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Nick Smith vs Paulette Hamilton

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

Photograph of Nick Smith
Nick Smith
Lab Blaenau Gwent and Rhymney
vs
Photograph of Paulette Hamilton
Paulette Hamilton
Lab Birmingham Erdington

Voting alignment

Nick Smith and Paulette Hamilton voted the same way 100% of the time, based on 694 shared comparable votes.

693 same votes 1 different votes 694 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
76 Aye 39 No
Tax 100% aligned 115 shared votes
76 Aye 39 No
15 Aye 61 No
Migration 100% aligned 76 shared votes
15 Aye 61 No
40 Aye 35 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 75 shared votes
40 Aye 35 No
35 Aye 19 No
Education 100% aligned 54 shared votes
35 Aye 19 No
32 Aye 21 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 53 shared votes
32 Aye 21 No
Most different by topic
76 Aye 39 No
Tax 100% aligned 115 shared votes
76 Aye 39 No
15 Aye 61 No
Migration 100% aligned 76 shared votes
15 Aye 61 No
40 Aye 35 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 75 shared votes
40 Aye 35 No
35 Aye 19 No
Education 100% aligned 54 shared votes
35 Aye 19 No
32 Aye 21 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 53 shared votes
32 Aye 21 No

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

Voting record

74.6 %
2 % above average
Rank 328 of 647
Participation
75.7 %
3 % above average
Rank 298 of 647
1,740
2,333 eligible divisions
Total votes
853
1,127 eligible divisions
998
57.4 % of votes cast
Aye votes
421
49.4 % of votes cast
742
42.6 % of votes cast
No votes
432
50.6 % of votes cast
5
0.3 % of votes cast
Against party
7
0.8 % of votes cast
16 years, 1 months
Since 6 May 2010
Commons service
4 years, 3 months
Since 3 Mar 2022

Debates

65
-1.2 vs Commons average
Rank 244 of 650
Appearances
51
-15.2 vs Commons average
Rank 358 of 650
96
-21.8 vs Commons average
Rank 266 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

£2,595,067
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£789,073
all imported IPSA years
£251,492
11 % above average
Latest expenses
£285,345
26 % above average
0
0 registered categories
Registered interests
4
2 registered categories
2
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

Education
88 of 95 votes
#1
Work / Employment
55 of 61 votes
Work / Employment
69 of 75 votes
#2
Education
54 of 60 votes
Housing
58 of 66 votes
#3
Migration
111 of 124 votes
Foreign Affairs
58 of 69 votes
#4
Benefits
34 of 39 votes
Brexit / EU
177 of 211 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
Where they voted the same
No
National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: New Clause 3 17 Jun 2026
Defence
No
No
National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: Amendment 13 17 Jun 2026
Defence
No
No
National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: Amendment 8 17 Jun 2026
Defence
No
No
National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: Amendment 3 17 Jun 2026
Defence
No
Aye
National Security (State Threats) Bill: Allocation of Time motion 17 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
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
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