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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 608 shared comparable votes.

432 same votes 176 different votes 608 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
4 Aye 6 No
Environment / Climate 100% aligned 10 shared votes
4 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 33 No
Tax 44% aligned 93 shared votes
62 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
9 Aye 10 No
Defence 53% aligned 19 shared votes
12 Aye 7 No
4 Aye 7 No
Transport 55% aligned 11 shared votes
5 Aye 6 No

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

Voting record

75.7 %
2 % above average
Rank 305 of 648
Participation
75.9 %
3 % above average
Rank 301 of 648
837
1,106 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,562
2,057 eligible divisions
418
49.9 % of votes cast
Aye votes
867
55.5 % of votes cast
419
50.1 % of votes cast
No votes
695
44.5 % of votes cast
7
0.8 % of votes cast
Against party
1
0.1 % of votes cast
4 years, 3 months
Since 3 Mar 2022
Commons service
8 years, 11 months
Since 8 Jun 2017

Debates

37
-22.9 vs Commons average
Rank 444 of 648
Appearances
48
-11.9 vs Commons average
Rank 335 of 648
57
-50.9 vs Commons average
Rank 420 of 648
Contributions
51
-56.9 vs Commons average
Rank 440 of 648

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
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
55 of 61 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
182 of 188 votes
Education
54 of 60 votes
#2
Migration
155 of 161 votes
Migration
111 of 124 votes
#3
Trade
78 of 84 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
No
Privilege 28 Apr 2026
Aye
Where they voted the same
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API