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Paulette Hamilton vs Catherine McKinnell

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 Catherine McKinnell
Catherine McKinnell
Lab Newcastle upon Tyne North

Voting alignment

Paulette Hamilton and Catherine McKinnell voted the same way 100% of the time, based on 626 shared comparable votes.

626 same votes 0 different votes 626 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
54 Aye 41 No
Tax 100% aligned 95 shared votes
54 Aye 41 No
20 Aye 74 No
Migration 100% aligned 94 shared votes
20 Aye 74 No
24 Aye 30 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 54 shared votes
24 Aye 30 No
33 Aye 18 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 51 shared votes
33 Aye 18 No
14 Aye 18 No
Education 100% aligned 32 shared votes
14 Aye 18 No
Most different by topic
54 Aye 41 No
Tax 100% aligned 95 shared votes
54 Aye 41 No
20 Aye 74 No
Migration 100% aligned 94 shared votes
20 Aye 74 No
24 Aye 30 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 54 shared votes
24 Aye 30 No
33 Aye 18 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 51 shared votes
33 Aye 18 No
14 Aye 18 No
Education 100% aligned 32 shared votes
14 Aye 18 No

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

Voting record

73.7%
1% above average
Rank 336 of 650
Participation
68.5%
4% below average
Rank 449 of 650
884
1,200 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,648
2,406 eligible divisions
436
49.3% of votes cast
Aye votes
900
54.6% of votes cast
448
50.7% of votes cast
No votes
748
45.4% of votes cast
7
0.8% of votes cast
Against party
17
1.0% of votes cast
4 years, 7 months
Since 3 Mar 2022
Commons service
16 years, 5 months
Since 6 May 2010

Debates

57
-36.0 vs Commons average
Rank 447 of 650
Appearances
45
-48.0 vs Commons average
Rank 507 of 650
68
-94.0 vs Commons average
Rank 481 of 650
Contributions
183
+21.0 vs Commons average
Rank 182 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
£2,918,801
all imported IPSA years
£285,345
26% above average
Latest expenses
£312,180
38% above average
4
2 registered categories
Registered interests
8
4 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

Education
55 of 61 votes
#1
Foreign Affairs
68 of 82 votes
Migration
113 of 126 votes
#2
Work / Employment
66 of 80 votes
Benefits
34 of 39 votes
#3
Brexit / EU
174 of 212 votes
Work / Employment
57 of 66 votes
#4
Housing
53 of 67 votes
Digital / Online Safety
38 of 44 votes
#5
Trade
73 of 94 votes

Recent voting overlap

These MPs agreed on every division where both voted in the current comparison sample.

Where they voted the same
Aye
Draft Town and Country Planning (Fees for Applications, Deemed Applications, Requests and Site Visits) (England) (Amendment and Transitional Provision) Regulations 2026 27 Oct 2026
Aye
Aye
Draft Plant Health, Seeds, Seed Potatoes and Plant Propagating Material (Amendment) (Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026 9 Sept 2026
Aye
Aye
Representation of the People Bill: Third Reading 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
Aye
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 88 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 67 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 65 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
Aye
Immigration and Asylum Bill: Second Reading 13 Jul 2026
Migration
Aye
No
Immigration and Asylum Bill: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 13 Jul 2026
Migration
No
Aye
Draft Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Act 2026 (Establishment of Schools) (Consequential Amendments) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
Education
Aye
Aye
Draft Town and Country Planning (Discharge of Local Planning Authority Functions) (England) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
Aye
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