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Cat Smith vs Paulette Hamilton

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

Photograph of Cat Smith
Cat Smith
Lab Lancaster and Wyre
vs
Photograph of Paulette Hamilton
Paulette Hamilton
Lab Birmingham Erdington

Voting alignment

Cat Smith and Paulette Hamilton voted the same way 100% of the time, based on 685 shared comparable votes.

682 same votes 3 different votes 685 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
21 Aye 87 No
Migration 100% aligned 108 shared votes
21 Aye 87 No
59 Aye 35 No
Tax 100% aligned 94 shared votes
59 Aye 35 No
39 Aye 43 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 82 shared votes
39 Aye 43 No
29 Aye 18 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 47 shared votes
29 Aye 18 No
22 Aye 17 No
Education 100% aligned 39 shared votes
22 Aye 17 No
Most different by topic
17 Aye 14 No
Benefits 94% aligned 31 shared votes
17 Aye 14 No
21 Aye 87 No
Migration 100% aligned 108 shared votes
21 Aye 87 No
59 Aye 35 No
Tax 100% aligned 94 shared votes
59 Aye 35 No
39 Aye 43 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 82 shared votes
39 Aye 43 No
29 Aye 18 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 47 shared votes
29 Aye 18 No

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

Voting record

72.4 %
same as average
Rank 373 of 647
Participation
75.7 %
3 % above average
Rank 298 of 647
1,690
2,333 eligible divisions
Total votes
853
1,127 eligible divisions
917
54.3 % of votes cast
Aye votes
421
49.4 % of votes cast
773
45.7 % of votes cast
No votes
432
50.6 % of votes cast
5
0.3 % of votes cast
Against party
7
0.8 % of votes cast
11 years, 1 months
Since 7 May 2015
Commons service
4 years, 3 months
Since 3 Mar 2022

Debates

22
-44.2 vs Commons average
Rank 560 of 650
Appearances
51
-15.2 vs Commons average
Rank 358 of 650
30
-87.8 vs Commons average
Rank 551 of 650
Contributions
70
-47.8 vs Commons average
Rank 378 of 650

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

Financials and interests

£2,077,786
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£789,073
all imported IPSA years
£260,697
15 % above average
Latest expenses
£285,345
26 % above average
1
1 registered category
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

Foreign Affairs
63 of 69 votes
#1
Work / Employment
55 of 61 votes
Migration
145 of 169 votes
#2
Education
54 of 60 votes
NHS / Health
48 of 56 votes
#3
Migration
111 of 124 votes
Brexit / EU
178 of 211 votes
#4
Benefits
34 of 39 votes
Democracy / Parliament
35 of 43 votes
#5
Digital / Online Safety
38 of 44 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No rebel
Universal Credit and Personal Independent Payment Bill: Second Reading 1 Jul 2025
Benefits
Aye
Aye rebel
Universal Credit and Personal Independent Payment Bill: Reasoned Amendment at Second Reading 1 Jul 2025
Benefits
No
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Third Reading 20 Jun 2025
No rebel
Where they voted the same
No
National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: New Clause 3 17 Jun 2026
Defence
No
No
National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: Amendment 13 17 Jun 2026
Defence
No
No
National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: Amendment 8 17 Jun 2026
Defence
No
No
National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: Amendment 3 17 Jun 2026
Defence
No
Aye
National Security (State Threats) Bill: Allocation of Time motion 17 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
Aye
Draft Clean Air Zones Central Services (Fees) (England) (Amendment) Regulations 2026 16 Jun 2026
Aye
No
Cyber Security and Resilience (Network and Information Systems) Bill Remaining Stages: Amendment 3 16 Jun 2026
No
No
Cyber Security and Resilience (Network and Information Systems) Bill Remaining Stages: New Clause 14 16 Jun 2026
No
No
Cyber Security and Resilience (Network and Information Systems) Bill Remaining Stages: New Clause 13 16 Jun 2026
No
Aye
King's Speech Motion for an Address 20 May 2026
Aye
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