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David Reed vs Paulette Hamilton

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

Photograph of David Reed
David Reed
Con Exmouth and Exeter East
vs
Photograph of Paulette Hamilton
Paulette Hamilton
Lab Birmingham Erdington

Voting alignment

David Reed and Paulette Hamilton voted the same way 5% of the time, based on 299 shared comparable votes.

16 same votes 283 different votes 299 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
3 Aye 2 No
Democracy / Parliament 40% aligned 5 shared votes
0 Aye 5 No
3 Aye 10 No
Benefits 15% aligned 13 shared votes
8 Aye 5 No
4 Aye 3 No
Migration 14% aligned 7 shared votes
2 Aye 5 No
15 Aye 18 No
Crime / Justice 9% aligned 33 shared votes
17 Aye 16 No
32 Aye 42 No
Tax 0% aligned 74 shared votes
42 Aye 32 No
Most different by topic
32 Aye 42 No
Tax 0% aligned 74 shared votes
42 Aye 32 No
10 Aye 19 No
Education 0% aligned 29 shared votes
19 Aye 10 No
10 Aye 9 No
Defence 0% aligned 19 shared votes
9 Aye 10 No
8 Aye 6 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 14 shared votes
6 Aye 8 No
0 Aye 13 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 13 shared votes
13 Aye 0 No

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

Voting record

62.4%
10% below average
Rank 552 of 649
Participation
75.5%
3% above average
Rank 299 of 649
368
590 eligible divisions
Total votes
883
1,170 eligible divisions
188
51.1% of votes cast
Aye votes
435
49.3% of votes cast
180
48.9% of votes cast
No votes
448
50.7% of votes cast
1
0.3% of votes cast
Against party
7
0.8% of votes cast
2 years, 3 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
4 years, 7 months
Since 3 Mar 2022

Debates

120
+36.3 vs Commons average
Rank 120 of 649
Appearances
62
-21.7 vs Commons average
Rank 366 of 649
179
+33.1 vs Commons average
Rank 162 of 649
Contributions
82
-63.9 vs Commons average
Rank 398 of 649

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

Financials and interests

£195,694
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£789,073
all imported IPSA years
£195,694
13% below average
Latest expenses
£285,345
26% above average
14
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

Foreign Affairs
4 of 4 votes
#1
Work / Employment
57 of 63 votes
Crime / Justice
54 of 62 votes
#2
Education
55 of 61 votes
Devolution / Local Government
18 of 24 votes
#3
Migration
113 of 126 votes
Energy
15 of 20 votes
#4
Benefits
34 of 39 votes
Tax
80 of 112 votes
#5
Digital / Online Safety
38 of 44 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No
Draft Plant Health, Seeds, Seed Potatoes and Plant Propagating Material (Amendment) (Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026 9 Sept 2026
Aye
Aye
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 19 14 Jul 2026
No
Aye
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 199 14 Jul 2026
No
No
Draft Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Act 2026 (Establishment of Schools) (Consequential Amendments) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
Education
Aye
No
Draft Supply of Machinery (Safety) (Amendment etc.) and the EU Machinery Regulation (Enforcement etc. in Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
Aye
No
Draft Town and Country Planning (Discharge of Local Planning Authority Functions) (England) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
Aye
No
National Security (State Threats) Bill: motion to agree to Lords Amendment 1 6 Jul 2026
Defence
Aye
No
Customs (Tariff and Miscellaneous Amendments) (No. 4) Regulations 2026 24 Jun 2026
Trade
Aye
Aye
Opposition Day: Puberty blockers 23 Jun 2026
No
No
Opposition Day Motion: Defence spending and readiness - Prime Minister's Amendment 23 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
Where they voted the same
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 88 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (l) 20 May 2026
No
No
Sentencing Bill Committee: New Clause 30 21 Oct 2025
Crime / Justice
No
No
Universal Credit and Personal Independence Payment Bill Committee: New Clause 8 9 Jul 2025
Benefits
No
No
Universal Credit and Personal Independent Payment Bill Committee: Amendment 39 9 Jul 2025
Benefits
No
Aye
Terrorism Act 2000 (Proscribed Organisations) (Amendment) Order 2025 2 Jul 2025
Crime / Justice
Aye
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Third Reading 20 Jun 2025
No
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Amendment 94 20 Jun 2025
No
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Amendment 77 20 Jun 2025
No
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Amendment 12 20 Jun 2025
Aye
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