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Dame Meg Hillier vs Paulette Hamilton

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

Photograph of Dame Meg Hillier
Dame Meg Hillier
Lab Hackney South and Shoreditch
vs
Photograph of Paulette Hamilton
Paulette Hamilton
Lab Birmingham Erdington

Voting alignment

Dame Meg Hillier and Paulette Hamilton voted the same way 100% of the time, based on 672 shared comparable votes.

671 same votes 1 different votes 672 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
76 Aye 36 No
Tax 100% aligned 112 shared votes
76 Aye 36 No
20 Aye 72 No
Migration 100% aligned 92 shared votes
20 Aye 72 No
32 Aye 23 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 55 shared votes
32 Aye 23 No
34 Aye 14 No
Education 100% aligned 48 shared votes
34 Aye 14 No
25 Aye 20 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 45 shared votes
25 Aye 20 No
Most different by topic
4 Aye 15 No
NHS / Health 95% aligned 19 shared votes
5 Aye 14 No
76 Aye 36 No
Tax 100% aligned 112 shared votes
76 Aye 36 No
20 Aye 72 No
Migration 100% aligned 92 shared votes
20 Aye 72 No
32 Aye 23 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 55 shared votes
32 Aye 23 No
34 Aye 14 No
Education 100% aligned 48 shared votes
34 Aye 14 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 355 of 647
Participation
75.7 %
3 % above average
Rank 298 of 647
1,709
2,333 eligible divisions
Total votes
853
1,127 eligible divisions
969
56.7 % of votes cast
Aye votes
421
49.4 % of votes cast
740
43.3 % of votes cast
No votes
432
50.6 % of votes cast
19
1.1 % of votes cast
Against party
7
0.8 % of votes cast
21 years, 1 months
Since 5 May 2005
Commons service
4 years, 3 months
Since 3 Mar 2022

Debates

92
+25.8 vs Commons average
Rank 124 of 650
Appearances
51
-15.2 vs Commons average
Rank 358 of 650
131
+13.2 vs Commons average
Rank 176 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

£2,571,517
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£789,073
all imported IPSA years
£274,096
21 % above average
Latest expenses
£285,345
26 % above average
8
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

Brexit / EU
190 of 211 votes
#1
Work / Employment
55 of 61 votes
Foreign Affairs
61 of 69 votes
#2
Education
54 of 60 votes
Education
81 of 95 votes
#3
Migration
111 of 124 votes
NHS / Health
47 of 56 votes
#4
Benefits
34 of 39 votes
Benefits
66 of 81 votes
#5
Digital / Online Safety
38 of 44 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No rebel
Health and Care Bill: Government Amendment (a) in lieu of Lords Amendment 92 30 Mar 2022
NHS / Health
Aye
Where they voted the same
Aye
Draft Combined Authorities (Mayoral Elections) (Amendment) Order 2026 9 Jun 2026
Devolution / Local Government
Aye
No
Steel Industry (Nationalisation) Bill Committee: New Clause 4 9 Jun 2026
No
No
Steel Industry (Nationalisation) Bill Committee: New Clause 12 9 Jun 2026
No
No
Steel Industry (Nationalisation) Bill Committee: Amendment 20 9 Jun 2026
No
No
Steel Industry (Nationalisation) Bill Committee: New Clause 8 8 Jun 2026
No
No
Steel Industry (Nationalisation) Bill Committee: New Clause 2 8 Jun 2026
No
No
Steel Industry (Nationalisation) Bill Committee: Amendment 12 8 Jun 2026
No
Aye
Draft Agriculture (Delinked Payments) (Reductions) (England) Regulations 2026 3 Jun 2026
Aye
No
Armed Forces Bill Committee: New Clause 13 2 Jun 2026
Defence
No
No
Armed Forces Bill Committee: New Clause 6 2 Jun 2026
Defence
No
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