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Paulette Hamilton vs Chris Ward

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 Ward
Chris Ward
Lab Brighton Kemptown and Peacehaven

Voting alignment

Paulette Hamilton and Chris Ward voted the same way 99% of the time, based on 386 shared comparable votes.

384 same votes 2 different votes 386 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
46 Aye 43 No
Tax 100% aligned 89 shared votes
46 Aye 43 No
29 Aye 9 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 38 shared votes
29 Aye 9 No
22 Aye 14 No
Education 100% aligned 36 shared votes
22 Aye 14 No
15 Aye 14 No
Benefits 100% aligned 29 shared votes
15 Aye 14 No
12 Aye 15 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 27 shared votes
12 Aye 15 No
Most different by topic
46 Aye 43 No
Tax 100% aligned 89 shared votes
46 Aye 43 No
29 Aye 9 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 38 shared votes
29 Aye 9 No
22 Aye 14 No
Education 100% aligned 36 shared votes
22 Aye 14 No
15 Aye 14 No
Benefits 100% aligned 29 shared votes
15 Aye 14 No
12 Aye 15 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 27 shared votes
12 Aye 15 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
71.9%
same as average
Rank 385 of 650
884
1,200 eligible divisions
Total votes
446
620 eligible divisions
436
49.3% of votes cast
Aye votes
233
52.2% of votes cast
448
50.7% of votes cast
No votes
213
47.8% of votes cast
7
0.8% of votes cast
Against party
0
0.0% of votes cast
4 years, 7 months
Since 3 Mar 2022
Commons service
2 years, 3 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

57
-36.0 vs Commons average
Rank 447 of 650
Appearances
78
-15.0 vs Commons average
Rank 321 of 650
68
-94.0 vs Commons average
Rank 481 of 650
Contributions
231
+69.0 vs Commons average
Rank 122 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
£203,111
all imported IPSA years
£285,345
26% above average
Latest expenses
£203,111
10% below 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

Education
55 of 61 votes
#1
Environment / Climate
10 of 10 votes
Migration
113 of 126 votes
#2
Work / Employment
41 of 42 votes
Benefits
34 of 39 votes
#3
Benefits
29 of 30 votes
Work / Employment
57 of 66 votes
#4
Transport
28 of 30 votes
Digital / Online Safety
38 of 44 votes
#5
Digital / Online Safety
10 of 11 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: 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 Plant Health, Seeds, Seed Potatoes and Plant Propagating Material (Amendment) (Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026 9 Sept 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
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
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