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Sarah Pochin vs Ed Miliband

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

Photograph of Sarah Pochin
Sarah Pochin
RUK Runcorn and Helsby
vs
Photograph of Ed Miliband
Ed Miliband
Lab Doncaster North

Voting alignment

Sarah Pochin and Ed Miliband voted the same way 16% of the time, based on 85 shared comparable votes.

14 same votes 71 different votes 85 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
2 Aye 2 No
Democracy / Parliament 25% aligned 4 shared votes
1 Aye 3 No
5 Aye 6 No
Benefits 18% aligned 11 shared votes
4 Aye 7 No
0 Aye 14 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 14 shared votes
14 Aye 0 No
2 Aye 10 No
Tax 0% aligned 12 shared votes
10 Aye 2 No
2 Aye 3 No
Crime / Justice 0% aligned 5 shared votes
3 Aye 2 No
Most different by topic
0 Aye 14 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 14 shared votes
14 Aye 0 No
2 Aye 10 No
Tax 0% aligned 12 shared votes
10 Aye 2 No
2 Aye 3 No
Crime / Justice 0% aligned 5 shared votes
3 Aye 2 No
0 Aye 3 No
Defence 0% aligned 3 shared votes
3 Aye 0 No
0 Aye 3 No
Energy 0% aligned 3 shared votes
3 Aye 0 No

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

Voting record

57.1%
16% below average
Rank 597 of 649
Participation
55.1%
18% below average
Rank 607 of 649
225
394 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,304
2,366 eligible divisions
99
44.0% of votes cast
Aye votes
721
55.3% of votes cast
126
56.0% of votes cast
No votes
583
44.7% of votes cast
7
3.1% of votes cast
Against party
1
0.1% of votes cast
1 years, 4 months
Since 1 May 2025
Commons service
21 years, 4 months
Since 5 May 2005

Debates

98
+19.3 vs Commons average
Rank 157 of 649
Appearances
52
-26.7 vs Commons average
Rank 414 of 649
118
-19.1 vs Commons average
Rank 256 of 649
Contributions
471
+333.9 vs Commons average
Rank 20 of 649

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

Financials and interests

£0
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,453,042
all imported IPSA years
n/a
average unavailable
Latest expenses
£221,136
2% below average
7
5 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

Trade
7 of 7 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
171 of 211 votes
Foreign Affairs
4 of 4 votes
#2
Migration
129 of 171 votes
Housing
22 of 24 votes
#3
Environment / Climate
36 of 48 votes
Digital / Online Safety
9 of 10 votes
#4
NHS / Health
38 of 56 votes
Energy
6 of 8 votes
#5
Trade
60 of 91 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No
Representation of the People Bill: Third Reading 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
Aye
Aye
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 67 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
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
Aye
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 19 14 Jul 2026
No
Aye
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 199 14 Jul 2026
No
Aye
Immigration and Asylum Bill: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 13 Jul 2026
Migration
No
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address 20 May 2026
Aye
Aye
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (o) 20 May 2026
No
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
Aye
Railways Bill: Second Reading 9 Dec 2025
Transport
Aye
Aye
Draft Enterprise Act 2002 (Definition of Newspaper) Order 2025 16 Jul 2025
Aye
Aye
Enterprise Act 2002 (Amendment of Section 58 Considerations) Order 2025 (SI, 2025, No. 737) 16 Jul 2025
Aye
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 Enterprise Act 2002 (Mergers Involving Newspaper Enterprises and Foreign Powers) Regulations 2025 2 Jul 2025
Aye
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
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