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Esther McVey vs Paulette Hamilton

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

Photograph of Esther McVey
Esther McVey
Con Tatton
vs
Photograph of Paulette Hamilton
Paulette Hamilton
Lab Birmingham Erdington

Voting alignment

Esther McVey and Paulette Hamilton voted the same way 3% of the time, based on 481 shared comparable votes.

15 same votes 466 different votes 481 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
2 Aye 4 No
NHS / Health 33% aligned 6 shared votes
2 Aye 4 No
4 Aye 8 No
Benefits 17% aligned 12 shared votes
6 Aye 6 No
19 Aye 31 No
Crime / Justice 6% aligned 50 shared votes
30 Aye 20 No
64 Aye 20 No
Migration 4% aligned 84 shared votes
17 Aye 67 No
25 Aye 46 No
Tax 1% aligned 71 shared votes
45 Aye 26 No
Most different by topic
15 Aye 24 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 39 shared votes
24 Aye 15 No
14 Aye 15 No
Defence 0% aligned 29 shared votes
15 Aye 14 No
8 Aye 20 No
Digital / Online Safety 0% aligned 28 shared votes
20 Aye 8 No
9 Aye 13 No
Education 0% aligned 22 shared votes
13 Aye 9 No
8 Aye 10 No
Energy 0% aligned 18 shared votes
10 Aye 8 No

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

Voting record

64.7 %
8 % below average
Rank 520 of 649
Participation
75.9 %
3 % above average
Rank 293 of 649
1,360
2,101 eligible divisions
Total votes
873
1,150 eligible divisions
622
45.7 % of votes cast
Aye votes
431
49.4 % of votes cast
738
54.3 % of votes cast
No votes
442
50.6 % of votes cast
54
4.0 % of votes cast
Against party
7
0.8 % of votes cast
9 years, 1 months
Since 8 Jun 2017
Commons service
4 years, 4 months
Since 3 Mar 2022

Debates

100
+24.7 vs Commons average
Rank 138 of 649
Appearances
56
-19.3 vs Commons average
Rank 374 of 649
122
-11.8 vs Commons average
Rank 222 of 649
Contributions
74
-59.8 vs Commons average
Rank 397 of 649

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

Financials and interests

£2,413,915
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£789,073
all imported IPSA years
£295,931
31 % above average
Latest expenses
£285,345
26 % above average
6
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
62 of 69 votes
#1
Education
55 of 61 votes
Brexit / EU
164 of 188 votes
#2
Work / Employment
55 of 61 votes
Digital / Online Safety
39 of 49 votes
#3
Migration
113 of 126 votes
Trade
66 of 85 votes
#4
Benefits
34 of 39 votes
Transport
67 of 88 votes
#5
Digital / Online Safety
38 of 44 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
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
Aye
Taxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill Committee: New Clause 5 1 Jul 2026
Energy Tax Transport
No
Aye
Taxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill Committee: New Clause 4 1 Jul 2026
Energy Tax Transport
No
No
Draft Climate Change Act 2008 (Credit Limit) Order 2026 24 Jun 2026
Environment / Climate
Aye
No
Draft Climate Change Act 2008 (International Aviation and International Shipping) Regulations 2026 24 Jun 2026
Environment / Climate Transport
Aye
No
Draft Carbon Budget Order 2026 24 Jun 2026
Environment / Climate
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
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: Second Reading 29 Nov 2024
No
No
Safety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) Bill Committee: Amendment 23 17 Jan 2024
Migration
No
No
Safety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) Bill Committee: Amendment 19 16 Jan 2024
Migration
No
No
Safety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) Bill Committee: Amendment 10 16 Jan 2024
Migration
No
Aye
Draft Equality Act 2010 (Amendment) Regulations 2023 13 Dec 2023
Aye
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