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Mark Garnier vs Paulette Hamilton

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

Photograph of Mark Garnier
Mark Garnier
Con Wyre Forest
vs
Photograph of Paulette Hamilton
Paulette Hamilton
Lab Birmingham Erdington

Voting alignment

Mark Garnier and Paulette Hamilton voted the same way 3% of the time, based on 700 shared comparable votes.

20 same votes 680 different votes 700 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
12 Aye 2 No
NHS / Health 14% aligned 14 shared votes
4 Aye 10 No
4 Aye 19 No
Benefits 9% aligned 23 shared votes
17 Aye 6 No
9 Aye 5 No
Environment / Climate 7% aligned 14 shared votes
6 Aye 8 No
78 Aye 23 No
Migration 4% aligned 101 shared votes
19 Aye 82 No
37 Aye 35 No
Crime / Justice 3% aligned 72 shared votes
33 Aye 39 No
Most different by topic
15 Aye 32 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 47 shared votes
32 Aye 15 No
10 Aye 23 No
Housing 0% aligned 33 shared votes
23 Aye 10 No
18 Aye 12 No
Defence 0% aligned 30 shared votes
12 Aye 18 No
11 Aye 17 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 28 shared votes
17 Aye 11 No
7 Aye 20 No
Digital / Online Safety 0% aligned 27 shared votes
20 Aye 7 No

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

Voting record

83.7 %
11 % above average
Rank 124 of 649
Participation
75.9 %
3 % above average
Rank 293 of 649
1,972
2,356 eligible divisions
Total votes
873
1,150 eligible divisions
962
48.8 % of votes cast
Aye votes
431
49.4 % of votes cast
1,010
51.2 % of votes cast
No votes
442
50.6 % of votes cast
23
1.2 % of votes cast
Against party
7
0.8 % of votes cast
16 years, 2 months
Since 6 May 2010
Commons service
4 years, 4 months
Since 3 Mar 2022

Debates

78
+2.3 vs Commons average
Rank 229 of 649
Appearances
56
-19.7 vs Commons average
Rank 375 of 649
246
+111.5 vs Commons average
Rank 75 of 649
Contributions
74
-60.5 vs Commons average
Rank 401 of 649

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

Financials and interests

£2,564,250
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£789,073
all imported IPSA years
£260,744
15 % above average
Latest expenses
£285,345
26 % above average
22
7 registered categories
Registered interests
4
2 registered categories
4
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

Brexit / EU
210 of 211 votes
#1
Education
55 of 61 votes
Trade
84 of 89 votes
#2
Work / Employment
55 of 61 votes
Foreign Affairs
64 of 69 votes
#3
Migration
113 of 126 votes
Devolution / Local Government
59 of 66 votes
#4
Benefits
34 of 39 votes
Migration
152 of 171 votes
#5
Digital / Online Safety
38 of 44 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No
National Security (State Threats) Bill: motion to agree to Lords Amendment 1 6 Jul 2026
Defence
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
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
Aye
Opposition day: Defence spending and readiness 23 Jun 2026
Defence
No
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
No
Crime and Policing Bill Report Stage: Amendment 160 17 Jun 2025
Crime / Justice
No
No
Border Security, Asylum and Immigration Bill Report Stage: New Clause 21 12 May 2025
Migration
No
Aye
Tobacco and Vapes Bill: Second Reading 16 Apr 2024
NHS / Health
Aye
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
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