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Paulette Hamilton vs Ben Lake

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


Voting alignment

Paulette Hamilton and Ben Lake voted the same way 71% of the time, based on 644 shared comparable votes.

454 same votes 190 different votes 644 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
8 Aye 8 No
Foreign Affairs 100% aligned 16 shared votes
8 Aye 8 No
7 Aye 6 No
Environment / Climate 100% aligned 13 shared votes
7 Aye 6 No
5 Aye 4 No
Brexit / EU 100% aligned 9 shared votes
5 Aye 4 No
1 Aye 5 No
Devolution / Local Government 100% aligned 6 shared votes
1 Aye 5 No
4 Aye 0 No
Cost of Living 100% aligned 4 shared votes
4 Aye 0 No
Most different by topic
60 Aye 36 No
Tax 43% aligned 96 shared votes
65 Aye 31 No
9 Aye 2 No
Education 45% aligned 11 shared votes
5 Aye 6 No
17 Aye 13 No
Benefits 47% aligned 30 shared votes
17 Aye 13 No
5 Aye 10 No
Transport 47% aligned 15 shared votes
9 Aye 6 No
10 Aye 19 No
Defence 52% aligned 29 shared votes
18 Aye 11 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
75.8%
3% above average
Rank 292 of 649
883
1,170 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,607
2,121 eligible divisions
435
49.3% of votes cast
Aye votes
897
55.8% of votes cast
448
50.7% of votes cast
No votes
710
44.2% of votes cast
7
0.8% of votes cast
Against party
1
0.1% of votes cast
4 years, 7 months
Since 3 Mar 2022
Commons service
9 years, 3 months
Since 8 Jun 2017

Debates

62
-21.7 vs Commons average
Rank 366 of 649
Appearances
67
-16.7 vs Commons average
Rank 334 of 649
82
-63.9 vs Commons average
Rank 398 of 649
Contributions
69
-76.9 vs Commons average
Rank 448 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
£1,460,196
all imported IPSA years
£285,345
26% above average
Latest expenses
£250,650
11% above average
4
2 registered categories
Registered interests
0
0 registered categories
0
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
2
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
182 of 188 votes
Education
55 of 61 votes
#2
Migration
157 of 163 votes
Migration
113 of 126 votes
#3
Trade
81 of 87 votes
Benefits
34 of 39 votes
#4
Foreign Affairs
63 of 69 votes
Digital / Online Safety
38 of 44 votes
#5
Cost of Living
9 of 10 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Where they voted the same
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API