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Paulette Hamilton vs Alex Easton

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
Photograph of Alex Easton
Alex Easton
Ind North Down

Voting alignment

Paulette Hamilton and Alex Easton voted the same way 12% of the time, based on 214 shared comparable votes.

26 same votes 188 different votes 214 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
0 Aye 4 No
Democracy / Parliament 50% aligned 4 shared votes
2 Aye 2 No
7 Aye 4 No
Energy 27% aligned 11 shared votes
7 Aye 4 No
7 Aye 9 No
Benefits 25% aligned 16 shared votes
9 Aye 7 No
1 Aye 3 No
NHS / Health 25% aligned 4 shared votes
4 Aye 0 No
8 Aye 9 No
Defence 12% aligned 17 shared votes
9 Aye 8 No
Most different by topic
3 Aye 4 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 7 shared votes
4 Aye 3 No
2 Aye 3 No
Trade 0% aligned 5 shared votes
3 Aye 2 No
4 Aye 1 No
Transport 0% aligned 5 shared votes
1 Aye 4 No
3 Aye 1 No
Foreign Affairs 0% aligned 4 shared votes
1 Aye 3 No
1 Aye 2 No
Environment / Climate 0% aligned 3 shared votes
2 Aye 1 No

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

Voting record

75.5%
3% above average
Rank 299 of 649
Participation
43.7%
29% below average
Rank 629 of 649
883
1,170 eligible divisions
Total votes
258
590 eligible divisions
435
49.3% of votes cast
Aye votes
122
47.3% of votes cast
448
50.7% of votes cast
No votes
136
52.7% of votes cast
7
0.8% of votes cast
Against party
n/a
rebellion not calculated
4 years, 6 months
Since 3 Mar 2022
Commons service
2 years, 2 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

62
-19.7 vs Commons average
Rank 358 of 649
Appearances
104
+22.3 vs Commons average
Rank 151 of 649
81
-61.3 vs Commons average
Rank 394 of 649
Contributions
133
-9.3 vs Commons average
Rank 226 of 649

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

Financials and interests

£789,073
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£190,220
all imported IPSA years
£285,345
26% above average
Latest expenses
£190,220
16% below average
4
2 registered categories
Registered interests
0
0 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
57 of 63 votes
#1
Foreign Affairs
4 of 4 votes
Education
55 of 61 votes
#2
Devolution / Local Government
18 of 24 votes
Migration
113 of 126 votes
#3
Trade
5 of 7 votes
Benefits
34 of 39 votes
#4
Energy
13 of 20 votes
Digital / Online Safety
38 of 44 votes
#5
Education
27 of 50 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Draft Plant Health, Seeds, Seed Potatoes and Plant Propagating Material (Amendment) (Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026 9 Sept 2026
No
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
Opposition Day: Puberty blockers 23 Jun 2026
Aye
Aye
Opposition Day Motion: Defence spending and readiness - Prime Minister's Amendment 23 Jun 2026
Defence
No
No
Opposition day: Defence spending and readiness 23 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
Aye
National Security (State Threats) Bill: Allocation of Time motion 17 Jun 2026
Defence
No
Aye
Draft Clean Air Zones Central Services (Fees) (England) (Amendment) Regulations 2026 16 Jun 2026
No
No
Cyber Security and Resilience (Network and Information Systems) Bill Remaining Stages: Amendment 3 16 Jun 2026
Aye
No
Cyber Security and Resilience (Network and Information Systems) Bill Remaining Stages: New Clause 14 16 Jun 2026
Aye
Where they voted the same
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (l) 20 May 2026
No
Aye
English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill: motion to disagree to Lords Amendment 37 21 Apr 2026
Devolution / Local Government
Aye
Aye
Universal Credit (Removal of Two Child Limit) Bill: Third Reading 23 Feb 2026
Benefits
Aye
Aye
Universal Credit (Removal of Two Child Limit) Bill: Second Reading 3 Feb 2026
Benefits
Aye
No
Opposition day: Welfare spending 4 Nov 2025
Benefits
No
No
Sentencing Bill Committee: New Clause 30 21 Oct 2025
Crime / Justice
No
No
Universal Credit and Personal Independent Payment Bill Committee: Amendment 39 9 Jul 2025
Benefits
No
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Third Reading 20 Jun 2025
No
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Amendment 94 20 Jun 2025
No
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Amendment 77 20 Jun 2025
No
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