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Dame Nia Griffith vs Paulette Hamilton

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

Photograph of Dame Nia Griffith
Dame Nia Griffith
Lab Llanelli
vs
Photograph of Paulette Hamilton
Paulette Hamilton
Lab Birmingham Erdington

Voting alignment

Dame Nia Griffith and Paulette Hamilton voted the same way 100% of the time, based on 708 shared comparable votes.

708 same votes 0 different votes 708 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
75 Aye 45 No
Tax 100% aligned 120 shared votes
75 Aye 45 No
20 Aye 88 No
Migration 100% aligned 108 shared votes
20 Aye 88 No
30 Aye 41 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 71 shared votes
30 Aye 41 No
33 Aye 22 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 55 shared votes
33 Aye 22 No
28 Aye 15 No
Education 100% aligned 43 shared votes
28 Aye 15 No
Most different by topic
75 Aye 45 No
Tax 100% aligned 120 shared votes
75 Aye 45 No
20 Aye 88 No
Migration 100% aligned 108 shared votes
20 Aye 88 No
30 Aye 41 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 71 shared votes
30 Aye 41 No
33 Aye 22 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 55 shared votes
33 Aye 22 No
28 Aye 15 No
Education 100% aligned 43 shared votes
28 Aye 15 No

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

Voting record

78.2 %
5 % above average
Rank 254 of 648
Participation
75.7 %
2 % above average
Rank 305 of 648
1,808
2,312 eligible divisions
Total votes
837
1,106 eligible divisions
1,008
55.8 % of votes cast
Aye votes
418
49.9 % of votes cast
800
44.2 % of votes cast
No votes
419
50.1 % of votes cast
14
0.8 % 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

52
-8.4 vs Commons average
Rank 304 of 648
Appearances
37
-23.4 vs Commons average
Rank 437 of 648
84
-24.9 vs Commons average
Rank 291 of 648
Contributions
57
-51.9 vs Commons average
Rank 415 of 648

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

Financials and interests

£2,805,379
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£789,073
all imported IPSA years
£279,114
23 % above average
Latest expenses
£285,345
26 % above average
5
4 registered categories
Registered interests
4
2 registered categories
0
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
67 of 69 votes
#1
Work / Employment
55 of 61 votes
Work / Employment
71 of 75 votes
#2
Education
54 of 60 votes
Democracy / Parliament
38 of 43 votes
#3
Migration
111 of 124 votes
Defence
52 of 59 votes
#4
Benefits
34 of 39 votes
Migration
148 of 169 votes
#5
Digital / Online Safety
38 of 44 votes

Recent voting overlap

These MPs agreed on every division where both voted in the current comparison sample.

Where they voted the same
No
Privilege 28 Apr 2026
No
Aye
Victims and Courts Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 6 25 Mar 2026
Crime / Justice
Aye
Aye
Victims and Courts Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 5 25 Mar 2026
Crime / Justice
Aye
Aye
Victims and Courts Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 4 25 Mar 2026
Crime / Justice
Aye
Aye
Victims and Courts Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 3 25 Mar 2026
Crime / Justice
Aye
Aye
Victims and Courts Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 2 25 Mar 2026
Crime / Justice
Aye
Aye
Victims and Courts Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 1 25 Mar 2026
Crime / Justice
Aye
No
Opposition Day: Defence 24 Mar 2026
Defence
No
No
Opposition Day: Oil and gas 24 Mar 2026
Energy
No
Aye
National Insurance Contributions (Employer Pensions Contributions) Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 6 23 Mar 2026
Tax
Aye
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