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Lucy Powell vs Paulette Hamilton

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

Photograph of Lucy Powell
Lucy Powell
Lab Manchester Central
vs
Photograph of Paulette Hamilton
Paulette Hamilton
Lab Birmingham Erdington

Voting alignment

Lucy Powell and Paulette Hamilton voted the same way 100% of the time, based on 594 shared comparable votes.

592 same votes 2 different votes 594 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
62 Aye 38 No
Tax 100% aligned 100 shared votes
62 Aye 38 No
15 Aye 70 No
Migration 100% aligned 85 shared votes
15 Aye 70 No
27 Aye 31 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 58 shared votes
27 Aye 31 No
30 Aye 19 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 49 shared votes
30 Aye 19 No
30 Aye 17 No
Education 100% aligned 47 shared votes
30 Aye 17 No
Most different by topic
62 Aye 38 No
Tax 100% aligned 100 shared votes
62 Aye 38 No
15 Aye 70 No
Migration 100% aligned 85 shared votes
15 Aye 70 No
27 Aye 31 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 58 shared votes
27 Aye 31 No
30 Aye 19 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 49 shared votes
30 Aye 19 No
30 Aye 17 No
Education 100% aligned 47 shared votes
30 Aye 17 No

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

Voting record

65.8 %
7 % below average
Rank 505 of 647
Participation
75.7 %
3 % above average
Rank 298 of 647
1,534
2,333 eligible divisions
Total votes
853
1,127 eligible divisions
863
56.3 % of votes cast
Aye votes
421
49.4 % of votes cast
671
43.7 % of votes cast
No votes
432
50.6 % of votes cast
0
0.0 % of votes cast
Against party
7
0.8 % of votes cast
13 years, 7 months
Since 15 Nov 2012
Commons service
4 years, 3 months
Since 3 Mar 2022

Debates

7
-59.2 vs Commons average
Rank 622 of 650
Appearances
51
-15.2 vs Commons average
Rank 358 of 650
300
+182.2 vs Commons average
Rank 45 of 650
Contributions
70
-47.8 vs Commons average
Rank 378 of 650

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

Financials and interests

£2,425,912
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£789,073
all imported IPSA years
£249,415
10 % above average
Latest expenses
£285,345
26 % above average
12
5 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

Work / Employment
65 of 75 votes
#1
Work / Employment
55 of 61 votes
Education
81 of 95 votes
#2
Education
54 of 60 votes
Brexit / EU
172 of 211 votes
#3
Migration
111 of 124 votes
Foreign Affairs
53 of 69 votes
#4
Benefits
34 of 39 votes
Trade
62 of 88 votes
#5
Digital / Online Safety
38 of 44 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Third Reading 20 Jun 2025
No rebel
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading 29 Nov 2024
No rebel
Where they voted the same
Aye
Draft Clean Air Zones Central Services (Fees) (England) (Amendment) Regulations 2026 16 Jun 2026
Aye
No
Cyber Security and Resilience (Network and Information Systems) Bill Remaining Stages: Amendment 3 16 Jun 2026
No
No
Cyber Security and Resilience (Network and Information Systems) Bill Remaining Stages: New Clause 14 16 Jun 2026
No
No
Cyber Security and Resilience (Network and Information Systems) Bill Remaining Stages: New Clause 13 16 Jun 2026
No
Aye
Draft Combined Authorities (Mayoral Elections) (Amendment) Order 2026 9 Jun 2026
Devolution / Local Government
Aye
No
Steel Industry (Nationalisation) Bill Committee: New Clause 4 9 Jun 2026
No
No
Steel Industry (Nationalisation) Bill Committee: New Clause 12 9 Jun 2026
No
No
Steel Industry (Nationalisation) Bill Committee: Amendment 20 9 Jun 2026
No
Aye
Draft Agriculture (Delinked Payments) (Reductions) (England) Regulations 2026 3 Jun 2026
Aye
Aye
King's Speech Motion for an Address 20 May 2026
Aye
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