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Graham Stringer vs Paulette Hamilton

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

Photograph of Graham Stringer
Graham Stringer
Lab Blackley and Middleton South
vs
Photograph of Paulette Hamilton
Paulette Hamilton
Lab Birmingham Erdington

Voting alignment

Graham Stringer and Paulette Hamilton voted the same way 99% of the time, based on 529 shared comparable votes.

522 same votes 7 different votes 529 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
55 Aye 40 No
Tax 100% aligned 95 shared votes
55 Aye 40 No
16 Aye 73 No
Migration 100% aligned 89 shared votes
16 Aye 73 No
34 Aye 37 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 71 shared votes
34 Aye 37 No
16 Aye 11 No
Education 100% aligned 27 shared votes
16 Aye 11 No
9 Aye 11 No
Devolution / Local Government 100% aligned 20 shared votes
9 Aye 11 No
Most different by topic
8 Aye 3 No
Benefits 73% aligned 11 shared votes
9 Aye 2 No
8 Aye 13 No
Defence 86% aligned 21 shared votes
11 Aye 10 No
6 Aye 12 No
Work / Employment 94% aligned 18 shared votes
7 Aye 11 No
55 Aye 40 No
Tax 100% aligned 95 shared votes
55 Aye 40 No
16 Aye 73 No
Migration 100% aligned 89 shared votes
16 Aye 73 No

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

Voting record

58.0 %
15 % below average
Rank 594 of 648
Participation
75.7 %
2 % above average
Rank 305 of 648
1,342
2,312 eligible divisions
Total votes
837
1,106 eligible divisions
676
50.4 % of votes cast
Aye votes
418
49.9 % of votes cast
666
49.6 % of votes cast
No votes
419
50.1 % of votes cast
112
8.3 % of votes cast
Against party
7
0.8 % of votes cast
29 years, 1 months
Since 1 May 1997
Commons service
4 years, 3 months
Since 3 Mar 2022

Debates

47
-13.4 vs Commons average
Rank 356 of 648
Appearances
37
-23.4 vs Commons average
Rank 437 of 648
33
-75.9 vs Commons average
Rank 535 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

£2,011,354
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£789,073
all imported IPSA years
£160,334
29 % below average
Latest expenses
£285,345
26 % above average
3
2 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

Migration
121 of 169 votes
#1
Work / Employment
55 of 61 votes
NHS / Health
40 of 56 votes
#2
Education
54 of 60 votes
Transport
62 of 87 votes
#3
Migration
111 of 124 votes
Foreign Affairs
47 of 69 votes
#4
Benefits
34 of 39 votes
Housing
44 of 66 votes
#5
Digital / Online Safety
38 of 44 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No rebel
Diego Garcia Military Base and British Indian Ocean Territory Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 6 20 Jan 2026
Defence
Aye
No rebel
Diego Garcia Military Base and British Indian Ocean Territory Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 5 20 Jan 2026
Defence
Aye
No rebel
Diego Garcia Military Base and British Indian Ocean Territory Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 1 20 Jan 2026
Defence
Aye
No rebel
Universal Credit and Personal Independence Payment Bill: Third Reading 9 Jul 2025
Benefits
Aye
No rebel
Universal Credit and Personal Independent Payment Bill: Second Reading 1 Jul 2025
Benefits
Aye
Aye rebel
Universal Credit and Personal Independent Payment Bill: Reasoned Amendment at Second Reading 1 Jul 2025
Benefits
No
No rebel
Strikes (Minimum Service Levels) Bill Committee: Amendment 4 30 Jan 2023
Work / Employment
Aye
Where they voted the same
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
No
Armed Forces Bill Committee: New Clause 5 2 Jun 2026
Defence
No
No
Armed Forces Bill Committee: New Clause 2 2 Jun 2026
Defence
No
No
Steel Industry (Nationalisation) Bill: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 21 May 2026
No
Aye
King's Speech Motion for an Address 20 May 2026
Aye
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (p) 20 May 2026
No
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (l) 20 May 2026
No
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (o) 20 May 2026
No
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (i) 19 May 2026
No
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API