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Jess Asato vs Paulette Hamilton

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

Photograph of Jess Asato
Jess Asato
Lab Lowestoft
vs
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Paulette Hamilton
Lab Birmingham Erdington

Voting alignment

Jess Asato and Paulette Hamilton voted the same way 100% of the time, based on 399 shared comparable votes.

399 same votes 0 different votes 399 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
51 Aye 38 No
Tax 100% aligned 89 shared votes
51 Aye 38 No
30 Aye 9 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 39 shared votes
30 Aye 9 No
16 Aye 21 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 37 shared votes
16 Aye 21 No
16 Aye 14 No
Benefits 100% aligned 30 shared votes
16 Aye 14 No
14 Aye 15 No
Education 100% aligned 29 shared votes
14 Aye 15 No
Most different by topic
51 Aye 38 No
Tax 100% aligned 89 shared votes
51 Aye 38 No
30 Aye 9 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 39 shared votes
30 Aye 9 No
16 Aye 21 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 37 shared votes
16 Aye 21 No
16 Aye 14 No
Benefits 100% aligned 30 shared votes
16 Aye 14 No
14 Aye 15 No
Education 100% aligned 29 shared votes
14 Aye 15 No

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

Voting record

78.8%
6% above average
Rank 225 of 649
Participation
75.5%
3% above average
Rank 299 of 649
465
590 eligible divisions
Total votes
883
1,170 eligible divisions
227
48.8% of votes cast
Aye votes
435
49.3% of votes cast
238
51.2% of votes cast
No votes
448
50.7% of votes cast
15
3.2% of votes cast
Against party
7
0.8% of votes cast
2 years, 2 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
4 years, 6 months
Since 3 Mar 2022

Debates

21
-61.3 vs Commons average
Rank 589 of 649
Appearances
61
-21.3 vs Commons average
Rank 367 of 649
29
-114.5 vs Commons average
Rank 573 of 649
Contributions
80
-63.5 vs Commons average
Rank 398 of 649

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

Financials and interests

£194,965
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£789,073
all imported IPSA years
£194,965
14% below average
Latest expenses
£285,345
26% above average
4
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

Work / Employment
39 of 39 votes
#1
Work / Employment
57 of 63 votes
Benefits
30 of 30 votes
#2
Education
55 of 61 votes
Devolution / Local Government
24 of 24 votes
#3
Migration
113 of 126 votes
NHS / Health
11 of 11 votes
#4
Benefits
34 of 39 votes
Digital / Online Safety
10 of 11 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
Aye
Draft Plant Health, Seeds, Seed Potatoes and Plant Propagating Material (Amendment) (Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026 9 Sept 2026
Aye
Aye
Representation of the People Bill: Third Reading 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
Aye
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 88 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 67 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 65 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
Aye
Draft Trade Unions (Permissible Means of Voting) and Employment Rights (Unfair Dismissal) (Amendment) Order 2026 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
Aye
Aye
Draft Code of Practice on Electronic and Workplace Ballots for Statutory Trade Union Ballots 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
Aye
Aye
Immigration and Asylum Bill: Second Reading 13 Jul 2026
Migration
Aye
No
Immigration and Asylum Bill: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 13 Jul 2026
Migration
No
Aye
National Security (State Threats) Bill: motion to agree to Lords Amendment 1 6 Jul 2026
Defence
Aye
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