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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.

Photograph of Catherine West
Catherine West
Lab Hornsey and Friern Barnet
vs
Photograph of Paulette Hamilton
Paulette Hamilton
Lab Birmingham Erdington

Voting alignment

Catherine West and Paulette Hamilton voted the same way 100% of the time, based on 626 shared comparable votes.

625 same votes 1 different votes 626 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
50 Aye 40 No
Tax 100% aligned 90 shared votes
50 Aye 40 No
28 Aye 35 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 63 shared votes
28 Aye 35 No
32 Aye 18 No
Education 100% aligned 50 shared votes
32 Aye 18 No
18 Aye 11 No
Benefits 100% aligned 29 shared votes
18 Aye 11 No
Most different by topic
21 Aye 87 No
Migration 100% aligned 108 shared votes
21 Aye 87 No
50 Aye 40 No
Tax 100% aligned 90 shared votes
50 Aye 40 No
28 Aye 35 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 63 shared votes
28 Aye 35 No
32 Aye 18 No
Education 100% aligned 50 shared votes
32 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

73.3 %
same as average
Rank 353 of 647
Participation
75.7 %
3 % above average
Rank 298 of 647
1,710
2,333 eligible divisions
Total votes
853
1,127 eligible divisions
930
54.4 % of votes cast
Aye votes
421
49.4 % of votes cast
780
45.6 % of votes cast
No votes
432
50.6 % of votes cast
8
0.5 % 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

39
-27.2 vs Commons average
Rank 456 of 650
Appearances
51
-15.2 vs Commons average
Rank 358 of 650
73
-44.8 vs Commons average
Rank 367 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

£2,012,777
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£789,073
all imported IPSA years
£264,778
17 % above average
Latest expenses
£285,345
26 % above average
2
2 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
85 of 95 votes
#1
Work / Employment
55 of 61 votes
Migration
151 of 169 votes
#2
Education
54 of 60 votes
Brexit / EU
186 of 211 votes
#3
Migration
111 of 124 votes
Environment / Climate
39 of 45 votes
#4
Benefits
34 of 39 votes
Foreign Affairs
57 of 69 votes
#5
Digital / Online Safety
38 of 44 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading 29 Nov 2024
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
No
Steel Industry (Nationalisation) Bill Committee: New Clause 8 8 Jun 2026
No
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