Rt Hon Ed Miliband, MP for Doncaster North
Ed Miliband has been an MP since 2005. Currently: Foreign Secretary.
Roles and committees
Posts held in government or opposition, and committee seats, as Parliament records them.
In government
| Post | When | |
|---|---|---|
| Foreign Secretary (Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office) | 2026 to now | Now |
| Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero (Department for Energy Security and Net Zero) | 2024 to 2026 | |
| Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change (Department of Energy and Climate Change) | 2008 to 2010 | |
| Minister (Cabinet Office) and Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster (Cabinet Office) | 2007 to 2008 | |
| Parliamentary Secretary (Cabinet Office) (Cabinet Office) | 2006 to 2007 |
In opposition
| Post | When | |
|---|---|---|
| Shadow Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero (Department for Energy Security and Net Zero) | 2023 to 2024 | |
| Shadow Secretary of State of Climate Change and Net Zero (Department for Energy Security and Net Zero) | 2021 to 2023 | |
| Shadow Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy) | 2020 to 2021 | |
| Leader of HM Official Opposition (HM Official Opposition) | 2010 to 2015 | |
| Shadow Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change (Department of Energy and Climate Change) | 2010 |
Other posts
| Post | When | |
|---|---|---|
| Leader of the Labour Party | 2010 to 2015 |
Source: UK Parliament Members API · Parliament’s own page
Declared interests
MPs must publish certain paid work, gifts, donations and other interests. This is a record of what they declared, not a suggestion that anything is wrong.
No interests are currently registered for Ed Miliband.
Source: Register of Members’ Financial Interests · Parliament’s own page
Questions
MPs can ask ministers questions in writing. The questions show what an MP is working on, which votes cannot.
Ed Miliband has not asked any written questions in the last 12 months. Government ministers cannot ask them, so this can simply reflect an MP’s role.
Source: Written Questions API · Updated 4 Oct 2026
Expenses
MPs claim back money for running an office and working in two places. An independent body, IPSA, publishes every claim. This is what was paid in 2025-26.
57 claims. For comparison, across the 657 MPs in IPSA’s file the middle MP was paid £18,469 and the average was £19,699.
Source: IPSA, individual business costs data · About this data
Election result and area
Ed Miliband represents Doncaster North. Here is who won there at the last general election, and a few numbers about the area.
Labour
votes ahead of second place
of people who could vote did
Ed Miliband won with 52% of the votes, and Glenn Bluff (Conservative) came second with 23%.
Votes for each party
Every candidate
| Candidate | Party | Votes | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ed Miliband | Labour | 16,231 | 52.4% |
| Glenn Bluff | Conservative | 7,105 | 22.9% |
| Dave Bettney | Social Democratic Party | 1,960 | 6.3% |
| Tony Nicholson | Green Party | 1,778 | 5.7% |
| Frank Calladine | British Democratic Party | 1,160 | 3.7% |
| Christopher Dawson | The Yorkshire Party | 1,059 | 3.4% |
| Jonathan Harston | Liberal Democrat | 1,045 | 3.4% |
| Catherine Briggs | Party of Women | 452 | 1.5% |
| Andy Hiles | Trade Unionist and Socialist Coalition | 212 | 0.7% |
2024 General Election, on today’s boundaries. Source: House of Commons Library via the Members API.
Your area at a glance
Median gross weekly pay, 2025. Source: ONS, Annual Survey of Hours and Earnings.
Share of people aged 16 to 64, August 2026. Source: ONS and DWP claimant count.
How they vote
In the last 12 months Ed Miliband took part in 76 Commons votes.
More detail on how they vote
Ed Miliband voted the same way as their party in 74 of the 74 votes where parties gave instructions (100%), and went the other way in 0.
What does this mean?
Parties tell their MPs how to vote. Most MPs usually follow that. A high or low count says nothing on its own about whether an MP is good or bad, and we do not rank MPs by it. We only count votes where parties gave instructions, not free votes. How we count it
Recent votes
| Date | Vote | They voted | Compared with party |
|---|---|---|---|
| 11 Sep | End of life for terminally ill adults: the first main vote | For | Free vote |
| 11 Sep | A vote to end a debate | For | Free vote |
| 2 Sep | Voting and elections: the final vote | For | Same as party |
| 2 Sep | Voting and elections: a proposed change | Against | Same as party |
| 2 Sep | Voting and elections: a proposed change | Against | Same as party |
| 2 Sep | Voting and elections: a proposed change | Against | Same as party |
See every vote on Parliament’s site
Has this changed over time?
View data table
| Month | This MP | Party average |
|---|---|---|
| Oct 25 | 100% | 100% |
| Dec 25 | 100% | 100% |
| Jan 26 | 100% | 100% |
| Feb 26 | 100% | 100% |
| Mar 26 | 100% | 100% |
| Apr 26 | 100% | 100% |
| May 26 | 100% | 100% |
| Jun 26 | 100% | 100% |
| Jul 26 | 100% | 99% |
| Sep 26 | 100% | 100% |
Source: Commons Votes API
This page states what the record shows. It does not say why an MP voted as they did. How we calculate this