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Paulette Hamilton vs Chris Philp

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 Philp
Chris Philp
Con Croydon South

Voting alignment

Paulette Hamilton and Chris Philp voted the same way 4% of the time, based on 666 shared comparable votes.

24 same votes 642 different votes 666 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
5 Aye 10 No
NHS / Health 13% aligned 15 shared votes
12 Aye 3 No
4 Aye 8 No
Environment / Climate 8% aligned 12 shared votes
9 Aye 3 No
41 Aye 37 No
Crime / Justice 4% aligned 78 shared votes
38 Aye 40 No
20 Aye 87 No
Migration 4% aligned 107 shared votes
83 Aye 24 No
23 Aye 14 No
Education 3% aligned 37 shared votes
15 Aye 22 No
Most different by topic
28 Aye 13 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 41 shared votes
13 Aye 28 No
11 Aye 17 No
Defence 0% aligned 28 shared votes
17 Aye 11 No
21 Aye 7 No
Digital / Online Safety 0% aligned 28 shared votes
7 Aye 21 No
17 Aye 10 No
Energy 0% aligned 27 shared votes
10 Aye 17 No
13 Aye 9 No
Housing 0% aligned 22 shared votes
9 Aye 13 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
83.3%
11% above average
Rank 128 of 649
883
1,170 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,979
2,376 eligible divisions
435
49.3% of votes cast
Aye votes
959
48.5% of votes cast
448
50.7% of votes cast
No votes
1,020
51.5% of votes cast
7
0.8% of votes cast
Against party
17
0.9% of votes cast
4 years, 7 months
Since 3 Mar 2022
Commons service
11 years, 5 months
Since 7 May 2015

Debates

62
-21.6 vs Commons average
Rank 366 of 650
Appearances
57
-26.6 vs Commons average
Rank 407 of 650
82
-63.7 vs Commons average
Rank 398 of 650
Contributions
86
-59.7 vs Commons average
Rank 383 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
£1,743,577
all imported IPSA years
£285,345
26% above average
Latest expenses
£215,599
5% below average
4
2 registered categories
Registered interests
10
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

Work / Employment
57 of 63 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
209 of 211 votes
Education
55 of 61 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
67 of 69 votes
Migration
113 of 126 votes
#3
Migration
160 of 171 votes
Benefits
34 of 39 votes
#4
Trade
82 of 91 votes
Digital / Online Safety
38 of 44 votes
#5
Environment / Climate
43 of 48 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Draft Plant Health, Seeds, Seed Potatoes and Plant Propagating Material (Amendment) (Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026 9 Sept 2026
No
Aye
Draft Trade Unions (Permissible Means of Voting) and Employment Rights (Unfair Dismissal) (Amendment) Order 2026 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
No
Aye
Draft Code of Practice on Electronic and Workplace Ballots for Statutory Trade Union Ballots 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
No
No
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 19 14 Jul 2026
Aye
No
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 199 14 Jul 2026
Aye
No
Immigration and Asylum Bill: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 13 Jul 2026
Migration
Aye
Aye
Draft Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Act 2026 (Establishment of Schools) (Consequential Amendments) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
Education
No
Aye
Draft Supply of Machinery (Safety) (Amendment etc.) and the EU Machinery Regulation (Enforcement etc. in Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
No
Aye
Draft Town and Country Planning (Discharge of Local Planning Authority Functions) (England) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
No
No
Taxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill Committee: New Clause 5 1 Jul 2026
Energy Tax Transport
Aye
Where they voted the same
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (l) 20 May 2026
No
Aye
Terrorism Act 2000 (Proscribed Organisations) (Amendment) Order 2025 2 Jul 2025
Crime / Justice
Aye
No
Crime and Policing Bill Report Stage: Amendment 160 17 Jun 2025
Crime / Justice
No
No
Border Security, Asylum and Immigration Bill Report Stage: New Clause 21 12 May 2025
Migration
No
Aye
the draft Economic Growth (Regulatory Functions) (Amendment) Order 2024 24 Apr 2024
Aye
Aye
Tobacco and Vapes Bill: Second Reading 16 Apr 2024
NHS / Health
Aye
No
Safety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) Bill Committee: Amendment 23 17 Jan 2024
Migration
No
No
Safety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) Bill Committee: Amendment 19 16 Jan 2024
Migration
No
No
Safety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) Bill Committee: Amendment 10 16 Jan 2024
Migration
No
Aye
Draft Equality Act 2010 (Amendment) Regulations 2023 13 Dec 2023
Aye
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