Appearances
74
-21.6 vs Commons average
Rank 371 of 650
73
-93.4 vs Commons average
Rank 477 of 650
Contributions
822
+655.6 vs Commons average
Rank 8 of 650

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

Financials and interests

£1,276,742
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,453,042
all imported IPSA years
£286,681
27% above average
Latest expenses
£221,136
2% below average
0
0 registered categories
Registered interests
0
0 registered categories
1
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

Environment / Climate
39 of 45 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
171 of 212 votes
Foreign Affairs
54 of 63 votes
#2
Migration
129 of 171 votes
Education
59 of 69 votes
#3
Environment / Climate
36 of 49 votes
Devolution / Local Government
46 of 55 votes
#4
NHS / Health
38 of 56 votes
Defence
58 of 70 votes
#5
Energy
45 of 70 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No rebel
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading 11 Sept 2026
Aye
No rebel
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
Aye
Aye rebel
Privilege 28 Apr 2026
No
No rebel
Universal Credit and Personal Independence Payment Bill: Third Reading 9 Jul 2025
Benefits
Aye
Aye rebel
Universal Credit and Personal Independence Payment Bill Committee: Amendment 38 9 Jul 2025
Benefits
No
Aye rebel
Universal Credit and Personal Independence Payment Bill Committee: New Clause 8 9 Jul 2025
Benefits
No
No rebel
Universal Credit and Personal Independence Payment Bill Committee: Clause 2, as amended, and Clause 3 stand part 9 Jul 2025
Benefits
Aye
No rebel
Universal Credit and Personal Independent Payment Bill: Second Reading 1 Jul 2025
Benefits
Aye
Aye rebel
Universal Credit and Personal Independent Payment Bill: Reasoned Amendment at Second Reading 1 Jul 2025
Benefits
No
No rebel
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Third Reading 20 Jun 2025
Aye
Where they voted the same
Aye
Draft Town and Country Planning (Fees for Applications, Deemed Applications, Requests and Site Visits) (England) (Amendment and Transitional Provision) Regulations 2026 27 Oct 2026
Aye
Aye
Draft Plant Health, Seeds, Seed Potatoes and Plant Propagating Material (Amendment) (Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026 9 Sept 2026
Aye
Aye
Representation of the People Bill: Third Reading 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
Aye
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 88 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 67 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 65 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
No
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 19 14 Jul 2026
No
Aye
Draft Climate Change Act 2008 (Credit Limit) Order 2026 24 Jun 2026
Environment / Climate
Aye
Aye
Draft Climate Change Act 2008 (International Aviation and International Shipping) Regulations 2026 24 Jun 2026
Environment / Climate Transport
Aye
Aye
Draft Carbon Budget Order 2026 24 Jun 2026
Environment / Climate
Aye
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