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Barry Gardiner vs Paulette Hamilton

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


Voting alignment

Barry Gardiner and Paulette Hamilton voted the same way 99% of the time, based on 593 shared comparable votes.

590 same votes 3 different votes 593 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
61 Aye 38 No
Tax 100% aligned 99 shared votes
61 Aye 38 No
16 Aye 55 No
Migration 100% aligned 71 shared votes
16 Aye 55 No
21 Aye 26 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 47 shared votes
21 Aye 26 No
22 Aye 9 No
Education 100% aligned 31 shared votes
22 Aye 9 No
22 Aye 8 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 30 shared votes
22 Aye 8 No
Most different by topic
9 Aye 13 No
Benefits 86% aligned 22 shared votes
10 Aye 12 No
61 Aye 38 No
Tax 100% aligned 99 shared votes
61 Aye 38 No
16 Aye 55 No
Migration 100% aligned 71 shared votes
16 Aye 55 No
21 Aye 26 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 47 shared votes
21 Aye 26 No
22 Aye 9 No
Education 100% aligned 31 shared votes
22 Aye 9 No

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

Voting record

66.6%
6% below average
Rank 484 of 650
Participation
73.6%
1% above average
Rank 338 of 650
1,601
2,405 eligible divisions
Total votes
883
1,199 eligible divisions
891
55.7% of votes cast
Aye votes
435
49.3% of votes cast
710
44.3% of votes cast
No votes
448
50.7% of votes cast
18
1.1% of votes cast
Against party
7
0.8% of votes cast
29 years, 5 months
Since 1 May 1997
Commons service
4 years, 7 months
Since 3 Mar 2022

Debates

55
-33.9 vs Commons average
Rank 444 of 650
Appearances
57
-31.9 vs Commons average
Rank 433 of 650
91
-63.7 vs Commons average
Rank 390 of 650
Contributions
68
-86.7 vs Commons average
Rank 468 of 650

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

Financials and interests

£2,795,864
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£789,073
all imported IPSA years
£268,850
19% above average
Latest expenses
£285,345
26% above average
13
5 registered categories
Registered interests
4
2 registered categories
2
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
0
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
77 of 94 votes
#1
Education
55 of 61 votes
Transport
78 of 96 votes
#2
Migration
113 of 126 votes
Defence
57 of 71 votes
#3
Benefits
34 of 39 votes
Brexit / EU
166 of 212 votes
#4
Work / Employment
57 of 66 votes
Environment / Climate
37 of 49 votes
#5
Digital / Online Safety
38 of 44 votes
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API