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Paulette Hamilton vs Alan Mak

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

Photograph of Paulette Hamilton
Paulette Hamilton
Lab Birmingham Erdington
vs
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Alan Mak
Con Havant

Voting alignment

Paulette Hamilton and Alan Mak voted the same way 3% of the time, based on 726 shared comparable votes.

21 same votes 705 different votes 726 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
7 Aye 8 No
Environment / Climate 7% aligned 15 shared votes
9 Aye 6 No
4 Aye 12 No
NHS / Health 6% aligned 16 shared votes
13 Aye 3 No
42 Aye 42 No
Crime / Justice 4% aligned 84 shared votes
41 Aye 43 No
19 Aye 85 No
Migration 3% aligned 104 shared votes
82 Aye 22 No
31 Aye 12 No
Education 2% aligned 43 shared votes
13 Aye 30 No
Most different by topic
33 Aye 19 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 52 shared votes
19 Aye 33 No
23 Aye 10 No
Housing 0% aligned 33 shared votes
10 Aye 23 No
16 Aye 15 No
Defence 0% aligned 31 shared votes
15 Aye 16 No
18 Aye 10 No
Energy 0% aligned 28 shared votes
10 Aye 18 No
13 Aye 11 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 24 shared votes
11 Aye 13 No

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

Voting record

76.0 %
3 % above average
Rank 289 of 649
Participation
85.4 %
13 % above average
Rank 87 of 649
878
1,155 eligible divisions
Total votes
2,017
2,361 eligible divisions
433
49.3 % of votes cast
Aye votes
955
47.3 % of votes cast
445
50.7 % of votes cast
No votes
1,062
52.7 % of votes cast
7
0.8 % of votes cast
Against party
4
0.2 % of votes cast
4 years, 5 months
Since 3 Mar 2022
Commons service
11 years, 3 months
Since 7 May 2015

Debates

60
-17.9 vs Commons average
Rank 367 of 650
Appearances
18
-59.9 vs Commons average
Rank 595 of 650
78
-60.3 vs Commons average
Rank 394 of 650
Contributions
21
-117.3 vs Commons average
Rank 595 of 650

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

Financials and interests

£789,073
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£1,951,902
all imported IPSA years
£285,345
26 % above average
Latest expenses
£292,278
29 % above average
4
2 registered categories
Registered interests
28
7 registered categories
0
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
4
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
57 of 63 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
205 of 211 votes
Education
55 of 61 votes
#2
Environment / Climate
46 of 48 votes
Migration
113 of 126 votes
#3
Trade
84 of 91 votes
Benefits
34 of 39 votes
#4
Migration
157 of 171 votes
Digital / Online Safety
38 of 44 votes
#5
Work / Employment
70 of 77 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Draft Trade Unions (Permissible Means of Voting) and Employment Rights (Unfair Dismissal) (Amendment) Order 2026 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
No
Aye
Draft Code of Practice on Electronic and Workplace Ballots for Statutory Trade Union Ballots 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
No
No
Immigration and Asylum Bill: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 13 Jul 2026
Migration
Aye
Aye
Draft Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Act 2026 (Establishment of Schools) (Consequential Amendments) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
Education
No
Aye
Draft Supply of Machinery (Safety) (Amendment etc.) and the EU Machinery Regulation (Enforcement etc. in Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
No
Aye
Draft Town and Country Planning (Discharge of Local Planning Authority Functions) (England) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
No
No
Taxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill Committee: New Clause 5 1 Jul 2026
Energy Tax Transport
Aye
No
Taxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill Committee: New Clause 4 1 Jul 2026
Energy Tax Transport
Aye
Aye
Draft Climate Change Act 2008 (Credit Limit) Order 2026 24 Jun 2026
Environment / Climate
No
Aye
Draft Climate Change Act 2008 (International Aviation and International Shipping) Regulations 2026 24 Jun 2026
Environment / Climate Transport
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
Aye
Terrorism Act 2000 (Proscribed Organisations) (Amendment) Order 2025 2 Jul 2025
Crime / Justice
Aye
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Third Reading 20 Jun 2025
No
No
Crime and Policing Bill Report Stage: Amendment 160 17 Jun 2025
Crime / Justice
No
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading 29 Nov 2024
No
Aye
the draft Economic Growth (Regulatory Functions) (Amendment) Order 2024 24 Apr 2024
Aye
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
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