Ed Miliband
- Constituency
- Doncaster North
- Region
- England
- Member since
- 5 May 2005
This parliament
- Voting participation
- 30%
- Debates contributed to
- 107
- Registered interests
- 2
- Declared value
- £21,400
Record last updated 14 Oct 2026
Ed Miliband is a Labour (Co-op) MP for Doncaster North, first elected in May 2005, and is among the longest serving 10% of MPs and the longest serving 10% of Labour (Co-op) MPs. He currently holds the position of Foreign Secretary. In the current parliament, Miliband cast 174 votes out of 582 eligible divisions, a participation rate of 30%, placing him in the bottom 10% of MPs by voting participation; low voting participation is conventional for ministers and especially for the Foreign Secretary. He contributed 1397 times across 107 debates out of 11848 eligible debates, with his top debate topics being Energy & Utilities, Environment & Climate, and Trade & Industry, while his top voting topics were Parliamentary Procedure, Employment & Workers Rights, and Justice & Law.
Summary generated on 09/10/2026 (View details)
VOTING PARTICIPATION
174 / 587
29.64%
Ranked #626 of 655 MPs (5th percentile)
DEBATE CONTRIBUTIONS
107 / 11985
1397 total contributions
Ranked #459 of 655 MPs (30th percentile)
REGISTERED INTERESTS
2
£21,400.00
Ranked #348 of 655 MPs (47th percentile)
PARLIAMENTARY RECORD
The Rt Hon Ed Miliband is the Labour MP for Doncaster North, and has been an MP continually since 5 May 2005. He currently holds the Government post of Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero.
Constituencies
- Doncaster North May 2005 – present · 6 terms
Posts held
- Foreign Secretary Jul 2026 – present
- Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero Jul 2024 – Jul 2026
- Shadow Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero Sep 2023 – May 2024 · Opposition
- Shadow Secretary of State of Climate Change and Net Zero Nov 2021 – Sep 2023 · Opposition
- Shadow Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy Apr 2020 – Nov 2021 · Opposition
- Leader of HM Official Opposition Sep 2010 – May 2015 · Opposition
- Shadow Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change May 2010 – Sep 2010 · Opposition
- Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change Oct 2008 – May 2010
- Minister (Cabinet Office) and Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster Jun 2007 – Oct 2008
- Parliamentary Secretary (Cabinet Office) May 2006 – Jun 2007
- Foreign Secretary Unknown – present