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Bridget Phillipson vs Paulette Hamilton

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

Photograph of Bridget Phillipson
Bridget Phillipson
Lab Houghton and Sunderland South
vs
Photograph of Paulette Hamilton
Paulette Hamilton
Lab Birmingham Erdington

Voting alignment

Bridget Phillipson and Paulette Hamilton voted the same way 100% of the time, based on 427 shared comparable votes.

427 same votes 0 different votes 427 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
45 Aye 18 No
Tax 100% aligned 63 shared votes
45 Aye 18 No
8 Aye 39 No
Migration 100% aligned 47 shared votes
8 Aye 39 No
28 Aye 17 No
Education 100% aligned 45 shared votes
28 Aye 17 No
33 Aye 5 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 38 shared votes
33 Aye 5 No
21 Aye 12 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 33 shared votes
21 Aye 12 No
Most different by topic
45 Aye 18 No
Tax 100% aligned 63 shared votes
45 Aye 18 No
8 Aye 39 No
Migration 100% aligned 47 shared votes
8 Aye 39 No
28 Aye 17 No
Education 100% aligned 45 shared votes
28 Aye 17 No
33 Aye 5 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 38 shared votes
33 Aye 5 No
21 Aye 12 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 33 shared votes
21 Aye 12 No

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

Voting record

56.0%
17% below average
Rank 600 of 649
Participation
75.5%
3% above average
Rank 299 of 649
1,330
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
883
1,170 eligible divisions
799
60.1% of votes cast
Aye votes
435
49.3% of votes cast
531
39.9% of votes cast
No votes
448
50.7% of votes cast
6
0.5% of votes cast
Against party
7
0.8% of votes cast
16 years, 4 months
Since 6 May 2010
Commons service
4 years, 6 months
Since 3 Mar 2022

Debates

86
+3.7 vs Commons average
Rank 226 of 649
Appearances
61
-21.3 vs Commons average
Rank 367 of 649
573
+429.5 vs Commons average
Rank 13 of 649
Contributions
80
-63.5 vs Commons average
Rank 398 of 649

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

Financials and interests

£2,958,445
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£789,073
all imported IPSA years
£276,480
22% above average
Latest expenses
£285,345
26% above average
13
2 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

Brexit / EU
175 of 211 votes
#1
Work / Employment
57 of 63 votes
Education
78 of 96 votes
#2
Education
55 of 61 votes
Foreign Affairs
54 of 69 votes
#3
Migration
113 of 126 votes
Trade
63 of 91 votes
#4
Benefits
34 of 39 votes
Environment / Climate
32 of 48 votes
#5
Digital / Online Safety
38 of 44 votes

Recent voting overlap

These MPs agreed on every division where both voted in the current comparison sample.

Where they voted the same
Aye
Draft Plant Health, Seeds, Seed Potatoes and Plant Propagating Material (Amendment) (Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026 9 Sept 2026
Aye
Aye
Draft Trade Unions (Permissible Means of Voting) and Employment Rights (Unfair Dismissal) (Amendment) Order 2026 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
Aye
Aye
Draft Code of Practice on Electronic and Workplace Ballots for Statutory Trade Union Ballots 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
Aye
No
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 19 14 Jul 2026
No
No
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 199 14 Jul 2026
No
No
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 3 14 Jul 2026
No
Aye
Immigration and Asylum Bill: Second Reading 13 Jul 2026
Migration
Aye
No
Immigration and Asylum Bill: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 13 Jul 2026
Migration
No
Aye
Draft Supply of Machinery (Safety) (Amendment etc.) and the EU Machinery Regulation (Enforcement etc. in Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
Aye
Aye
Draft Town and Country Planning (Discharge of Local Planning Authority Functions) (England) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
Aye
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