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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 710 shared comparable votes.

707 same votes 3 different votes 710 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

72.5%
same as average
Rank 367 of 649
Participation
75.5%
3% above average
Rank 299 of 649
1,723
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
883
1,170 eligible divisions
931
54.0% of votes cast
Aye votes
435
49.3% of votes cast
792
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, 4 months
Since 7 May 2015
Commons service
4 years, 6 months
Since 3 Mar 2022

Debates

21
-61.1 vs Commons average
Rank 589 of 649
Appearances
62
-20.1 vs Commons average
Rank 359 of 649
28
-114.9 vs Commons average
Rank 582 of 649
Contributions
81
-61.9 vs Commons average
Rank 395 of 649

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
57 of 63 votes
NHS / Health
48 of 56 votes
#2
Education
55 of 61 votes
Migration
145 of 171 votes
#3
Migration
113 of 126 votes
Brexit / EU
178 of 211 votes
#4
Benefits
34 of 39 votes
Democracy / Parliament
39 of 47 votes
#5
Digital / Online Safety
38 of 44 votes
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API