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Paulette Hamilton vs Cat Smith

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 Cat Smith
Cat Smith
Lab Lancaster and Wyre

Voting alignment

Paulette Hamilton and Cat Smith voted the same way 100% of the time, based on 705 shared comparable votes.

702 same votes 3 different votes 705 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
21 Aye 87 No
Migration 100% aligned 108 shared votes
21 Aye 87 No
59 Aye 38 No
Tax 100% aligned 97 shared votes
59 Aye 38 No
39 Aye 43 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 82 shared votes
39 Aye 43 No
31 Aye 18 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 49 shared votes
31 Aye 18 No
23 Aye 17 No
Education 100% aligned 40 shared votes
23 Aye 17 No
Most different by topic
17 Aye 14 No
Benefits 94% aligned 31 shared votes
17 Aye 14 No
21 Aye 87 No
Migration 100% aligned 108 shared votes
21 Aye 87 No
59 Aye 38 No
Tax 100% aligned 97 shared votes
59 Aye 38 No
39 Aye 43 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 82 shared votes
39 Aye 43 No
31 Aye 18 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 49 shared votes
31 Aye 18 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
72.5 %
same as average
Rank 370 of 649
878
1,155 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,712
2,361 eligible divisions
433
49.3 % of votes cast
Aye votes
927
54.1 % of votes cast
445
50.7 % of votes cast
No votes
785
45.9 % of votes cast
7
0.8 % of votes cast
Against party
5
0.3 % 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 592 of 650
78
-60.3 vs Commons average
Rank 394 of 650
Contributions
25
-113.3 vs Commons average
Rank 583 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
£2,077,786
all imported IPSA years
£285,345
26 % above average
Latest expenses
£260,697
15 % above average
4
2 registered categories
Registered interests
1
1 registered category
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
Foreign Affairs
63 of 69 votes
Education
55 of 61 votes
#2
NHS / Health
48 of 56 votes
Migration
113 of 126 votes
#3
Migration
145 of 171 votes
Benefits
34 of 39 votes
#4
Brexit / EU
178 of 211 votes
Digital / Online Safety
38 of 44 votes
#5
Democracy / Parliament
35 of 43 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Universal Credit and Personal Independent Payment Bill: Second Reading 1 Jul 2025
Benefits
No rebel
No
Universal Credit and Personal Independent Payment Bill: Reasoned Amendment at Second Reading 1 Jul 2025
Benefits
Aye rebel
No rebel
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Third Reading 20 Jun 2025
Aye
Where they voted the same
Aye
Draft Trade Unions (Permissible Means of Voting) and Employment Rights (Unfair Dismissal) (Amendment) Order 2026 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
Aye
Aye
Draft Code of Practice on Electronic and Workplace Ballots for Statutory Trade Union Ballots 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
Aye
No
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 19 14 Jul 2026
No
No
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 199 14 Jul 2026
No
No
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 3 14 Jul 2026
No
Aye
Draft Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Act 2026 (Establishment of Schools) (Consequential Amendments) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
Education
Aye
Aye
Draft Supply of Machinery (Safety) (Amendment etc.) and the EU Machinery Regulation (Enforcement etc. in Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
Aye
Aye
Draft Town and Country Planning (Discharge of Local Planning Authority Functions) (England) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
Aye
Aye
National Security (State Threats) Bill: motion to agree to Lords Amendment 1 6 Jul 2026
Defence
Aye
No
Taxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill Committee: New Clause 5 1 Jul 2026
Energy Tax Transport
No
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