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Paulette Hamilton vs Chris Murray

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 Chris Murray
Chris Murray
Lab Edinburgh East and Musselburgh

Voting alignment

Paulette Hamilton and Chris Murray voted the same way 98% of the time, based on 394 shared comparable votes.

387 same votes 7 different votes 394 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
49 Aye 38 No
Tax 100% aligned 87 shared votes
49 Aye 38 No
23 Aye 22 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 45 shared votes
23 Aye 22 No
27 Aye 15 No
Education 100% aligned 42 shared votes
27 Aye 15 No
25 Aye 9 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 34 shared votes
25 Aye 9 No
19 Aye 4 No
Housing 100% aligned 23 shared votes
19 Aye 4 No
Most different by topic
49 Aye 38 No
Tax 100% aligned 87 shared votes
49 Aye 38 No
23 Aye 22 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 45 shared votes
23 Aye 22 No
27 Aye 15 No
Education 100% aligned 42 shared votes
27 Aye 15 No
25 Aye 9 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 34 shared votes
25 Aye 9 No
19 Aye 4 No
Housing 100% aligned 23 shared votes
19 Aye 4 No

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

Voting record

73.8%
1% above average
Rank 334 of 650
Participation
76.4%
4% above average
Rank 278 of 650
897
1,215 eligible divisions
Total votes
485
635 eligible divisions
446
49.7% of votes cast
Aye votes
237
48.9% of votes cast
451
50.3% of votes cast
No votes
248
51.1% of votes cast
7
0.8% of votes cast
Against party
0
0.0% of votes cast
4 years, 8 months
Since 3 Mar 2022
Commons service
2 years, 4 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

60
-36.1 vs Commons average
Rank 439 of 650
Appearances
76
-20.1 vs Commons average
Rank 340 of 650
71
-96.2 vs Commons average
Rank 480 of 650
Contributions
126
-41.2 vs Commons average
Rank 314 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
£194,520
all imported IPSA years
£285,345
26% above average
Latest expenses
£194,520
14% below average
4
2 registered categories
Registered interests
3
2 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

Education
55 of 61 votes
#1
Foreign Affairs
16 of 17 votes
Migration
113 of 126 votes
#2
Housing
31 of 33 votes
Benefits
34 of 39 votes
#3
NHS / Health
10 of 11 votes
Work / Employment
57 of 66 votes
#4
Trade
9 of 10 votes
Digital / Online Safety
38 of 44 votes
#5
Work / Employment
37 of 42 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No rebel
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Third Reading 20 Jun 2025
Aye
No rebel
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Amendment 94 20 Jun 2025
Aye
No rebel
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Amendment 77 20 Jun 2025
Aye
Aye rebel
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Amendment 12 20 Jun 2025
No
Aye rebel
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Amendment 24 20 Jun 2025
No
Aye rebel
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: New Clause 16 20 Jun 2025
No
No rebel
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading 29 Nov 2024
Aye
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 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
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 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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