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Paulette Hamilton vs Clive Efford

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 Clive Efford
Clive Efford
Lab Eltham and Chislehurst

Voting alignment

Paulette Hamilton and Clive Efford voted the same way 100% of the time, based on 724 shared comparable votes.

721 same votes 3 different votes 724 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
22 Aye 87 No
Migration 100% aligned 109 shared votes
22 Aye 87 No
70 Aye 36 No
Tax 100% aligned 106 shared votes
70 Aye 36 No
40 Aye 38 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 78 shared votes
40 Aye 38 No
28 Aye 19 No
Education 100% aligned 47 shared votes
28 Aye 19 No
26 Aye 14 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 40 shared votes
26 Aye 14 No
Most different by topic
16 Aye 13 No
Benefits 93% aligned 29 shared votes
16 Aye 13 No
22 Aye 87 No
Migration 100% aligned 109 shared votes
22 Aye 87 No
70 Aye 36 No
Tax 100% aligned 106 shared votes
70 Aye 36 No
40 Aye 38 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 78 shared votes
40 Aye 38 No
28 Aye 19 No
Education 100% aligned 47 shared votes
28 Aye 19 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
76.2 %
3 % above average
Rank 287 of 649
878
1,155 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,798
2,361 eligible divisions
433
49.3 % of votes cast
Aye votes
1,017
56.6 % of votes cast
445
50.7 % of votes cast
No votes
781
43.4 % of votes cast
7
0.8 % of votes cast
Against party
4
0.2 % of votes cast
4 years, 5 months
Since 3 Mar 2022
Commons service
29 years, 3 months
Since 1 May 1997

Debates

60
-17.9 vs Commons average
Rank 367 of 650
Appearances
93
+15.1 vs Commons average
Rank 170 of 650
78
-60.3 vs Commons average
Rank 394 of 650
Contributions
81
-57.3 vs Commons average
Rank 382 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
£2,722,645
all imported IPSA years
£285,345
26 % above average
Latest expenses
£265,723
18 % above average
4
2 registered categories
Registered interests
3
2 registered categories
0
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
4
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
67 of 69 votes
Education
55 of 61 votes
#2
Migration
150 of 171 votes
Migration
113 of 126 votes
#3
Education
84 of 96 votes
Benefits
34 of 39 votes
#4
Defence
62 of 71 votes
Digital / Online Safety
38 of 44 votes
#5
Environment / Climate
41 of 48 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: Second Reading 29 Nov 2024
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
Aye
Draft Climate Change Act 2008 (Credit Limit) Order 2026 24 Jun 2026
Environment / Climate
Aye
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