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Catherine West vs Paulette Hamilton

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


Voting alignment

Catherine West and Paulette Hamilton voted the same way 100% of the time, based on 652 shared comparable votes.

651 same votes 1 different votes 652 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
22 Aye 88 No
Migration 100% aligned 110 shared votes
22 Aye 88 No
50 Aye 43 No
Tax 100% aligned 93 shared votes
50 Aye 43 No
28 Aye 35 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 63 shared votes
28 Aye 35 No
33 Aye 18 No
Education 100% aligned 51 shared votes
33 Aye 18 No
18 Aye 11 No
Benefits 100% aligned 29 shared votes
18 Aye 11 No
Most different by topic
22 Aye 88 No
Migration 100% aligned 110 shared votes
22 Aye 88 No
50 Aye 43 No
Tax 100% aligned 93 shared votes
50 Aye 43 No
28 Aye 35 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 63 shared votes
28 Aye 35 No
33 Aye 18 No
Education 100% aligned 51 shared votes
33 Aye 18 No
18 Aye 11 No
Benefits 100% aligned 29 shared votes
18 Aye 11 No

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

Voting record

73.5%
1% above average
Rank 343 of 649
Participation
75.5%
3% above average
Rank 299 of 649
1,747
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
883
1,170 eligible divisions
947
54.2% of votes cast
Aye votes
435
49.3% of votes cast
800
45.8% of votes cast
No votes
448
50.7% of votes cast
8
0.5% 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

46
-35.7 vs Commons average
Rank 472 of 649
Appearances
61
-20.7 vs Commons average
Rank 363 of 649
57
-85.2 vs Commons average
Rank 477 of 649
Contributions
80
-62.2 vs Commons average
Rank 396 of 649

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

Financials and interests

£2,012,777
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£789,073
all imported IPSA years
£264,778
17% above average
Latest expenses
£285,345
26% above average
3
3 registered categories
Registered interests
4
2 registered categories
1
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

Education
86 of 96 votes
#1
Work / Employment
57 of 63 votes
Migration
153 of 171 votes
#2
Education
55 of 61 votes
Brexit / EU
186 of 211 votes
#3
Migration
113 of 126 votes
Environment / Climate
41 of 48 votes
#4
Benefits
34 of 39 votes
Foreign Affairs
57 of 69 votes
#5
Digital / Online Safety
38 of 44 votes
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API