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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.


Voting alignment

Cat Smith and Paulette Hamilton voted the same way 100% of the time, based on 711 shared comparable votes.

708 same votes 3 different votes 711 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 38 No
Tax 100% aligned 97 shared votes
59 Aye 38 No
39 Aye 43 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 82 shared votes
39 Aye 43 No
31 Aye 18 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 49 shared votes
31 Aye 18 No
23 Aye 17 No
Education 100% aligned 40 shared votes
23 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 38 No
Tax 100% aligned 97 shared votes
59 Aye 38 No
39 Aye 43 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 82 shared votes
39 Aye 43 No
31 Aye 18 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 49 shared votes
31 Aye 18 No

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

Voting record

72.0%
same as average
Rank 382 of 650
Participation
73.7%
1% above average
Rank 336 of 650
1,733
2,406 eligible divisions
Total votes
884
1,200 eligible divisions
936
54.0% of votes cast
Aye votes
436
49.3% of votes cast
797
46.0% of votes cast
No votes
448
50.7% of votes cast
5
0.3% of votes cast
Against party
7
0.8% of votes cast
11 years, 5 months
Since 7 May 2015
Commons service
4 years, 7 months
Since 3 Mar 2022

Debates

33
-60.0 vs Commons average
Rank 560 of 650
Appearances
57
-36.0 vs Commons average
Rank 447 of 650
39
-123.0 vs Commons average
Rank 569 of 650
Contributions
68
-94.0 vs Commons average
Rank 481 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

NHS / Health
48 of 56 votes
#1
Education
55 of 61 votes
Migration
145 of 171 votes
#2
Migration
113 of 126 votes
Brexit / EU
179 of 212 votes
#3
Benefits
34 of 39 votes
Foreign Affairs
69 of 82 votes
#4
Work / Employment
57 of 66 votes
Democracy / Parliament
39 of 47 votes
#5
Digital / Online Safety
38 of 44 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Where they voted the same
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API